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 technical assistance tool describes the regulation that allows Medicare plans that provide prescription drug coverage (including MMPs) to use drug management programs to limit access to certain controlled substances determined to be “… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
States need to be able to identify individuals who are (or will become) dually eligible for several reasons. Since 2005, states have exchanged files -- known as the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) files -- with the Centers for Medicare… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
States can advance integrated care for dually eligible individuals by promoting aligned enrollment in Medicare Advantage Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) and Medicaid managed care plans owned by the same parent company (“affiliated”… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
New federal rules released in April 2019 require that Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) must, at a minimum, coordinate the delivery of Medicare and Medicaid benefits. The final rule includes new regulatory language effective January 1, 2020… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
This fact sheet, updated in July 2019, summarizes default enrollment requirements and state roles in the default enrollment approval and implementation process. It also provides references to additional resources for more detail and… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Dually eligible beneficiaries began enrolling in integrated Medicare-Medicaid plans (MMPs) under the Financial Alignment Initiative (FAI) in calendar year 2013. Under the FAI, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and 10… (Mathematica)
This technical assistance tool shows states how to use data on Medicare-Medicaid dually eligible beneficiary demographics, service utilization, spending, and other characteristics to create tables, graphs, and figures and interpret their meaning for… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
This resource shows how states can use data from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid to create tables, graphs, and figures and interpret their meaning in order to assess D-SNP performance.
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This tool gives examples of the roles and responsibilities of the individual, representative, case manager, information and assistance function, the financial management services function, and the direct care worker.
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This technical assistance tool lists questions frequently asked by beneficiaries enrolling in capitated Financial Alignment Initiative demonstrations, and provides potential responses by enrollment brokers' customer service representatives (… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
This tool describes the key areas of information that demonstration enrollment brokers' customer service representatives should master to improve the quality of decision-support services for beneficiaries who are being passively enrolled in a… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
This technical assistance tool covers key issues in the development of requests for proposal (RFPs) and contract provisions related to participant-direction options in Medicaid managed LTSS (MLTSS) or integrated Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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This tool is a road map for states to use in interpreting and applying existing External Quality Review protocols when assessing Medicaid MLTSS program compliance.
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This technical assistance tool covers key issues in RFPs and contracts related to consumer protection including marketing, member materials and education, continuity of care, and grievance and appeals processes.
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