Using Integrated Medicare/Medicaid Data to Guide and Assess Implementation of Ohio's Long-Term System

An Evidence-based Approach to Improve Best Practices and Policy for Ohio's Aged, Blind and Disabled (ABD) Population/Dual Eligibles

Overview and Selected Applications from Analyses of Ohio's Integrated Dataset (2000)

Goals of this project were:

• To improve care for ABD/dual eligibles by identifying patterns in their use of primary, acute, and long-term-care services, associated costs, and issues in care management (e.g., medication noncompliance, lack of preventive care, poor outcomes at transition points).
• To use this evidence base to improve the organization and delivery of care, including data-driven policy strategies that address current and emerging issues and possible solutions.
• To assess the capacity of current service delivery system, especially in communities with large concentrations of high-risk populations and to examine the financial role played by Medicare, Medicaid and local funding.
• To explore and implement new and sustainable care and financing alternatives, especially those that address the diverse needs of high-risk/high-cost populations.

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