Senator Grassley Letter to States Seeking Information on State Rate-setting for Medicaid Managed Care Plans

March 1, 2012
On March 1, 2012, Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa sent a letter to each of the states asking for information to help determine whether the states and the federal government are conducting enough oversight of their rate-setting for Medicaid managed care plans. The letter sought the following: whether states have an independent audit requirement for managed care entities and if so, whether the audit entails certain elements; for a list of all managed care entities operating in the state and an accounting of audit occurrences and results; the state’s definition of allowable medical costs under . . .