WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MSHO?
Jeff Goodmanson
website: www.dhs.state.mn.us/healthcare/MSHO-MNDHO
651-431-2530 [email protected]
Common Acronyms
CMS - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CBP - County Based Purchasing Plans MA-PD - Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug plan MA - Medicare Advantage MMA - Medicare Modernization Act MnDHO - Minnesota Disability Health Option MSC - Minnesota Senior Care (formerly PMAP for seniors) MSC+- Minnesota Senior Care Plus MSHO - Minnesota Senior Health Option PMAP - Prepaid Medical Assistance Plan SNP - Special Needs Plan TPA - Third Party Administrator ESRD – End Stage Renal Disease
Managed Care Options For Seniors
MSC - Minnesota Senior Care
MSC+ - Minnesota Senior Care Plus
MSHO – Minnesota Senior Health Options
MSHO, MSC+, MSC
MSHO (83 counties)
MSC + (25 counties) Expanding in 2008
MSC (58 counties)
Medicare Part A & B
Medicare Special Needs Plan (SNP)
Fee for Service Fee for Service (FFS)
Medicare Part D Drugs
SNP Separate Free standing Medicare PDP
Separate Free standing Medicare PDP
Remaining Medicaid Drugs
SNP Medicaid MCO Medicaid MCO
Medicaid Basic Care
SNP Medicaid MCO Medicaid MCO
Medicaid NF SNP (180 days for new community enrollees) remainder FFS
MCO (180 days for new community enrollees) remainder FFS
MCO (90 days for new community enrollees) remainder FFS)
Medicaid EW SNP Medicaid MCO Medicaid Fee for Service
MSHO Overview
CMS Payment Demonstration since 1997 Combines Medicare and Medicaid services Includes Elderly Waiver Includes 180 days of nursing home care Enrollment is voluntary instead of mandatory enrollment
in MSC or MSC+ Operating statewide (83 of 87 counties) All nine PMAP plans participate 35,000+ enrolled
Overview Continued
Care Coordinator assigned to each enrollee.
Some plans contracting with counties for CC functions while others are using clinics/care systems.
MSHO Key Features
Simpler, seamless care for enrollees Improved management of chronic conditions,
clinical care coordination across primary, acute and long term care and Medicare and Medicaid benefits
Simplifies access to ALL Medicare A,B, D and Medicaid benefits
Integrated Medicare and Medicaid member materials and enrollment, providers bill one place for all services
Care Coordination: Each enrollee assigned a care coordinator or health service coordinator who assists with coordination of primary, acute and LTC services
How Do I Identify The Care Coordinator?
The Care Coordinator can be found on RMGR in MMIS. PF4 to navigate
If no information is listed on RMGR or no screening document has been entered, please contact the health plan to get the Care Coordinator contact information.
The contacts for identifying Care Coordinators for MSHO and MSC can be found on the DHS website.
RMGR
PF4 TO PSUM
TRANSMIT TO PADD
Communication Form
DHS is developing a communication form that will be used by counties, managed care plans (Care Coordinators), and DHS to help improve communication.
The new communication form is being developed in a workgroup that includes DHS, counties, and managed care staff.
A bulletin will be issued once the form is finalized.
Typical Dual Eligible Drug Coverage
Dual Goes to Pharmacy for Drugs: Must Present 3 Different Cards
Medicare Part D Drugs Medicare Part B Drugs Medicaid Drugs
Medicaid Card
Medicare Card and Medicaid CardPart D Plan Card
Medicaid pays 20% cost sharing, pharmacy or provider bills DHS separately
Integrated Drug Coverage
MSHO Enrollee Takes 1 Card to Pharmacy
Medicare Part D drugs
Medicare Part B drugs
Medicaid drugs
20% Medicare Cost Sharing covered
Participating MSHO SNPs and MSC/MSC+ Health Plans for Seniors
Blue Plus First Plan Health Partners Itasca Medical Care ** Medica * Metropolitan Health Plan * Prime West ** South Country Health Alliance ** UCare Minnesota *
* Original MSHO plans** Current MSC+ plans
Who can Enroll into MSHO?
