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 is the last in a series of four tools that provide sample State Medicaid Agency Contract (SMAC) language that states can use in contracts with D-SNPs to meet federal requirements and advance state goals regarding care… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
This technical assistance tool is the first in a series of four tools that provide sample State Medicaid Agency Contract (SMAC) language that states can use in contracts with D-SNPs to meet federal requirementsand advance state goals regarding care… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
This technical assistance tool is the second in a series of four tools that provide sample State Medicaid AgencyContract (SMAC) language that states can use in contracts with D-SNPs to meet federal requirements and advance state goals regarding care… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
This technical assistance tool is the third in a series of four tools that provide sample State Medicaid Agency Contract (SMAC) language that states can use in contracts with D-SNPs to meet federal requirements and advance state goals regarding care… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
This webinar provides an overview of Medicare and Medicaid behavioral health benefits (including mental health and substance use disorder benefits) for dually eligible individuals. It includes a summary of recent expansion of Medicare coverage of… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
To operate in a state, a Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan(D-SNP) must hold a contract with the state Medicaid agency. Those state Medicaid agency contracts (SMACs) must all have at least certain minimum elements, and states can also add additional… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
This webinar explains the potential benefits for states of selectively contracting with D-SNPs, key building blocks for selective contracting, considerations for states when deciding to selectively contract with D-SNPs, and steps that states can… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
This is part one of a two part series that provides an overview of state strategies for contracting with D-SNPs to improve care coordination and Medicare-Medicaid alignment for dually eligible enrollees. The webinars are especially helpful to… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
This is part two of a two part series that provides an overview of state strategies for contracting with D-SNPs to improve care coordination and Medicare-Medicaid alignment for dually eligible enrollees. The webinars are especially helpful… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
This memorandum provides states with guidance on the process for working with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNP)-only contracts and develop integrated materials.
The Contract… (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Webinars and Trainings, Working with Medicare | July 2021
This is part two a two-part Integrated Care Resource Center (ICRC) Working with Medicare webinar on Medicare 201 held on March 25, 2021.
This webinar provides an overview of integrated care pathways, how states can work with D-SNPs to… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Webinars and Trainings, Working with Medicare | March 2021
This is part one of a two-part Integrated Care Resource Center (ICRC) Working with Medicare webinar on Medicare 101, held on March 22, 2021.
This webinar provides an overview of Medicare benefits, how Medicare and Medicaid… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
This HPMS memo provides additional guidance and clarification on four topics related to new integration standards for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans: (1) distinctions between fully integrated D-SNPs (FIDE SNPs) and highly integrated (… (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
This webinar provides an update on new information-sharing requirements for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) for 2021 and a review of key questions and considerations for states in working with D-SNPs to modify state contracts and… (Integrated Care Resource Center)