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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 | February 2017
Medicaid's Role for Medicare Beneficiaries
This brief explains Medicaid's role in providing supplemental coverage to Medicare beneficiaries. It also provides data on Medicaid spending for Medicare beneficiaries. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
January 2017
Medicaid Section 1115 Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Waivers: A Survey of Enrollment, Spending, and Program Policies
This report presents findings from a 2015 survey about § 1115 MLTSS waiver enrollment, spending, and program policies. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Other Resource | June 2015
Early Insights from Commonwealth Coordinated Care: Virginia's Demonstration to Integrate Care and Align Financing for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries
This case study describes the early implementation of Virginia's capitated financial alignment demonstration. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Other Resource | May 2015
Early Insights from One Care: Massachusetts' Demonstration to Integrate Care and Align Financing for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries
This case study describes the early implementation of Massachusetts' capitated financial alignment demonstration. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Other Resource | May 2015
Early Insights From Ohio's Demonstration to Integrate Care and Align Financing for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries
This case study describes the early implementation of Ohio's capitated financial alignment demonstration. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
February 2015
Rebalancing in Capitated Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs: Key Issues from a Roundtable Discussion on Measuring Performance
This document summarizes key discussions during a roundtable with a group of federal and state officials and other experts on issues related to how rebalancing progress in capitated Medicaid MLTSS programs is measured. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
February 2015
Measuring Long-Term Services and Supports Rebalancing
This fact sheet provides an overview of quality measures related to the rebalancing of long-term services and supports. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Brief | November 2014
Key Themes in Capitated Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Waivers
This issue brief examines key themes in 19 capitated Medicaid MLTSS waivers approved to date by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), including section 1115 (a) demonstrations in 12 states and 1915 (b)/(c) waivers in six states. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
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)
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)