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HEALTH STEERING COMMITTEE ADOPTED RESOLUTION ON INTEGRATION OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FOR DUAL ELIGIBLES Issue: Medicare and Medicaid are not well integrated, ca ising fragmentation between acute and long-term care, especially for people who are eligible for both programs. Adopted Policy: NACo supports initiatives to improve quality of care and control expenditures by integrating the delivery of Medicare and Medicaid services for individuals eligible for both programs. NACo supports detailed quality and access standards for managed care plans which provide services to dual eligibles. Managed care plans participating in the program should be required to provide detailed data on utilization, expenditures, quality of care and health and morbidity outcomes to state and federal officials and evaluators NACo supports demonstration designs in which counties can share in Medicaid and Medicare savings and where cost shifts to counties are avoided. HEALTH STEERING COMMITTEE ADOPTED RESOLUTION ON MAINTAINING THE HEALTH SAFETY NET AFTER ACA IMPLEMENTATION Issue: Maintaining a strong local safety net after Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation Adopted Policy: NACo supports the maintaining a strong safety net for the uninsured residual and vulnerable populations with medical and behavioral health needs after full implementation of the ACA in 2014 and beyond. NACo urges the federal and state governments to ensure the availability of adequate and sustainable funding for safety net providers as they continue to care for the uninsured.