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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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Brief | July 2013
Three State Paths to Improve Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care: Florida, New Jersey, and Virginia
This brief looks at the paths pursued by Florida, New Jersey, and Virginia in implementing MLTSS approaches focused on helping individuals to live in their communities rather than nursing facilities. (Center for Health Care Strategies)
Brief | July 2013
Transitioning Beneficiaries with Complex Care Needs to Medicaid Managed Care: Insights from California
This brief examines how providers, health plans, and community-based organizations in three counties experienced California’s transition of approximately 240,000 seniors and people with disabilities to Medicaid managed care. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
May 2013
Timeline for Developing a Managed Long Term Services and Supports Program
This document sets out a timeline for optimal planning and implementation of MLTSS programs. (Truven Health Analytics)
May 2013
Summary of Essential Elements of Managed Long Term Services and Supports Programs
This document provides a summary of the ten key elements that CMS expects to see incorporated into new and existing state Medicaid MLTSS programs. (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
May 2013
Transitioning Long Term Services and Supports Providers Into Managed Care Programs
This paper identifies concerns and considerations in incorporating traditional LTSS providers into a managed care program. (Truven Health Analytics)
May 2013
Guidance to States Using 1115 Demonstrations or 1915 (b) Waivers for Managed Long Term Services and Supports Programs
This document describes the ten key elements that CMS expects to see incorporated into new and existing state Medicaid MLTSS programs. (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Brief | April 2013
Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports: Key Considerations for Successful Transitions from Fee-For-Service to Capitated Managed Care Programs
This brief examines key policy and operational considerations related to the transition from fee-for-service to risk-based capitated managed care for LTSS. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Study Hall Call | March 2013
Consumer Direction in Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs
This webinar explains participant direction and how it can be included in contract language; also describes how Arizona implemented consumer direction in its long-term care system. (Integrated Care Resource Center)
March 2013
Issues in Setting Medicaid Capitation Rates for Integrated Care Plans
Chapter 5 of this report to Congress examines rate setting in capitated integrated care programs including PACE. (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission)
March 2013
Consumer Direction in Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs
The National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services explains participant direction and how it can be included in contract language, and staff from the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System give an example of how Arizona implemented… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Other Resource | February 2013
Toward a More Perfect Union: Creating Synergy Between the Money Follows the Person and Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs
This report examines how five states have structured the interface between MFP demonstration grants and Managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS) programs to promote transitions from institutional care to home- and community-based settings. (Mathematica)
Study Hall Call | January 2013
Rate Setting for Capitated Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports
This presentation describes the objectives of the rate setting process, basic approach, rate structure, and risk mitigation strategies and provides state examples. (Integrated Care Resource Center)
January 2013
Identifying and Selecting Long-Term Services and Supports Outcome Measures
This paper provides resources to help state advocates identify measures that can help determine if the identified needs and goals of people with disabilities and seniors are being met. (Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund)
November 2012
Putting Consumers First: Promising Practices for Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports
This report provides an overview of LTSS, the risks and benefits of Medicaid MLTSS, policy recommendations and promising practices from states that have implemented these programs. (Community Catalyst)
Webinars and Trainings | August 2012
Training Strategies and Lessons Learned