Presents findings from the third report to Congress on the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration.

This report evaluated Mercy Medical Center North Iowa and Health Quality Partners, two providers in the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration, a rigorous multiyear evaluation sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine if care coordination improves quality of...

This study randomly assigned Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who had chronic illnesses and volunteered to participate in 15 care coordination programs to treatment or control status. Nurses provided patient education (mostly by telephone) to improve adherence and ability to communicate...

This article analyzed the experiences of the School of Medicine’s care-management program as it took part in the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration, with the goal of reducing hospitalizations and Medicare spending or improving quality while remaining cost neutral. The study showed that...

This study compares key patient outcomes at Brand New Day, a Medicare SNP for dual eligibles with severe mental illness, under two alternatives—routine care (services routinely provided at the plan before the study) and enhanced care (more frequent or more intensive services)—for...

We assessed transitions from Medicare-only to Medicare-Medicaid enrollment (MME) in 2009, examining variations in transition rates by age group, in use of long-term care (LTC) services, and across states.

This brief from the Integrated Care Resource Center (ICRC) discusses low-cost, low-administrative burden approaches in four categories: (1) stakeholder engagement; (2) training and education of providers; (3) information exchange; and (4) opportunities in capitated Medicaid managed care.