June 7, 2010

Cross Payer Effects on Medicare Resource Use: Lessons for Medicaid Administrators

On May 15th, 2010, The Hilltop Institute published their report titled Cross-Payer Effects on Medicare Resource Use: Lessons for Medicaid Administrators. This report provides a summary of the work completed in the study entitled Medicaid Long-Term Care Programs: Simulating Rate Setting and Cross-Payer Effects. The study explored the cross-payer effects of providing Medicaid long-term services and supports on Medicare acute care resource use. This is the last of 4 total reports. This final report provides a summary of the work done in their study, with an emphasis on lessons that state Medicaid administrators should consider as they move toward more formal programs of integrated care for duals.