State officials acknowledge that the number of agencies and participants has decreased but they arent convinced its because of reimbursement rates, said Rebecca Schupp, chief of the long-term care division of the Department of Health Care Services.
partnership policy sales have dropped to between 500 to 800 per quarter because of price hikes. Thats compared to tens of thousands of policies per quarter when the partnership started, said Rebecca Schupp, director of the California Department of Health Care Services Long Term Care Division.