Managed Care In Child Welfare – An Encore

If you thought that pilot projects focused on using managed care models in child welfare were over and done with, think again. Last month, the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) announced that it would move away from traditional any-willing-provider, fee-for-service – and selected one of the state's Medicaid care management organizations (CMO), to provide specialized managed care for children involved in foster care placements, adoption assistance, and the juvenile justice system (Georgia DHC Selects Amerigroup As Medicaid MCO For Children In Child . . .