News Report | June 30, 2020
Hawaii Cancels New Medicaid Contracts Due To COVID-19, Will Rebid In Fall 2020
On May 29, 2020, the Hawaii Department of Human Services (DHS) announced that it intended to rescind the Medicaid Med-QUEST managed care organization (MCO) contracts awarded in January 2020, and the request for proposal (RFP) released August 2019. The new RFP is slated for release in the fall of 2020. Before it is released, DHS intends to issue a request for information (RFI) to better understand the evolving needs of communities and provider organizations due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health crisis. Existing contracts with the five incumbent health plans—AlohaCare, Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA . . .