More Medicaid Coverage = More Medicaid RFPs

We've covered the expansion of Medicaid and the increase in Medicaid enrollment in previous issues – see 66% Of All Medicaid Beneficiaries Enrolled In Managed Care Plans In 2014, The ‘Non-Medicaid’ Medicaid Expansion and What Is The Difference Between Traditional & Non-Traditional Medicaid Expansion?. There are now almost 55 million Americans on the Medicaid roles and the majority of them are in managed care types of arrangements.

Since management of Medicaid happens at the state level, this increase in Medicaid has led to an increase in state contracting for a wide range of Medicaid-related services – which means . . .