News Report | December 16, 2018
Pennsylvania Medicaid Launches Southeast Region Enrollment In Community HealthChoices, Mandatory Managed Long-Term Services & Supports
On January 1, 2019, the new Pennsylvania Medicaid managed long-term services and supports (LTSS) program, Community HealthChoices (CHC) will go live for beneficiaries in the Southeast region of the state. The CHC managed care organizations (MCOs)—AmeriHealth Caritas, Keystone First CHC (AmeriHealth Southeast), Pennsylvania Health and Wellness (Centene), and UPMC for You—will coordinate physical health and MLTSS for beneficiaries age 21 and older. This is the second region to launch the CHC program; the first was in January 2018 in the Southwest region of the state.
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