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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 | February 2015
Strategies for Hiring and Training Care Managers in Integrated Programs Serving Medicare-Medicaid Beneficiaries
This brief shares strategies for hiring and training care managers for health plans with integrated care programs serving Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries. (Center for Health Care Strategies)
Other Resource | January 2015
Strategies for Training Care Coordinators/Care Managers in Integrated Health Plans
This webinar for California's Medi-Cal health plans highlights strategies for hiring and training care managers in integrated care programs. (Center for Health Care Strategies)
January 2015
Health Plan Approaches to Locating New Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees and Building Trusting Relationships
This webinar shares health plan strategies for contacting hard-to-locate Medicare-Medicaid enrollees, building relationships, and creating person-centered care plans that incorporate social service and housing needs. (Center for Health Care Strategies)
Brief | November 2014
Risk Stratification to Inform Care Management for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees: State Strategies
This brief describes how three states - California, Ohio, and Virginia - are requiring Medicare-Medicaid Plans to stratify Medicare-Medicaid enrollees by their level of need within capitated financial alignment demonstrations. (Center for Health Care Strategies)
Brief | August 2014
Key Attributes of High-Performing Integrated Health Plans for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees
This brief introduces a framework outlining the key attributes of high-performing health plans that are necessary to support integrated care for Medicare-Medicaid enrollees. (Center for Health Care Strategies)
Brief | April 2014
Using Lessons from Disease Management and Care Management in Building Integrated Care Programs
This brief highlights best practices in disease management/care management programs and considers ways in which states can incorporate them into integrated care models like CMS’ Financial Alignment Initiative for Medicare-Medicaid… (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Study Hall Call | December 2013
Hospital to Community Transitions for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees
This presentation describes the approach of health plans in Arizona and Minnesota to managing care transitions by Medicare-Medicaid enrollees and other beneficiaries with complex conditions. (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Technical Assistance Tool | July 2013
Selected Provisions from Integrated Care RFPs and Contracts: Care Coordination
This technical assistance tool covers key issues in RFPs and contracts related to care coordination including the structure of the care team, development of care plans, caseload requirements, and use of a centralized enrollee record. (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Brief | June 2012
Low-Cost, Low-Administrative Burden Ways to Better Integrate Care for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees
This brief discusses concrete, actionable steps that states can take to move toward more integrated care for Medicare-Medicaid enrollees. (Integrated Care Resource Center)
Brief | December 2010
From the Beneficiary Perspective: Core Elements to Guide Integrated Care for Dual Eligibles
This brief describes nine core program elements that are critical for achieving high-quality, patient-centered, and cost-effective care for dually eligible beneficiaries. (Center for Health Care Strategies)
Brief | August 2010
Cost Drivers for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations from Nursing Facility, Skilled Nursing Facility, and Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Programs
This brief focuses on hospitalizations of Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries who receive long-term care services in nursing facilities, participate in Medicaid home and community-based services waiver programs for the aged or disabled, or receive post-… (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)