Improving Care for Dual-Eligible Individuals by Synchronizing Medicare and Medicaid Data

November 7, 2022

Many people in the US qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid. Care concerns are often unique for these so-called “dual eligibles,” and significant policy efforts have been made to improve their health outcomes through new models of dual cove rage. Unfortunately, few data resources exist for dual eligible people, complicating health equity efforts.

According to the authors, “Existing data sources also provide an incomplete picture of patient needs for or experiences with care in areas that are most salient to this population (for example, coordinating hospital care and long-term care). Further, some data sources are limited in the extent to which they enable analysts to identify underserved subpopulations of dual eligibles. A growing body of research documents substantial health care disparities within the dual-eligible population, making it critical to measure equity of care among different subpopulations of dual eligibles.”

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