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Working with Medicare | December 2022
Working with Medicare Webinar | State Contracting with D-SNPs: Introduction to D-SNPs and D-SNP Contracting Basics
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)
Working with Medicare | December 2022
Working with Medicare Webinar | State Contracting with D-SNPs: Using D-SNPs to Integrate Care for Dually Eligible Individuals
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)
Other Resource | March 2020
Information for PACE Organizations Regarding Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
This memo provides information to PACE organizations to help control and prevent the spread of the virus to causes COVID-19. (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Other Resource | January 2020
Additional Guidance on CY 2021 Medicare-Medicaid Integration Requirements for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs)
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)
Other Resource | October 2019
CY 2021 Medicare-Medicaid Integration and Unified Appeals and Grievance Requirements for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs)
This memo to all Medicare Advantage Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) summarizes the new calendar year (CY) 2021 requirements for Medicare-Medicaid integration. These requirements were detailed in an April 2019 CMS final rule and… (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Tip Sheet | June 2019
Tips to Improve Medicare-Medicaid Integration Using D-SNPs: Integrating Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports into D-SNP Models of Care
Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) must develop a model of care (MOC) that describes their enrollees’ characteristics and health and service needs as well as the plan’s care coordination and health risk assessment processes. Despite the… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Other Resource | May 2019
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
This Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule strengthens patient protections, improves care coordination, and provides administrative flexibilities and regulatory relief for Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the… (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Other Resource | March 2019
Care Coordination in Integrated Care Programs Serving Dually Eligible Beneficiaries – Health Plan Standards, Challenges and Evolving Approaches
This MACPAC report reviews and analyzes care coordination requirements in the managed care organization contracts of nine states participating in demonstrations under the Financial Alignment Initiative, 10 states that contract with Fully Integrated… (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission)
Other Resource | December 2018
A New Approach to Integrating Care for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: Idaho’s Medicare Medicaid Coordinated Plan (MMCP)
This blog post looks at Idaho's Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan (D-SNP)-based program’s structure and highlights early successes and lessons for other states. Idaho’s approach may be interesting to states that want to integrate care, but do… (Center for Health Care Strategies)
Brief | September 2018
Serving Adults with Serious Mental Illness in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly: Promising Practices
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)
Brief | January 2017
Providing Value-Added Services for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees: Considerations for Integrated Health Plans
This brief explores how health plans are: (1) addressing dually eligible members’ service needs that are beyond the scope of traditionally covered Medicare or Medicaid services; (2) assessing the value of offering these services; and (3)… (Center for Health Care Strategies)
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 | 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)
July 2015
How Managed Long-Term Services and Supports is Providing Care Coordination
This report summarizes care coordination models and care coordinator responsibilities in Medicaid managed long-term services and supports programs in 18 states. (AARP Public Policy Institute)
Study Hall Call | June 2015
Reducing Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Nursing Facility Residents: Three Perspectives
The webinar features perspectives and lessons learned from two Fully Integrated Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (FIDE SNPs) - HealthPartners in Minnesota and Bridgeway Health Solutions in Arizona - and from The Curators of the University of… (Integrated Care Resource Center)