Industry Bulletins | December 4, 2017
Staywell Announces Opportunity For Payment Of Its Potential Medicaid 2018 Plan Year Bonus Payment To Its Provider Partners
As part of its ongoing commitment to provide value-based purchasing opportunities for its provider organizations, and to help improve the quality of health care while effectively managing medical expenses, Staywell - a health plan of WellCare Health Plans, Inc. - has committed to share up to 100 percent of its potential Medicaid quality performance bonus payment for calendar year 2018 with those of its health care provider partners.
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which administers the Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Program, has designated an incentive program for high-performing health plans. If the plans effectively manage medical expenses . . .