This issue brief presents the results of the first study conducted using data from Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) data and the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey to assess the use of home- and community-based services by the presence and level of functional limitations, as measured by...

This Data Spotlight reviews trends in Medicare Advantage plan offerings, choices available to beneficiaries, and the premiums and selected characteristics of available plans in 2012. On average, beneficiaries will be able to choose from among 20 plans in 2013, the same as in 2012. The average...

Notes that 11 percent had no source of supplemental coverage. Twenty-nine percent have coverage through an HMO but no other form of subsidized coverage.

Managed care plans—pressured by a variety of marketplace forces that have been intensifying over the past two years—are making important shifts in their overall business strategy. For example, they are moving to offer less restrictive managed care products and product features that...