People 65 or over, and Are eligible for Medicare Part A and B or who do not
have Medicare, and Live in a participating MSHO county, and Are eligible for MA without a medical spenddown, or Are Eligible for SIS EW with a waiver obligation. Effective 6/1/05 applicants with a medical
spenddown are not eligible to enroll. People who acquire a medical spenddown after MSHO enrollment are allowed to continue MSHO enrollment if the spenddown is paid directly to DHS.
What Happened 1/06?
Medicare Part D started On 1/1/06 nine MSHO plans became
Medicare Special Needs Plans (SNPs) offering Medicare A, B and D services
1/1/06 CMS passively enrolled 23,000 dually eligible seniors into MSHO SNPs due to new Part D system
Most Medicaid seniors are now enrolled in MSHO instead of MSC/MSC+
What Happened Continued
More services (like SNF stays and Part B) now subject to coverage under Medicare managed care
MSHO plans began new contracting partnerships with counties for care management
Most MSHO plans have $0 premiums for Part D Duals pay co-pays of $1-3.10 or $2.15-5.35
depending income level. NF residents pay $0 co-pays
Standard Part D Benefits
2006 2007 2008
Deductible $250 $265 $275
Initial Coverage Limit
$2,250 $2,400 $2,510
Out of pocket (OOP) threshold
$3,600 $3,850 $4,050
Total Covered Drugs at OOP
$5,100 $5,451.25 $5726.25
Copays at Catastrophic Level
$2/generic$5/brand
$2.15/generic$5.35/brand
$2.25/generic$5.60/brand
Copays for Full Benefit Dual Eligibles
2006 2007 2008
Copays for institutionalized FBDE (SNF and ICF/MR) does not apply to assisted living
$0 $0 $0
Income < 100% FPG
$1/generic$3/brand
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$1/generic$3.10/brand
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$1.05/generic$3.10/brand
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Income > 100% FPG
$2/generic$5/brand
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$2.15/generic$5.35/brand
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$2.25/generic$5.60/brand
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What Was Passive Enrollment
Was a one time option for SNPs that also have Medicaid managed care contracts.
Allowed SNPs to transfer their Medicaid dual eligibles into their Medicare SNP plan to facilitate Part D coverage.
CMS approved passive enrollment for all MSHO SNPs.
Passive Enrollment-Continued
MSHO eligible seniors enrolled in PMAP as of 8/05 were offered opportunity to be passively enrolled.
9/05 enrollees were sent letters by current PMAP plans explaining the benefits and the “opt-out” option.
Enrollees had the option to “opt-out” by contacting DHS by 10/31/05.
About 23,000 people passively enrolled.
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MSC 8,674
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MSHO and MSC Enrollment September 2007MSHO Total: 35,930 MSC Total: 10,840
MSC 1,525 378 1,673 163 4,072 671 124 798 1,436
MSHO 10,147 937 2,632 465 8,673 844 2,057 2,006 8,169
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What happens with Medicare coverage if MSHO is closed?
MSHO contract states that health plans will continue to cover Medicare services for up to 3 months when MSHO eligibility ends.
The up to 3 months only applies to enrollees who lose eligibility with a disenrollment reason of “EE” on RPPH. (Closed for review)
People who close for voluntary disenrollment “VL” or because they move “MV” DO NOT get the 3 months.
The up to 3 months of additional Medicare coverage was negotiated to allow the recipient an opportunity to choose another Part D plan if MA/MSHO is not reopened.
Retro enrollment into MSHO
If MSHO closes due to loss of MA, once MA is reopened, the client will be retro enrolled into MSHO with no gap in enrollment as long as the gap in MA is less than three months and the enrollee did not enroll into a different Part D plan.
This policy does NOT apply to MSC/MSC+
Living Arrangement Impact on Part D Co-Pays
DHS provides NF information to CMS for dual eligibles on a monthly file based on what is listed in MMIS for the living arrangement
It is important that the NF submit the 1503 to the county timely
The county must update the living arrangement immediately so the correct information gets sent to CMS
Once the living arrangement is updated, the NF information is submitted to CMS on the next monthly file
CMS processes the DHS file and then tells the health plan how much to charge for the co-pay
The amount of time it takes for all actions to occur may result in delays in the resident getting charged the correct co-pay.
