Other SNP Resources

SNP PUBLICATION LIBRARY

NHPG and its SNP Alliance are pleased to provide you with a complete array of resources on the latest information about Special Need Plans.  The following articles and documents have been published by various entitites and are available here for your reference.

The SNP Alliance sincerely thanks these organizations for allowing us to archive their resources here: (Documents are listed by date of publication with the most recent appearing first. Simply click on the link to view the PDF.)

REPORTS
Medicare Special Needs Plans: A Critical Need for Quality Standards of Care - June 2008 (Community Catalyst)

Update on the Medicare Advantage Program - March 2008 (MedPAC)

Medicare Special Needs Plans: A Consumer Advocate's Guide to Opportunities, Risks and Promising Practices - February 2008 (Community Catalyst)

Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans: Six Plans Experiences - November 2007 (Association for Community Affiliated Plans)

Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans: A Beneficiary Perspective - October 2007 (Center for Medicare Advocacy)

Lessons from Dual-Eligible Demonstrations for CMS, States, Health Plans and Providers - March 2007 (Brandeis University)

The Impact of Medicare Special Needs Plans on State Procurement Strategies for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries in Long-Term Care - January 2007 (Thomson Medstat)

SNPs: Overpayment Debate Ignores Need for Reform to Achieve Original Program Goals - June 2007 (Community Catalyst)

ISSUE BRIEFS & ARTICLES
Coordinating Care for Dual Eligibles: Options for Linking State Medicaid Programs with Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans - February 2008 (The Commonwealth Fund)

Medicare Issue Brief: Do We Know If Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans Are Special? - January 2008 (James Verdier, JD for The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) 

Special Needs Plans: Building a Successful Care System for High-Risk Beneficiaries - September/October 2006 (NHPG's Rich Bringewatt for Medicare Patient Magazine)

Medicare Advantage SNPs: A New Opportunity for Integrated Care? - November 2005 (Christie Provost Peters for National Health Policy Forum)

The Medicare Modernization Act May Help ALFs - July/August 2005 - NHPG's Rich Bringewatt for Assisted Living Consult)