Number: RL33495
Title: Integrating Medicare and Medicaid Services Through Managed Care
Authors: Julie Stone and Karen Tritz, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report discusses efforts to improve the delivery of health and long-term care services for individuals who are dually enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare (i.e., dual eligibles), which generally includes the elderly and some individuals with disabilities. Dual eligibles are more likely than other Medicare beneficiaries to be in fair or poor health, cognitively and/or functionally impaired, and have more chronic ailments and conditions. The Medicaid and Medicare programs that provide services to dual eligibles are administered by different units of government, guided by different laws and regulations, and cover a different set of services for these individuals. These differences can lead to fragmentation and inefficiencies.
Pages: 29
Date: January 18, 2007