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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.

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Brief | July 2013
Transitioning Beneficiaries with Complex Care Needs to Medicaid Managed Care: Insights from California
This brief examines how providers, health plans, and community-based organizations in three counties experienced California’s transition of approximately 240,000 seniors and people with disabilities to Medicaid managed care. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
May 2013
Summary of Essential Elements of Managed Long Term Services and Supports Programs
This document provides a summary of the ten key elements that CMS expects to see incorporated into new and existing state Medicaid MLTSS programs. (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
May 2013
Guidance to States Using 1115 Demonstrations or 1915 (b) Waivers for Managed Long Term Services and Supports Programs
This document describes the ten key elements that CMS expects to see incorporated into new and existing state Medicaid MLTSS programs. (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Brief | April 2013
Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports: Key Considerations for Successful Transitions from Fee-For-Service to Capitated Managed Care Programs
This brief examines key policy and operational considerations related to the transition from fee-for-service to risk-based capitated managed care for LTSS. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Other Resource | October 2012
Massachusetts' Demonstration to Integrate Care and Align Financing for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries
This policy brief summarizes the terms of Massachusetts' MOU in the several key areas, including enrollment, care delivery model, benefits, financing, beneficiary protections and monitoring and evaluation. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
October 2012
State Demonstrations to Integrate Care and Align Financing for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries: A Review of the 26 Proposals Submitted to CMS
This background paper examines the contents of states' proposals in the areas of target population, implementation date, enrollment, financing, benefits, beneficiary protections, stakeholder engagement, and demonstration evaluation. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
October 2012
Explaining the State Integrated Care and Financial Alignment Demonstrations for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries
This paper gives an overview of the proposals submitted by states to test two models to align Medicare and Medicaid benefits and financing for dually eligible beneficiaries with the goal of delivering better coordinated care and reducing costs. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Brief | April 2012
An Update on CMS's Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration Model for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees
This policy brief describes the capitated financial alignment demonstration model, including information on financing, enrollment, provider network adequacy, medical necessity determinations, appeals, and quality and oversight. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Brief | February 2012
People with Disabilities and Medicaid Managed Care: Key Issues to Consider
This brief examines issues in the development and implementation of managed care programs for Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities, particularly policy considerations related to setting rates, developing provider networks and delivery systems,… (Kaiser Family Foundation)
January 2012
Capitated Financial Alignment Model Plan Guidance
This memo provides guidance to organizations interested in offering capitated financial alignment demonstration plans. (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Brief | October 2011
State Options for Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health Care
This brief explores state options for integrating physical and behavioral health services within managed delivery systems, including examples of current state programs and critical considerations for implementation. (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
July 2011
State Medicaid Directors' Letter re: Financial Models to Support State Efforts to Integrate Care for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees
(Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
July 2011
Financial Models to Support State Efforts to Integrate Care for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees: Frequently Asked Questions
(Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Brief | August 2010
Cost Drivers for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations from Nursing Facility, Skilled Nursing Facility, and Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Programs
This brief focuses on hospitalizations of Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries who receive long-term care services in nursing facilities, participate in Medicaid home and community-based services waiver programs for the aged or disabled, or receive post-… (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
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Key Demonstration Documents on the MMCO Website
These documents, including Texas' proposal, three-way contract, readiness review tool, and evaluation design plan, are posted on the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office's website. (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)