“…The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Report to Improve NH Quality summarizes these weaknesses and outlines recommendations moving forward. 21 Subsequently, members of this committee have published a series of articles which describe key aspects of the report, 19,[22][23][24][25] as well as important gaps that the report did not address, 26,27 such as whether post-acute care and longterm care services can be successfully integrated. While no single intervention will fix these problems, there is a strong consensus that we must begin with a series of financial and regulatory reforms.…”