State Options and Considerations for Sharing Medicaid Enrollment and Service Use Information with D-SNPs

New federal rules released in April 2019 require that Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) must, at a minimum, coordinate the delivery of Medicare and Medicaid benefits. The final rule includes new regulatory language effective January 1, 2020 and provides examples of ways that D-SNPs should coordinate their members’ Medicare and Medicaid services. This technical assistance brief discusses issues and options for states to support D-SNPs in meeting this requirement. In particular, this brief describes four options that states can use, individually or concurrently, to provide information to D-SNPs on their dually eligible members’ Medicaid plan enrollment and/or service use.