What you should know about PACE:

PACE Provides Comprehensive Care

PACE uses Medicare and Medicaid funds to cover all of your medically-necessary care and services. You can have either Medicare or Medicaid, or both to join PACE.

The Focus is on You

You will have a team of health care professionals to help you make health care decisions. Your team is experienced in caring for people just like you. They care for a small number of people. That way, they get to know you, what kind of living situation you are in, and what your preferences are. You and your family participate as the team develops and updates your plan of care and your goals in the program.

Preventive Care is Covered and Encouraged

PACE will help you live in the community for as long as possible. To meet this goal, PACE focuses on preventative care. Although all people enrolled in PACE are eligible for nursing home care, only 7% live in nursing homes.

PACE Supports Family Caregivers

PACE supports your family members and other caregivers with training, support groups and respite care to help families keep their loved ones in the community.

PACE Covers Prescription Drugs

PACE organizations offer Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage. If you join a PACE program, you'll get your Part D-covered drugs and all other necessary medication from the PACE program.

Note: If you are in a PACE program, you don't need to join a separate Medicare drug plan. If you do, you will lose your PACE health and prescription drug benefits.