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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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Other Resource | December 2018
A New Approach to Integrating Care for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: Idaho’s Medicare Medicaid Coordinated Plan (MMCP)
This blog post looks at Idaho's Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan (D-SNP)-based program’s structure and highlights early successes and lessons for other states. Idaho’s approach may be interesting to states that want to integrate care, but do… (Center for Health Care Strategies)
Other Resource | December 2018
Ten Opportunities to Better Serve Individuals Dually Eligible for Medicaid and Medicare
This State Medicaid Director Letter highlights ten opportunities for states to better serve individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. These opportunities, which do not require demonstration authority or Medicare waivers, fall into… (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Other Resource | December 2018
Nursing Facility Case-Mix Payment Changes Informational Bulletin
This informational bulletin informs states of two changes that may impact states’ payments for Medicaid beneficiaries in the nursing home setting. (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Other Resource | October 2018
Default Enrollment Model Notice
This resource is a model letter that D-SNPs have the option to use to meet CMS beneficiary notice requirements for default enrollment. All letters used will need to contain the required CMS disclaimers, materials ID and receive appropriate CMS… (Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office)
Other Resource | August 2018
Default Enrollment Option for Newly Medicare Advantage Eligible Medicaid Managed Care Plan Enrollees (formerly known as “Seamless Conversion Enrollment”)
Other Resource | August 2018
Benefits of Daily versus Monthly Buy-in Data Exchanges for Medicaid Agencies
This document describes the benefits of daily data exchanges with CMS. It also provides technical FAQs on buy-in data exchanges. (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Other Resource | November 2017
Data Analysis Brief: Medicare-Medicaid Dual Enrollment from 2006 through 2016
This analysis examines trends in enrollment and eligibility for Medicare-Medicaid enrollees. (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Other Resource | September 2017
Key Medicare Advantage Dates and Action Items for States Contracting with Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans
This calendar of key Medicare Advantage dates describes program milestones by month and explains what activities state Medicaid agencies may want to undertake to prepare for or respond to a particular Medicare Advantage event. (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Other Resource | July 2017
State and County Data File, 2012
The most recent demographic, enrollment, and expenditure data for dually eligible beneficiaries is in the zip file "State and County Data File 2012" found on the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office website. Additional data and statistical… (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Other Resource | June 2017
Los Angeles & Orange County Cal MediConnect Plans Pilot Projects to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations for Nursing Facility Residents
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)
Other Resource | May 2017
Self-Direction of Home- and Community-Based Services: A Training Curriculum for Case Managers
The ability to direct and manage their own services and supports is important to many individuals who need the home- and community-based services (HCBS) provided through state Medicaid programs. These self-directed models may also be known as "… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Other Resource | April 2017
Identifying Newly Eligible Medicare-Medicaid Individuals for Enrollment in Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstrations: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
This document answers questions that states have asked about improving the processes they use to regularly identify prospective Medicare-Medicaid individuals for potential enrollment into their capitated financial alignment demonstrations. (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Other Resource | June 2016
Data-Driven Strategies - Analyzing Opt-Outs and Engaging Beneficiaries and Providers
This document describes the process that states and health plans participating in the capitated financial alignment demonstrations use to submit information to CMS' MARx systems. (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Other Resource | March 2016
Technical Notes on a Microsoft Access Tool for Prioritizing the Daily Transaction Record Report
This document describes a Microsoft Access tool to prioritize information in the MARx system Daily Transaction Reply Report, and it explains states can use it to improve the timeliness and efficiency of their demonstration enrollment processes. (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Other Resource | March 2016
Minnesota Managed Care Longitudinal Data Analysis
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])