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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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Tip Sheet | February 2024
Integrating Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan Materials to Promote Enrollee Understanding of and Access to Benefits
Integrating Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan Materials to Promote Enrollee Understanding of and Access to Benefits Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) that operate with exclusively aligned enrollment and cover Medicaid benefits through the D-… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Other Resource | May 2020
Contract Year 2021 Models for Applicable Integrated Plans: 'Letter about Your Right to Make a Fast Complaint' and 'Appeal Decision Letter'
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)
February 2019
CY 2019 MN MSHO Summary of Benefits (SB) model document
(Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/Minnesota Department of Human Services)
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)
Tip Sheet | June 2018
Tips to Improve Medicare-Medicaid Integration Using D-SNPs: Designing an Integrated Summary of Benefits Document
This tip sheet describes how states can start to improve member materials by using contractual requirements to ensure that Medicare and Medicaid benefit information for aligned plans is incorporated into a single, streamlined Summary of… (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)
Brief | June 2017
State and Health Plan Strategies to Grow Enrollment in Integrated Managed Care Plans for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries
This brief outlines a variety of actions that states and health plans can take to support enrollment growth in integrated care programs. (Integrated Care Resource Center)
December 2016
Report to Congress: Social Risk Factors and Performance Under Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Programs
This report, mandated by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 ("IMPACT Act"), details research conducted on the relationships between social rick factors and performance in Medicare's value-based… (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation [ASPE])
Study Hall Call | October 2014
Integrated Marketing Rules and Practices for Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care
This presentation provides an overview of the major differences between Medicare and Medicaid marketing requirements and opportunities for better alignment, and it also offers lessons from MassHealth's roll out of Massachusetts' integrated… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Brief | July 2014
Moving Toward Integrated Marketing Rules and Practices for Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care Plans
This brief provides an overview of managed care marketing requirements in both Medicare and Medicaid, highlights the different sets of rules, and outlines steps taken to better align them. (Integrated Care Resource Center)