New York Goal Of Integrating Care For Dual Eligibles Impeded By Need To Improve Beneficiary Information

The New York Department of Health seeks to increase the number of Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible beneficiaries enrolled in an aligned Medicare- Medicaid plan by 250%, according a goal announced in 2022 in its Dual Eligible Integrated Care Roadmap. However, the state has not achieved that goal because the state and health plans have failed to address issues directly related to integrated care. Currently the state offers four types of integrated, aligned Medicare-Medicaid plans, but each plan type covers a slightly different set of services, and has its own provider organization network in which the organizations may or may . . .