AOL

Medicare and Medicaid: Dual eligibility

Medicare and Medicaid are different government-funded healthcare programs. To be eligible for both, a person must qualify for either partial-dual or full-dual coverage. Both Medicare and Medicaid help ...
Insurancenewsnet.com

What is Dual Eligible? Why Some People Qualify for Medicare and Medicaid

Dual eligibles are people enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. Generally, you qualify for both because of your age, disability or condition, and/or income. Medicare is the primary coverage, and ...
Health Affairs

Proposed Medicaid Managed Care Rules: Impact On Dual Eligible Individuals, Part 1

This is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Medicare and Medicaid Integration. The featured topic includes analysis, proposals, and commentary that will inform policies on the ...
STAT

I worked for CMS. Even I struggle to help family navigate dual eligibility

Three months ago, my aunt Margaret had a stroke. Days before, she was repainting her bathroom and driving herself. Now, she needs help with dressing and getting in and out of bed, and our family is ...
Newsweek

Medicare, Medicaid Plans Could Drastically Change

Dual enrollees of Medicare and Medicaid could see big changes ahead as a bipartisan group of U.S. senators proposed a new law to integrate the two plans in a more seamless program. "Patients dually ...
STAT

Medicare Advantage plans for dual-eligible enrollees set to get Senate scrutiny

The Senate has set its eyes on regulating insurance plans for some of the most vulnerable patients in the U.S. — the 12.5 million people eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. “They’re a complex ...
Insurancenewsnet.com

Reports from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Provide New Insights into Medicare and Medicaid (Dual Eligibles’ Experience of Care with…

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, "In an effort to improve care and reduce costs, North Carolina (NC) developed a Patient-Centered ...
AOL

What to Know About Dual Eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid

Medicare is the federal health insurance program in the United States for people ages 65 and older. Medicaid is a joint federal and state program to help people with limited resources or income pay ...
Health Affairs

Proposed Medicaid Managed Care Rules: Impact On Dual Eligible Individuals, Part 2

This is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Medicare and Medicaid Integration. The featured topic includes analysis, proposals, and commentary that will inform policies on the ...
The Daily Sentinel

Medicare and Medicaid — the dual eligibility dilemma

Last week, an article introduced the issue of “deal eligibility” for simultaneous participation in the Medicare program as well as the Medicaid program. There are 4.6 million persons who now qualify ...