States Moving More Medicaid Patients to Managed Care

Today's blog features the Forbes article, "States Moving More Medicaid Patients to Managed Care" where contributing editor Bruce Japsen writes how private health insurance companies are seeing big reward through the Medicaid business as the states continue to deal with smaller budgets and increased spending on medical care.

"More states are moving away from the fragmented care of the antiquated fee-for-service model towards the capitated coordinated care model of managed care organizations,” said Jeff Myers, president and CEO of Medicaid Health Plans of America. “We expect this trend to continue, especially as more states consider Medicaid expansion: states will realize that such a move can only successfully be made with the budget predictability that managed care provides."

Read the full article HERE!

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