News Report | January 26, 2020
Louisiana Cancels Medicaid Managed Care Awards
On January 17, 2020, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) cancelled the awards for the next Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) contracts for the Healthy Louisiana program. The three-year contracts, valued at $21 billion, had been awarded to four MCOs: AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana, Community Care Health Plan of Louisiana (Healthy Blue), Humana Health Benefit Plan of Louisiana, and United Healthcare Community Plan of Louisiana. These awards have been rescinded. LDH has not said when it intends to issue a rebid. The contracts with the five incumbent MCOs have been extended for a year under emergency agreements; the incumbents include . . .