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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 | January 2016
Developing Capitation Rates for Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs: State Considerations
This brief examines considerations for rate setting in Medicaid managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS) programs and spotlights the experiences of eight statesin establishing MLTSS payment rates. (Center for Health Care Strategies)
Brief | December 2014
Community-Based Organizations and MLTSS: An Issue Brief to Assess CBO Readiness
This issue brief details four considerations that community-based organizations (CBOs) need to address when assessing the feasibility of participating in a managed long-term services and supports program: (1) relevant skill set and experience; (2)… (National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities)
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 | July 2013
Three State Paths to Improve Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care: Florida, New Jersey, and Virginia
This brief looks at the paths pursued by Florida, New Jersey, and Virginia in implementing MLTSS approaches focused on helping individuals to live in their communities rather than nursing facilities. (Center for Health Care Strategies)
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)
Brief | May 2012
Medicaid Rate-Setting Strategies to Promote Home- and Community-Based Services
This brief discusses strategies for structuring rates for managed long-term services and supports programs to encourage the use of home- and community-based services and details states experiences in setting rates for these programs. (Center for Health Care Strategies)
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)