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...

To improve beneficiary care and reduce unnecessary expenditures, a number of states have developed programs and initiatives aimed at improving the coordination and management of care for dual eligibles—beneficiaries enrolled in both Medicaid and Medicare for their health care services....

This report for the New York State Health Foundation 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...