Medicare Advantage SNPs: A New Opportunity for Integrated Care?

Authors

Christie Provost Peters, George Washington University

Document Type

Issue Brief

Publication Date

11-11-2005

Abstract

Medicare Advantage special needs plans (SNPs) are a new type of coordinated care plan established by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act. SNPs were created to encourage greater access to Medicare managed care for certain special needs populations: the institutionalized, persons dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, and the chronically ill. Some view SNPs as a new opportunity to integrate acute and long-term care services as well as Medicare and Medicaid financing. Others, however, question the degree to which full integration will become a widespread reality. This issue brief examines the SNP option and the promises and challenges it presents for better coordinated care.

Comments

Issue brief no. 808

Recommended Citation

Peters, Christie Provost, "Medicare Advantage SNPs: A New Opportunity for Integrated Care?" (2005). National Health Policy Forum. Paper 157.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/sphhs_centers_nhpf/157

Open Access

yes