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...

This report describes opportunities to rigorously test the effectiveness of employment initiatives for this population. The report addresses two key questions: (1) Which strategies would be most interesting to test and how could programs be designed to support rigorous evaluations of them? (2)...

Finds that most WtW grantees, except recently funded ones, are now delivering services, but restrictive eligibility rules still in effect in late 1999 continue to impede enrollment. Despite low enrollment, grantees have moved expeditiously to place WtW participants in work activities. To date,...