Care management for Medicaid: Optimizing new models of care for better population health and lower costs
By Penny Edlund
08 November 2021
We discuss evolving traditional care management programs of Medicaid managed care health plans, or managed care organizations (MCOs). This paper:
- Explores some of the key drivers for the changes in the Medicaid care management space
- Addresses the challenges in transitioning to new models of care
- Proposes approaches that Medicaid MCOs can take to implement and optimize new care models