Datapoint: Mississippi Unveils Medicaid Contract Awards

August 16

The Mississippi Department of Medicaid last week released new Medicaid contract awards to three insurers; Molina Healthcare, Centene Corp.’s Magnolia Health Plan and TrueCare. TrueCare, a provider-owned health insurer, partnered with CareSource on their bid, and will be a new entrant to the program. Anthem Inc.’s Amerigroup and incumbent UnitedHealthcare were not selected. Mississippi currently serves 440,728 Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries via managed care plans, with 370,841 in fee-for-service.

Source: AIS’s Directory of Health Plans