Presents findings from the third report to Congress on the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration.

Before Medicare Part D, Congress authorized the Medicare disease management demonstration to evaluate whether disease management programs—in conjunction with a comprehensive prescription drug benefit—could improve health outcomes and reduce Medicare expenditures. The demonstration...

The Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration aims to improve health outcomes and reduce Medicare costs for chronically ill beneficiaries by encouraging adherence to self-care and medication regimens and improving communication among physicians. This issue brief, based on a report to Congress,...

Well-documented racial disparities in use of medical services raise concerns about such disparities in other aspects of health care. This article compares the difference in Medicaid pharmacy use between black and white dually eligible Medicare beneficiaries, finding that black beneficiaries have...