The senate live here on cspan2. Next, a look at the challenges of caring for Senior Citizens with caregivers testifying on the lack of affordable longterm care for the elderly. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] would members and their guests please take their seats . Ways and Means Committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome. We are here to discuss a difficult issue that confronts nearly every family in our nation, and that is how to care for our loved ones as they age. It is certainly appropriate that we work to address this matter or in november, which is alzheimers Awareness Month and u. S. National Family Caregivers month. It is a deeply personal issue for many of us in the room, and for those who havent personally struggled to insure an older relative receives the care they need, you most certainly know someone in your life who has. Navigating a fragmented and insufficient longterm care system can be not only confusing and emotionally taxing, but also
About the process. As you were doing the validation , the baselines that have been established, are they going to change, or are they going to be modified . And how soon will you be establishing those . Are they in the same priority that was mentioned in terms of which ones are going to be focused on first . I would say it is in the same priority. So backing into it, our goal is, by the start of the next fiscal year, july 1st, to have established what those metrics are so we can begin to collect that data right away and report on it. In order for us to do that, getting back to january, we need to have some sense of which ones are looking like they are going to be doable and validated so that we can come back to the table as a network and say, okay , here is the potential universe of data that has been validated. Of this, how much of this support are true north pillars and particularly some of the metrics we have already identified . We feel the metrics we have now are appropriate and h
Going to be modified . And how soon will you be establishing those . Are they in the same priority that was mentioned in terms of which ones are going to be focused on first . I would say it is in the same priority. So backing into it, our goal is, by the start of the next fiscal year, july 1st, to have established what those metrics are so we can begin to collect that data right away and report on it. In order for us to do that, getting back to january, we need to have some sense of which ones are looking like they are going to be doable and validated so that we can come back to the table as a network and say, okay , here is the potential universe of data that has been validated. Of this, how much of this support are true north pillars and particularly some of the metrics we have already identified . We feel the metrics we have now are appropriate and has been a 1 1 match within epic in our pre epic sources, we would be continuing along that journey anyway. So it is not as if were loo
Leadership for us to be able to have some informed discussions and make some decisions. That is great. Thank you. Commissioner guillermo . Thank you for this report. I had a similar question to commissioner green with regards to the ability of in your validation process, which ones would be easier to transition across from. I guess it is a similar question about the process. As you were doing the validation , the baselines that have been established, are they going to change, or are they going to be modified . And how soon will you be establishing those . Are they in the same priority that was mentioned in terms of which ones are going to be focused on first . I would say it is in the same priority. So backing into it, our goal is, by the start of the next fiscal year, july 1st, to have established what those metrics are so we can begin to collect that data right away and report on it. In order for us to do that, getting back to january, we need to have some sense of which ones are loo
, the baselines that have been established, are they going to change, or are they going to be modified . And how soon will you be establishing those . Are they in the same priority that was mentioned in terms of which ones are going to be focused on first . I would say it is in the same priority. So backing into it, our goal is, by the start of the next fiscal year, july 1st, to have established what those metrics are so we can begin to collect that data right away and report on it. In order for us to do that, getting back to january, we need to have some sense of which ones are looking like they are going to be doable and validated so that we can come back to the table as a network and say, okay , here is the potential universe of data that has been validated. Of this, how much of this support are true north pillars and particularly some of the metrics we have already identified . We feel the metrics we have now are appropriate and has been a 1 1 match within epic in our pre epic sour