Medicaid and Medicare Dual Eligibles – California

Low-income California seniors to move into new managed care plan, By Anna Gorman, March 27, 2013, Los Angeles Times: “In a major shift triggered by the national healthcare law, nearly half a million low-income California seniors and disabled patients will begin moving into a new managed care program this fall. The patients, who receive both Medi-Cal and Medicare, are among the most costly in the state. Officials believe that the program, Cal MediConnect, will reduce spending and improve care by shifting the patients out of a fragmented system and into one that is more coordinated. The state and the federal government signed an agreement Wednesday officially establishing a test program for the patients, known as dual eligibles…”