This technical assistance brief, prepared for the Integrated Care Resource Center, provides basic information for states participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration covering Medicare-Medicaid enrollees. Although not a comprehensive...

We examine the effects of a policy change in the province of Quebec, Canada which greatly expanded insurance coverage for prescription medications. We show that the change was associated with a sharp increase in the use of stimulant medications commonly prescribed for ADHD in Quebec relative to...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) anticipated problems transitioning drug coverage for dual eligible beneficiaries from Medicaid to Medicare when Medicare Part D was implemented in 2006. This report examines the administrative efficiency of the "Point-of-Sale Facilitated...