This week, our In Focus section releases a new brief from Health Management Associates, Medicare-Medicaid Integration: Essential Program Elements and Policy Recommendations for Integrated Care Programs for Dually Eligible Individuals. The authors are Sarah Barth, Ellen Breslin, Samantha DiPaola and Narda
Ipakchi. This issue brief is part of a multi-phased research initiative to increase enrollment in integrated care programs (ICPs) that meet full benefit dually eligible individuals’ needs and preferences. Dually eligible individuals have a range of chronic conditions and disabilities requiring both Medicare and
Medicaid services, which makes integrated programs important to their lives.