Measurement, Monitoring & Evaluation Of The Financial Alignment Initiative For Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees:Preliminary Findings From The Washington Managed Fee-For-Service Demonstration

The report was released in January 2016 by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). It presents an evaluation conducted by RTI International of the savings to Medicare after the first 18 months of the Washington State managed fee-for-service demonstration program for people dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. The researchers found that Medicare per member per month (PMPM) spending was 6% lower for enrollees than for a comparison group. The first demonstration performance period ran from July 2013 to December 2014. Medicare spending, relative to a comparison group, was $21.6 million lower for . . .