Helping people get healthcare
This site provides information on how managed care organizations (MCOs) partner with states to administer Medicaid benefits. Now more than ever, there is a critical need to provide quality care to a growing Medicaid population and to help states better plan and manage their budgets. When facing these challenges, managed care is the right partnership.
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Medicaid is a federal and state program that provides healthcare coverage to qualified individuals. Under federal regulations, states create and oversee a Medicaid managed care program that best serves their residents. States may choose to provide more services or coverage to people than is required.
Citations
1 https://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-information/History/
2 https://www.kff.org/health-reform/state-indicator/total-monthly-medicaid-and-chip-enrollment/
3 https://www.kff.org/medicaid/report/a-view-from-the-states-key-medicaid-policy-changes-results-from-a-50-state-medicaid-budget-survey-for-state-fiscal-years-2019-and-2020/
4 The Menges Group, 2017
5 http://healthinsuranceratings.ncqa.org/2019/Default.aspx
A Look At The Numbers is an educational resource about Medicaid managed care, hosted and supported by Medicaid Health Plans of America, in collaboration with other Medicaid managed care organizations and state health plan associations.