Amount of Medicaid Funds Flowing to MCOs Is Poised to Rise, KFF Predicts

  • May 16, 2024

    Taking a look at the overall state of Medicaid managed care, KFF earlier this month compiled data from prior years of its surveys and analyses to identify notable trends. About 75% of all Medicaid beneficiaries are enrolled in risk-based managed care — with that percentage set to grow as Oklahoma transitions away from fee-for-service (FFS) Medicaid — and most states spend at least 40% of total Medicaid dollars on payments to MCOs. KFF noted that spend could increase as states shift higher-cost, higher-need beneficiaries, such as disabled individuals and adults aged 65 and older, into managed care. Moreover, most states (32 states including Washington, D.C.) with managed care carve in their pharmacy benefits to MCO contracts, observed KFF.  Read more
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  • Carina Belles

    Carina has been covering public-sector health care since 2018. As a data reporter for Radar on Medicare Advantage, she creates infographics and data stories on issues impacting Medicare, Medicaid and Part D. She also develops AIS Health Daily, a free daily newsletter that showcases AIS’s strong reporting across our four publications and parent company Norstella’s suite of market access and data solutions. Prior to joining the editorial team, she managed Medicare and Medicaid data for the Directory of Health Plans, AIS’s industry-standard health coverage database. She graduated from Ohio University with a B.S. in Journalism.

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