Integrating Medicare and Medicaid Coverage for Dual Eligibles-Recommendations for Reform

Eric T Roberts; Kenton J Johnston; Jose F Figueroa

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.8879

Integrating Medicare and Medicaid Coverage for Dual Eligibles-Recommendations for Reform

JAMA. 2023 Aug 1;330(5):409-410. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.8879.

Authors

Eric T Roberts¹, Kenton J Johnston², Jose F Figueroa³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² Division of General Medical Sciences, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.
³ Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 37440224
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.8879

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint highlights costly inefficiencies in delivery of care to patients who qualify to receive both Medicare and Medicaid and proposes more effective care models.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Eligibility Determination
Health Care Reform
Insurance Coverage
Medicaid*
Medicare*
United States

Plain language summary

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding