from Adam Delmolino, Senior Director, Virtual Care & Clinical Affairs

“In addition to strengthening Massachusetts’ long-term care sector, this bill provides innovative tools to address some of the most persistent capacity, discharge, and access challenges being seen on the grounds of our acute care hospitals.

“By focusing on the long-term care workforce, the simplification of insurance authorizations, the needs of the most complex MassHealth patients, and important pandemic-era flexibilities, we are hopeful that this legislation can help free up some of the 1,700 hospital beds occupied by patients in need of post-acute care services. We commend the legislature for envisioning a more flexible, patient-oriented continuum of care for the commonwealth.”