The right model for Oklahoma
A Look At The Numbers provides information on how managed care organizations (MCOs) will partner with Oklahoma to provide care for a growing Medicaid population.
Medicaid managed care enables Oklahoma to deliver higher quality care and improved health outcomes for Medicaid recipients, while managing healthcare costs.
The care people need, when they need it. That is the model of managed care.
Medicaid in Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s Medicaid program, SoonerCare, provides healthcare to many individuals facing economic and social barriers to help improve their health and well-being.
893,000
Oklahomans currently enrolled in SoonerCare1
This number is expected to grow by as much as 250,000 people with SoonerCare’s expansion, including nearly 50,000 who have lost coverage as a result of unemployment over the past year.2
The right partnership for Oklahoma
SoonerCare can be at its best in partnership with MCOs, which can provide budget predictability and help Oklahoma deliver healthcare in new ways.
Citations
1 http://www.okhca.org/research.aspx?id=87
2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/voters-in-deep-red-oklahoma-approve-medicaid-expansion/2020/07/01/38e14c82-bbba-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html
3 https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/opioids/opioid-summaries-by-state/oklahoma-opioid-involved-deaths-related-harms
4 https://www.medicaid.gov/state-overviews/scorecard/postpartum-care/index.html
5 https://healthinsuranceratings.ncqa.org/2019/Default.aspx
6 http://www.advancingstates.org/sites/nasuad/files/ACAP-Menges-MMC-Savings-Report-FINAL-071117.pdf
7 https://www.cms.gov/files/document/2019-perm-medicaid-improper-payment-rates.pdf
8 https://2020scorecard.commonwealthfund.org/state/oklahoma/
9 https://medicaidplans.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020PR_MHPAStatement_HouseBill_May-15.pdf
10 https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/10-things-to-know-about-medicaid-managed-care/
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.