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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
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)
Brief | November 2018
Building a Stronger Foundation for Medicare- Medicaid Integration: Opportunities in Modifying State Administrative Processes
This brief describes several administrative changes that state Medicaid programs can make to: (1) support integration efforts; (2) improve beneficiaries’ experience of care; (3) decrease beneficiary out-of-pocket costs; and (4) reduce provider… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Study Hall Call | August 2018
Technical Operation Considerations for Implementing Enrollment Periods for States Participating in the Capitated Model Financial Alignment Initiative
This webinar provides background on the technical operations updates to Medicare enrollment transactions and processing for dually eligible beneficiaries related to the changes from the Medicare Part C/D final rule released on April 2, 2018. The… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Study Hall Call | July 2018
Using Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Arrangements to Improve Coordination and Quality of Medicare and Medicaid Nursing Facility Benefits
This webinar provides an overview of two health plans' approaches to Medicare-Medicaid value based purchasing (VBP) with nursing facilities. The presentation also features a panel discussion on Medicare-Medicaid nursing facility VBP with discussants… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Brief | June 2018
Facilitating Access to Medicaid Durable Medical Equipment for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries in the Fee-for-Service System: Three State Approaches
This brief describes how three states – California, Connecticut, and Illinois -- promote dually eligible beneficiaries’ access to durable medical equipment (DME) in a fee-for-service environment through the use of provisional prior authorization… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Study Hall Call | February 2018
Enrollment Processing and Strategies to Grow Enrollment for States Participating in the Capitated Model Financial Alignment Initiative
This webinar discusses strategies to increase and sustain enrollment into Medicare-Medicaid Plans, including on-going passive enrollment of newly dually eligible individuals and deeming and rapid-re-enrollment strategies to retain coverage for short… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Study Hall Call | October 2017
Retroactive Enrollment Processing/eRPT for Capitated Model Financial Alignment Demonstrations
This webinar describes the retroactive submission process, including how to use CMS' Electronic Retroactive Processing Transmission (eRPT) application to transmit enrollment transactions to the Retroactive Processing Contractor. (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Brief | September 2017
Value-Based Payment in Nursing Facilities: Options and Lessons for States and Managed Care Plans
This brief describes value-based payment approaches currently used in select states and managed care plans, including the quality and performance measures they use, benchmarks or targets for those measures, and incentives that reward facilities. It… (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)
Technical Assistance Tool | April 2017
Tips for States Using Enrollment Brokers in the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstrations: Beneficiary FAQs and Suggested Responses
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)
Study Hall Call | November 2016
Identifying Newly Eligible Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees for Enrollment in Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstrations
This webinar describes an opportunity identify prospective Medicare-Medicaid enrollees for enrollment into capitated financial alignment demonstrations and provides perspectives from Massachusetts and Michigan on states' use of this process.… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Study Hall Call | July 2016
Data-Driven Strategies - Analyzing Opt-Outs and Engaging Beneficiaries and Providers
This webinar features state experiences using data-driven strategies to analyze opt-outs and engage beneficiaries and providers in 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)
Study Hall Call | March 2016
Using Microsoft Access to Simplify Enrollment Reconciliation in Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstrations
This presentation introduces state enrollment staff to a tool to help prioritize transaction reply codes and simplify enrollment reconciliation. (Integrated Care Resource Center)
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)