The Electronic Health Record Demonstration, funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is designed to evaluate whether financial incentives can increase the adoption and use of electronic health records (EHRs) by primary care physician practices. This first evaluation report...

This chartbook highlights national and state-by-state data on Medicaid prescription drug use and expenditures for 2005 by beneficiary characteristics (age, sex, and race), basis of eligibility (children, adults, disabled, and aged), and type of drug (brand vs. generic, top 10 drug groups, top 7...

This technical assistance brief from the Integrated Care Resource Center (ICRC) provides basic information on the Medicare program, the services it covers, and the process used to set rates.

This technical assistance brief explores ways of improving the coordination of these overlapping benefits in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Financial Alignment Initiative’s capitated model demonstrations.

This brief from the Integrated Care Resource Center (ICRC) reviews primary care case management and related FFS models to gather insights into key program design elements needed to manage care for high-need, high-cost beneficiaries with multiple conditions.

The Medicaid Buy-In program, a state Medicaid option since the late 1990s, is designed to encourage adults with disabilities to work by allowing them to buy into Medicaid when their earnings exceed standard Medicaid eligibility limits. This article describes enrollment, expenditures, and...