Managed Care In The Foster Care System – Past The Tipping Point?

Over the past few years we've covered Medicaid's shift to more managed care, as states move more services, more programs, and more populations away from FFS and into managed care. Managed care models now serve 66% of the U.S. Medicaid population – an estimated 43.5 million people as of 2014 (see 66% Of All Medicaid Beneficiaries Enrolled In Managed Care Plans In 2014). This new wave of enrollment of Medicaid beneficiaries in managed care is unlike previous initiatives. For the first time, a number of consumer populations that have been previously excluded from managed care plan enrollment . . .