66% of Medicaid Beneficiaries Enrolled in Comprehensive Managed Care

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About 35.5 million Medicaid beneficiaries in 47 states were enrolled in some form of comprehensive managed care during 2010; they accounted for 66% of the 54 million Medicaid beneficiaries nationwide. Only Alaska, New Hampshire, and Wyoming had no Medicaid managed care programs.

The landscape for Medicaid managed care has the following characteristics:

26.7 million Medicaid beneficiaries, representing 49% of all Medicaid beneficiaries, are enrolled in private Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs)
8.8 million Medicaid beneficiaries, representing 16% of all Medicaid beneficiaries, are enrolled in primary care case management (PCCM) programs
Private Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs . . .