Louisiana's health secretary was appointed this week to a national commission charged with coming up with proposed reforms to the nation's programs for providing care to the elderly and disabled. Bruce Greenstein, head of the state Department of Health and Hospitals, was selected by U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell as one of the Republican appointees to the 15-member bipartisan commission,...
Louisiana's health secretary was appointed this week to a national commission charged with coming up with proposed reforms to the nation's programs for providing care to the elderly and disabled. Bruce Greenstein, head of the state Department of Health and Hospitals, was selected by U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell as one of the Republican appointees to the 15-member bipartisan commission, the agency announced in a news release.
Bruce Greenstein, Gov. Bobby Jindal's health secretary, has been appointed to a national long-term care commission.
The commission will be given six months to study long-term care and write a report on proposed changes. Long-term care typically refers to the assistance with daily living that senior citizens and some younger people with disabilities need on an ongoing basis. That can mean care provided by institutions like nursing homes, as well as in people's homes.
Such care tends to amount for a substantial share of states' Medicaid budgets. Some people also use federal Medicare coverage or private insurance to help pay for assistance.
The commission was created as part of the legislation passed during the "fiscal cliff" budget negotiations.