female, and proportion of Medicare/Medicaid patients. Decreases in the average length of stay and in the proportion of …

Estimates that Medicaid prescription drug coverage for approximately 6 million "dual eligibles"—low-income seniors … and people with disabilities who are covered by both Medicaid and Medicare—accounts for nearly half of all Medicaid … spending on prescription drugs, including both federal and state shares of Medicaid drug costs. Notes that enactment of a …

Responsibility for drug coverage for over six million Medicare-Medicaid “dual eligibles†shifts from Medicaid to … a chartbook on Medicaid prescription drug use and reimbursement for 1999 to highlight issues for health plans providing … the new Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit, states, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The …

New data on Medicaid prescription drug use and reimbursement in 1999, prepared by Mathematica for the Centers for … Medicare & Medicaid Services, provide a tool states can use to identify potential problems in their Medicaid prescription drug … states and the national average, and explore potential explanations. Their own more recent state Medicaid prescription drug …

Based on case studies in seven states, examines three critical questions about Medicaid managed care: 1) Does … fundamental problems with Medicaid. …