Dual eligibles are people enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. Generally, you qualify for both because of your age, disability or condition, and/or income. Medicare is the primary coverage, and ...

a woman talking to a doctor about dual eligible medicare medicaid Medicare and Medicaid are different government-funded healthcare programs. To be eligible for both, a person must qualify for either ...

Medicare-Medicaid dual enrollees accounted for roughly a third of those programs’ spending but less than 20 percent of enrollment in 2021. Policy makers have responded to dual enrollees’ high levels ...

Medicare Advantage grocery supplemental benefit use is associated with increased outpatient care, suggesting that policy changes allowing for nonmedical supplemental benefits could improve ...

Change Healthcare has introduced Dual Enrollment Advocate™, an artificial intelligence and behavioral science system for Medicare Advantage dual eligibility identification and enrollment. The goal is ...

On a per service basis, providers are often paid less to treat dual-eligible beneficiaries than they would be paid to treat Medicare-only beneficiaries because of “lesser-of” payment policies. Current ...

The 2018 permanent authorization of dual-eligible special needs plans marked a significant long-term commitment by policy makers and coincided with substantial growth in plan offerings and enrollment.