Illinois Signs Memorandum of Understanding with CMS, Becoming 4th State to Adopt Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligibles Initiative

On February 22, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing the Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative (MMAI) in Illinois (the Demonstration). Illinois is now the fourth state to implement the MMAI, after Massachusetts, Washington, and Ohio, and twenty…