The new Medicare Part D benefit, which began on January 1, 2006, expanded Medicare to include prescription drugs, and it required beneficiaries to change how they interact with the program. Past experience with low enrollment in a variety of programs designed to aid low-income Medicare...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) operates the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program to ensure and improve the quality of health care for Medicare beneficiaries. This report presents the results of an independent evaluation of the ninth scope of work, QIO Program,...

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...