Researchers at University of Pennsylvania Target Managed Care (Effects of Dual-Eligible Integrated Care Plans on Medicaid Enrollment and Retention: Evidence From the Implementation of Medicare-Medicaid Plans): Managed Care

2025 OCT 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Managed Care is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Philadelphia, United States, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Medicare and Medicaid are separate programs that together cover 13 million low-income older adults and people with disabilities, known as dual-eligible individuals. Concern about a lack of coordination across Medicare and Medicaid has prompted the development of Integrated Care Programs (ICPs).”

Funders for this research include Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Arnold Ventures, National Institute on Aging.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Pennsylvania, “Although the primary goal of ICPs is to coordinate financing and care across Medicare and Medicaid, ICPs may also influence whether low-income individuals obtain or keep Medicaid. We evaluated whether the rollout of Medicare-Medicaid Plans (MMPs)-one of the largest ICPs-was associated with changes in Medicaid take-up and retention among Medicare beneficiaries residing in high-poverty zip codes. Using a stacked difference-in-differences design and variation in MMP rollouts across nine states, we found no evidence that MMPs increased monthly or continuous Medicaid enrollment in this population.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “These findings highlight the need for focused policies to address Medicaid enrollment gaps among low-income Medicare beneficiaries, which could complement broader integration efforts.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Effects of Dual-Eligible Integrated Care Plans on Medicaid Enrollment and Retention: Evidence From the Implementation of Medicare-Medicaid Plans. Medical Care Research and Review, 2025:10775587251372267. Medical Care Research and Review can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. (Sage Publications - http://www.sagepub.com/; Medical Care Research and Review - mcr.sagepub.com)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Eliza Macneal, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States. Additional authors for this research include Eric T. Roberts, Kenton J. Johnston and Jose F. Figueroa.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/10775587251372267. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

The publisher’s contact information for the journal Medical Care Research and Review is: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.

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