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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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Webinars and Trainings, Study Hall Call | March 2021
Perspectives on Ombudsman Programs Serving Dually Eligible Individuals: Services Offered and Value Added
This webinar provides an overview of the role of ombudsman programs in integrated care programs serving dually eligible individuals. Using the ombudsman programs developed for the demonstrations under the Financial Alignment Initiative as an… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Brief | February 2018
Preventing Improper Billing of Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees in Managed Care: Strategies for States and Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans
This brief describes the ongoing problem of improper billing of protected dually eligible beneficiaries for Medicare cost-sharing and describes steps states and health plans can take to address it. (Integrated Care Resource Center)
June 2017
Picking Up the Pace of Change: A State Scorecard on Long-Term Services and Supports for Older Adults, People with Physical Disabilities, and Family Caregivers
This third edition of the scorecard measures state performance in creating a high-quality system of care for older adults and people with physical disabilities, and their family caregivers. The report presents results across five dimensions: (1)… (AARP Public Policy Institute)
March 2016
Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports: Themes from Site Visits to Five States
During site visits to five states (Arizona, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Wisconsin), researchers identified major themes related to the rapid growth of Medicaid managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS) programs and the diversity of ways… (Mathematica)
Brief | January 2016
Interdisciplinary Care Teams for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees: Considerations for States
This brief describes key considerations for developing interdisciplinary care teams and explores how eight states addressed issues such as engaging providers and measurement approaches. (Center for Health Care Strategies)
Brief | January 2016
Communicating Early Results of Integrated Care Efforts for Dually Eligible Individuals: State Approaches
This brief describes approaches that states have used to communicate early integrated care program results. Strategies discussed include developing program indicator dashboards, disseminating beneficiary experience data, and sharing success stories. (Center for Health Care Strategies)
Study Hall Call | December 2015
Provider Engagement and Incentives in Care Management
This presentation features promising practices for information sharing and building relationships between providers, plans, and the state of Minnesota to optimize care management. (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Brief | November 2015
Medicare Chronic Care Management Services Payment: Implications for States Serving Dually Eligible Individuals
This brief identifies opportunities for states and their contracting plans that serve Medicare-Medicaid enrollees to better align Medicare and Medicaid coverage of care management using Medicare's new chronic care management payment. (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Brief | September 2015
Engaging Providers in Integrated Care Programs for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees: Tips for States
This brief offers tips to states on engaging a range of providers who serve Medicare-Medicaid enrollees in managed care systems and provides examples of approaches employed by states that have already launched integrated care programs. (Integrated Care Resource Center)
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)
Study Hall Call | November 2014
Engaging Providers in Integrated Care Programs
This presentation highlights tips for engaging providers throughout the design and implementation of integrated care programs; describes Virginia's approach to provider engagement for its financial alignment demonstration; and includes an… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
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 | April 2014
Engaging Providers in Building Managed Care Delivery Systems: Tips for States
This brief provides tips to help states engage providers in designing, implementing, and overseeing a managed care delivery system for individuals with complex care needs. (Center for Health Care Strategies)
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)