Provides recommendations for New York State as it works to improve the coordination and integration of care dual eligibles receive through Medicare and Medicaid. Key recommendations include using the federal dual eligible demonstration to support and enhance current state initiatives for dual...

A number of data sets can be used to estimate the size of the nursing home population with mental illness; however, estimates vary because of differences in data collection. The 2004 National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS) estimates that 6.8 percent of nursing home residents had a primary diagnosis...

Dramatic and sustainable payment reform may require reforming decision making in Medicare.