News Report | August 4, 2020
District Of Columbia Medicaid Program Selects Three MCOs
On July 16, 2020, the District of Columbia Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) announced it intended to award Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) contracts to AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia, Inc., MedStar Family Choice, and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Community Health Plan District of Columbia (formerly known as Trusted Health Plan). The new contracts are slated to go live on October 1, 2020. The initial term runs for one year through September 30, 2021, followed by four one-year renewal options.
The incumbents are AmeriHealth Caritas, Anthem, and Trusted Health Plan, under contracts that were awarded in May 2019. Currently . . .