Closing the Coverage Gap and Making Care Available for Caregivers
We’re in a caregiving crisis. We need more caregivers – and we’re not providing the care they need. Caregivers are doing critical work in our communities and playing key roles…
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Bridging the Gap Between Health Systems & Community
Community engagement is a powerful tool that can build trust, advance race equity and health justice, create cost-savings and efficiencies for health systems, and lead to healthy and thriving communities. …
Comments Regarding the Proposed CFPB Rule on Medical Debt and Credit Reports
More than 100 million people in the United States – 41 percent of adults – have unpaid health care bills. While medical debt is widespread, the burden falls disproportionately on…
Building the Power of Family Caregivers in the Movement for Health Justice
Family caregivers are often overlooked and undervalued in our society – we’re working to change that. Every day, millions of people in communities across the country care for their loved…
Remarks at the FTC Virtual Hearing on Proposed Rule Prohibiting Junk Fees
On April 24, 2024, Miriam Straus, Senior Policy Analyst at Community Catalyst, testified at the Federal Trade Commission’s virtual hearing on the review of unfair or deceptive fees, commonly known…
Community Catalyst Urges FTC to Rein in Facility Fees
What are facility fees? Facility fees are charges that are aimed at covering operational expenses of hospitals. Facility fees are billed separately from professional fees, which charge for the services…
American Rescue Plan Act
A Partnership Approach to Advancing Racial Equity and Health Justice in Home and Community-Based Services When the the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) passed in 2021, it sent a…
The Future of Long-Term Service and Supports: A Look at Massachusetts
Shortcomings in the long-term services and supports (LTSS) system for older adults and persons with disabilities in Massachusetts – and around the country – have led to widespread discontent. Older…
A Dignity-Based Independent Living and Recovery-Centered Model of Care
As the federal government and states shift from the Financial Alignment Initiative to other models of integrated care, such as Medicare Advantage Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs), more information…
Centering Perspectives of Dually Eligible Older Adults of Color
Too frequently, health and social care quality measures are designed with provider or payer perspectives in mind, rather than the perspectives of the people receiving care. Accordingly, decisions about funding,…
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