Recommended care models and policies to improve integrated care for dually eligible individuals at the state level.

Examines the potential for Minnesota’s integrated care model to lower use of hospital care and increase use of primary care and community-based services for dually eligible older adults.

Details the landscape of integrated care models and identifies policy recommendations to increase the availability of integrated care for dually eligible individuals.

Identifies opportunities to strengthen integrated programs to improve care and support positive health outcomes for dually eligible individuals both during and beyond the pandemic.

Provides lessons on the function and impact of health plan Consumer Advisory Councils from Medicare-Medicaid Plans in capitated model demonstrations under the Financial Alignment Initiative.

Explores different characteristics of dually eligible individuals that have different coverage types, as well as the impact of aligned Medicare and Medicaid benefits to improve quality of care and utilization outcomes.

Poses key questions to help states new to Medicare-Medicaid integration assess readiness for integration and select an achievable integration approach.

Outlines steps states can take to advance Medicare-Medicaid integration depending on policy goals, internal capacity, and delivery system structures.

Details how dually enrolled beneficiaries have significantly higher levels of comorbidities and higher costs of care than their non-dually enrolled counterparts.

Highlights early findings demonstrating that Medicare-Medicaid integration can improve beneficiary experience and health outcomes, increase program efficiencies, and improve Medicaid program management.

Summarizes evidence on how integrated care models affect health and cost outcomes for dually eligible beneficiaries.

Describes the needs of distinct subpopulations within the dually eligible population with highly complex needs, along with opportunities for tailored interventions that may reduce health care spending.

Summarizes the characteristics of dually eligible individuals, integrated care models, and available evidence on the impact of these models.

Highlighted innovations adopted by PACE organizations during the pandemic to provide care for older adults with complex needs.

Explored innovative integrated health plan approaches to improve care transitions. Health plans featured in the webinar participate in Promoting Integrated Care for Dual Eligibles (PRIDE), a project to advance health plan strategies for providing high-quality care for dually eligible beneficiaries.

Multiple factors, including geographic variation in available resources, may limit take-up among MA plans of new benefit flexibilities.

Long-term services and supports may reduce medical utilization.

A standardized tool to assess where along a continuum a program lies with regard to components of integration.

Reviews lessons from the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly on serving high-need populations in community settings.

Analyzes the largest drivers of high costs among persistently high-cost Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries, and finds most spending related to long-term care.