This report, based in part on a survey of state Medicaid directors in 50 states, examines current and potential local government roles in Medicaid managed care, their capacity to serve special needs populations, and related political, historical, administrative, and regulatory considerations, to...

Estimates that Medicaid prescription drug coverage for approximately 6 million "dual eligibles"—low-income seniors and people with disabilities who are covered by both Medicaid and Medicare—accounts for nearly half of all Medicaid spending on prescription drugs, including both...

Responsibility for drug coverage for over six million Medicare-Medicaid “dual eligibles†shifts from Medicaid to Medicare in January 2006 under the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. This issue brief summarizes new state-by-state data and a chartbook on Medicaid prescription drug use...

New data on Medicaid prescription drug use and reimbursement in 1999, prepared by Mathematica for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, provide a tool states can use to identify potential problems in their Medicaid prescription drug programs and explore solutions. The data are organized...

This issue brief highlights a number of prescription drug issues that remain important for states after the shift of prescription drug coverage for Medicaid-Medicare dual eligibles to Medicare in 2006, including the use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing facilities and other settings. It focuses...