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Improving the Qualified Medicare Benefit Program for Dual Eligibles
11/01/2011 | Requests *Summary
This paper provides recommendations on changes to improve delivery of the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) program so that it can more fully serve the purposes for which the program was established. It is the last in a series of four papers that highlight pressing issues facing dual eligibles and provide recommendations to the federal Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO), state Medicaid agencies and other interested policymakers and stakeholders on how to address them.
Author
Burke, Georgia; Prindiville, Kevin
Available Files
- Issue Brief Off-site link (16 pages)
Keywords
Dual Eligibles; Eligibility; Medicaid; Stakeholder Involvement; low-income; premiums; deductibles; copayments; coverage; providers; Medicare and Medicaid Services; Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP); program deficiencies; bad debt program
Topic
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Aging Issues, Long-Term Care, Quality
Type/Tool
Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers, Proposals
Source
National Senior Citizens Law Center
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
11/26/2011
Contact
National Senior Citizens Law Center
www.NSCLC.org
202-289-6976
www.NSCLC.org
202-289-6976
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