The Playbook Blog: Integrating Care for Dually Eligible Individuals Matters Even More in the Face of COVID-19
The Better Care Playbook has published a blog by Melanie Bella, "Integrating Care for Dually Eligible Individuals Matters Even More in the Face of COVID-19."
The current pandemic has stalled early 2020 efforts of states and their federal and health plan partners to advance Medicaid-Medicare integration. Yet those most vulnerable to the virus — older individuals with multiple chronic conditions or functional limitations, people with disabilities, and residents of nursing facilities — are largely dually eligible for these two programs. COVID-19 is shining a light on the lack of coordination between Medicare and Medicaid, and is uncovering new opportunities to better serve dually eligible populations.
In this blog post, Melanie Bella, MBA, chief of new business and policy at Cityblock Health and former director of the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, explores implications of the current moment to influence the future landscape for integrating Medicare and Medicaid services.
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