PANPHA members earnestly want a future that moves past its current adversarial, wait-and-see relationship with government. They believe that the public and private sector in partnership with consumer advocates must engage – together - the huge impact that the Age Wave demographic will have on the financing and provision of long term care and senior services in Pennsylvania. Regulations that are steeped in “look-back, gotcha” methodologies and philosophies are short-changing everyone. The members look forward to a collaborative, pro-active relationship with government that can shape the North Star future for providers and consumer’s alike.
The North Star is reached when PANPHA members are:
- Regulating based on outcome measures and flexibly accommodates culture change & innovation.
- Preventing asset sheltering to protect the state’s safety net for the poor.
- Creating strong incentives to promote affordable, quality long term care insurance products.
- Investing in technology by offering grants, tax incentives and a regulatory environment that promotes its use.
- Providing incentives and promoting career opportunities and ladders in the field of geriatrics and long term care.
- Guaranteeing a safety net for the indigent and fairly reimbursing providers for the true cost of care.
- Planning beyond year-to-year time frames and outside of a fragmented, silo, departmental approach. Sample Navigation Markers:
Sample Navigation Markers:
- Legislation enacted that enables providers to pay competitive wages of care workers through reimbursement strategies.
- Regulators have gone through a type of “culture change” redirecting surveying from process focus to outcome-based measures.
- Government surveying resources are allocated to allow more intensive intervention in poor performing providers and less obtrusiveness in high performing organizations.
- Granting funds for renovating communities and technology to meet new consumer demands.
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