In Connecticut, the Department of Social Services (DSS, the state Medicaid program) is developing a new integrated care program, known as Connecticut Lifelong Care (CTLC), for the state's dually eligible population. In 1999, the DSS initiated a project with the University of Connecticut Center on Aging to help support development of the CTLC. This project will produce a series of reports on Medicare and Medicaid covered service use patterns in Connecticut's dually eligible population. The source of data for this project is a unique statewide linked data base that includes uniform client assessment forms and monthly expenditures from Medicare and Medicaid claims data for individuals enrolled in Connecticut's home and community-based long term care programs. Assessment data include measures of cognitive impairment and functional status. This presentation will feature selected findings from this linked data base project, as well as an overview of how results are reviewed and discussed with DSS policy makers. Findings will focus on service use comparisons according to level of cognitive impairment among dually eligible individuals in the data base. Implications of these findings will also be presented.
Learning Objectives: Understand how linked data bases can help inform policy makers about patterns of health service use and costs in the dually eligible population with dementia. Explain how researchers and state health policy makers are using results of analyses to develop an intergrated care program for dually eligible individuals in Connecticut
Keywords: Medicare/Medicaid,
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