In Washington D.C., Mental-Health Groups Voice Concerns Over Dual Eligible Demonstration Program

Circle Connections: New Products & Services As reported in Modern Healthcare on December 1, 2012, worried that state applications for a federal demonstration program for Medicare and Medicaid enrollees are not designed in a way that ensures access and proper care for the mentally ill, some behavioral-health groups have developed a proposal of their own. So far, the CMS has received applications from 26 states for the agency's Financial Alignment Initiative, a program that will allow the CMS to test two payment models nationwide for up to two million dual-eligibles - those enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid . . .