States seeking to integrate Medicare and Medicaid services for dually eligible beneficiaries need to consider a variety of issues in program design and implementation such as incorporating behavioral health and long-term services and supports, consumers and providers engagement, and linking Medicare and Medicaid data. Use the filter below to view resources related to these and other topics.
This blog describes pilot projects recently launched by six Cal MediConnect plans in Los Angeles and Orange County that will test interventions to reduce avoidable hospitalizations and other adverse events for nursing facility residents.
(California Department of Health Care Services)
This report, mandated by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 ("IMPACT Act"), details research conducted on the relationships between social rick factors and performance in Medicare's value-based… (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation [ASPE])
This report compares utilization of community-based services by dually eligible beneficiaries enrolled in a fully integrated managed care program to those of beneficiaries receiving Medicare and Medicaid services from separate delivery systems.… (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation [ASPE])
This video for potential Cal MediConnect enrollees shows what the passive enrollment letters and envelopes look like, guides beneficiaries through their enrollment options, explains integrated care, benefit of care coordinators care teams, and the… (California Department of Health Care Services)
This webpage describes an initiative to redesign California's Medi-Cal stakeholder engagement process, including an online survey of stakeholders.
(California Department of Health Care Services)
This presentation describes California's current stakeholder engagement process, plans for on-going advisory groups, and ways to solicit on-going feedback.
(California Department of Health Care Services)
The CalDuals website provides information on Cal MediConnect -- the capitated model Financial Alignment Initiative in California.
(California Department of Health Care Services)