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 calendar of key Medicare Advantage (MA) dates was developed to assist states and health plans in the implementation of integrated care programs for people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. For a complete list of MA and Part D… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
On April 16, 2019, CMS released a final rule that implements provisions of the 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) requiring greater D-SNP integration, including integrated plan-level appeal and grievance processes for certain “applicable… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Beginning in 2021, Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) with exclusively aligned enrollment must begin using integrated appeals and grievance processes. The flowcharts in this resource are designed to help states, health plans, and… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Webinars and Trainings, Working with Medicare | March 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)
Please see the attached memorandum entitled "Contract Year (CY) 2021 Notices for Applicable Integrated Plans: “Coverage Decision Letter”, “Letter about Your Right to Make a Fast Complaint” and “Appeal Decision Letter”" from Sharon Donovan, Director… (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Public comments are requested on an addendum to the Part C & D Enrollee Grievances, Organization/Coverage Determinations, and Appeals Guidance. Commentors should use the template provided.
(Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
This CMS memorandum describes the final Contract Year 2021 model notices for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans that are applicable integrated plans, "Letter about Your Right to Make a Fast Complaint" and "Appeal Decision Letter", which are both… (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
The Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) are Medicaid programs (or categories of Medicaid eligibility) that provide payment for Medicare premiums and/or cost sharing for low-income individuals. This tip sheet details one way a state can improve the… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) organizations now serve a greater number of older adults with serious mental illness (SMI) than ever before, and increasingly include behavioral health providers in their care teams to meet the… (Center for Health Care Strategies)
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)
This brief explores the experience of six states that have achieved varying levels of behavioral health and physical health integration or collaboration for dually eligible beneficiaries within a managed care environment. It describes: (1)… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
This brief - updated from the 2013 version - is designed to help states better structure and coordinate the Medicaid benefits they offer to Medicare-Medicaid enrollees by providing them with basic information on the Medicare program, the services it… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
This brief describes how innovative states and Medicaid managed care organizations are building on models developed for physical health services and incorporating value-based purchasing arrangements into behavioral health programs.
(Center for Health Care Strategies)
This brief describes Commonwealth Care Alliance's development of enhanced residential crisis stabilization units that fill a gap in the behavioral health continuum of care available to enrollees in Massachusetts' Medicare-Medicaid… (Integrated Care Resource Center)