As Congress Eyes Medicaid Cuts, More States Use Managed Care for Foster Children
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Mar 21, 2025
As the federal government considers potential drastic cuts to Medicaid funding, vulnerable children could be impacted because Medicaid covers nearly all children in foster care, according to speakers who discussed the issue in a recent webinar. The panelists noted that states are increasingly adopting managed care strategies to help meet the needs of foster care children and that they expect more states to follow suit as they grapple with a shifting Medicaid landscape.
Katie Olse, senior director of child and family wellbeing at Sellers Dorsey, said during the March 12 Medicaid Health Plans of America webinar that 26 states are serving foster children via managed care. Ten of those states have health plans devoted exclusively to foster care, while North Carolina on Dec. 1 will launch a statewide, integrated managed care plan for foster children and their families.
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