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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 | 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 | 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)
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)
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 | 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)
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])
August 2016
Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Rate Setting Resource Center
This resource center gives states tools for developing or refining rate-setting methods for Medicaid managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS) or Medicare-Medicaid integrated care programs. (Center for Health Care Strategies)
Study Hall Call | March 2016
Overview of State Considerations for Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Rate Setting
This webinar features an overview of MLTSS rate setting basics, shares initial findings from a project on Medicaid MLTSS rate setting, and also includes a facilitated discussion with an expert actuary and state representatives from Tennessee and… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Brief | January 2016
Developing Capitation Rates for Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs: State Considerations
This brief examines considerations for rate setting in Medicaid managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS) programs and spotlights the experiences of eight statesin establishing MLTSS payment rates. (Center for Health Care Strategies)
May 2015
Report to Congress: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Evaluation of For-Profit PACE Programs under Section 4804(b) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
This report presents information on the frailty level, access to care, and the quality of care of PACE participants enrolled with for-profit PACE organizations as compared to not-for-profit PACE organizations and is based on the <a href="… (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
March 2015
Effect of PACE on Costs, Nursing Home Admissions, and Mortality: 2006-2011
This report examines the effects of PACE on Medicare and Medicaid expenditures, use of nursing facility use, and mortality. (Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
March 2014
Strategies for Incorporating PACE into State Integrated Care Initiatives: A Toolkit for States
This toolkit suggests strategies for states to incorporate PACE into their broader integrated care strategies. (National PACE Association)
January 2014
Evaluating PACE: A Review of the Literature
This report uses existing evaluations of PACE to summarize the available evidence on the effect of PACE on: Medicare and Medicaid costs; hospital and nursing facility use; quality of care, satisfaction and quality of life; and mortality. (Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
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)
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)