More About Part D Co-Pays
It is important that all providers bill timely If the enrollee has a spenddown, the enrollee is
not considered a dual eligible until the spenddown has been reached once in the calendar year for Medicare Part D purposes
DHS will not submit the enrollee for dual status until the spenddown has been reached even if the enrollee is a NF resident
Timely billing is a key factor in the enrollee getting changed the correct co-pay level
Medical Spenddowns
People who acquire a medical spenddown after MSHO enrollment has started are allowed to remain enrolled in MSHO only if they pay the full spenddown amount directly to DHS.
DHS (SRU) bills the enrollee each month Enrollees with AMM’s should only remain
enrolled if medical expenses are routinely more then the amount of the spenddown.
Waiver Obligations
Enrollees with waiver obligations are allowed to enroll in MSHO
Waiver obligations are paid directly to the provider similar to fee-for-service
Providers bill the health plan for EW services MSHO health plans pay the provider after
deducting the waiver obligation amount DHS informs the health plan of the waiver
obligation amount monthly
Institutional Spenddown
Institutional spenddowns for people enrolled in MSHO are collected by the provider just like all other Medicaid enrollees
See Bulletin 06-21-05 for more information about institutional spenddowns for people on MSHO
Designated Providers
Designated provider numbers should not be used for waiver obligations and medical spenddowns for MSHO
Exception: People who are in a nursing home and elect hospice should be coded as AMM with the hospice provider as the designated provider. (See MMIS User Manual)
Designated Providers should be used for institutional spenddowns.
Why can’t we use a designated provider for waiver obligations
and medical spenddowns? The health plans do not use our designated
provider data DHS is paying a cap to the health plan to pay
claims DHS bills the client directly for the medical
spenddown amount because claims are being paid by the health plan in full
The health plans can only deduct the waiver obligation amounts based on DHS provided information but they do not use our designated provider data
Why can we have designated providers for Institutional and
Hospice Spenddowns? When the health plan has the NF liability for an
MSHO enrollee, the plan pays the facility the full charges for the 180 days.
DHS will deduct the amount of the AIM spenddown from the provider on the remittance advice DHS pays to the provider
Once the 180 liability ends, the claims are submitted to DHS fee-for-service and the amount is reduced on the submitted claims
Hospice room and board charges are submitted to DHS fee-for-service so DHS can reduce the spenddown amount when the claim is submitted
Enrollment Hassles
MSHO enrollments may come in either through the counties, health plans, or through changes that CMS makes directly with notification to the plan/State
Dual eligibles can change plans or disenroll each month per CMS policy
Signing an enrollment in a freestanding Prescription Drug Plan or another type of Medicare plan (Medicare Private FFS Plan) automatically terminates an MSHO SNP enrollment per CMS policy
Enrollment Hassles
Loss of Medicaid eligibility also may change enrollment
Counties DO NOT control MSHO enrollment The State tracks the MSHO Medicare SNP
enrollments because we coordinate the Medicare and Medicaid enrollment to the best extent possible
SOME enrollment changes MUST be made retroactively due to CMS SNP rules
2007 Changes
MSHO enrollments are allowed until the last day of the month for Medicare and Medicaid dual eligibles only
This change is needed to match up with CMS enrollment for Part D that allow enrollment up to the end of the month
Non-duals who want to enroll into MSHO will continue to follow current enrollment dates (on or before cut-off).
It is important that enrollment forms get sent to DHS timely to make sure proper enrollment dates are applied
2007 Changes
People who are ESRD will not be allowed to enroll in MSHO
This change matches CMS policy for ESRD
People who are already enrolled in MSHO and are ESRD will be allowed to maintain MSHO enrollment
ESRD information can often be found on the RSVL screen in MMIS
2008 Changes – MSC+
MSC + will be expanding in 2008 statewide except in the 7 county metro area.
People in affected counties that are currently enrolled into MSC will be automatically transitioned to MSC+.
The managed care exclusions for MSC still apply for MSC+.
MSC+ includes EW and 180 days of NF liability.
MSC+ Continued
Designated providers should not be used for AWM waiver obligations for people on MSC+.
The waiver obligation will be deducted on the claims paid by the health plans similar to fee-for-service claims.
Questions?