ADvancing States to Assume Stewardship of the Long-Term Quality Alliance (LTQA) 

This agreement transfers LTQA intellectual property and archives all prior reports under ADvancing States. LTQA will now operate as an initiative focused on elevating quality of care in LTSS. 

ADvancing States today announced that it will assume stewardship of the Long-Term Quality Alliance (LTQA) on October 31, 2025. Under the agreement, ADvancing States will own LTQA’s intellectual property, and all prior LTQA publications and reports will be housed and maintained by ADvancing States to ensure continuity, accessibility, and ongoing impact. Effective upon effectuating ownership, LTQA will become an initiative of ADvancing States, continuing the Alliance’s mission to improve the quality of care and quality of life for older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers across long-term services and supports (LTSS). 

"Quality is the ‘north star’ for LTSS,” said Martha Roherty, Executive Director of ADvancing States. “By integrating LTQA as an initiative of ADvancing States—and by stewarding its intellectual property and body of research—we can help states, health plans, providers, and consumers move faster toward consistently high-quality, person-centered care. We will preserve LTQA’s legacy, expand access to its reports and tools, and translate evidence into better outcomes at scale.” 

Mary Kaschak, Chief Executive Office of LTQA, said: “This transition secures LTQA’s work for the future. Housing LTQA’s publications and intellectual property at ADvancing States ensures that our evidence-based insights on quality remain available and actionable. As an initiative of ADvancing States, LTQA’s multi-stakeholder perspective will continue to inform practical solutions that improve care experiences and outcomes for people who rely on LTSS.” 

Through the LTQA initiative, ADvancing States will: 

• Maintain and expand the public archive of LTQA reports, briefs, and tools, ensuring open access for policymakers, advocates, researchers, and practitioners.
• Advance quality measurement and improvement that reflects consumer goals and real world outcomes across home- and community-based services and institutional settings.
• Accelerate spread of promising practices by convening state leaders, plans, providers, and consumer organizations to test, refine, and implement evidence-informed models of care during the annual HCBS conference.

Read the full press release here.