| 1: | | Title: | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 February 22 | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | Description: | February 22, 2013. The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) and the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced a groundbreaking joint effort to reform the way care is delivered to clients eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative (MMAI) demonstration project, which is designed for clients who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (known as dual eligible), will provide coordinated care to more than 135,000 Medicare-Medicaid enrollees in the Chicagoland area and throughout central Illinois beginning October 2013. | | | Date Created: | 02 22 2013 | | | Agency ID: | 161**13 | | | ISL ID: | 000000045180 Original UID: 26408 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
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