Tag: MACPAC
New data book provides dual-eligible landscape
January 23, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – People who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid account for a disproportionate share of spending in both programs, according to an updated data book from MedPAC and MACPAC.
Dual-eligible beneficiaries totalled 19% of the Medicare population in 2021 but accounted for 35% of Medicare spending. Similarly, dual-eligible beneficiaries accounted for 13% of all Medicaid beneficiaries but 27% of Medicaid spending.
“The existence of separate Medicaid and...
MedPAC, MACPAC update data book
February 3, 2022HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – MedPAC and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) have released the newly updated data book, Beneficiaries Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. This version of the book is the first to use data from the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System, which captures more recent data and information than previously available. The book compares subgroups of dually eligible beneficiaries, including those with full versus partial benefits and those...