Ohio Medicaid To Become Separate State Agency

Circle Connections: Policy & Regulatory Updates The Kasich Administration is planning to separate Ohio Medicaid as a division of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) into a stand-alone state agency, effective July 1, 2014, as part of its plan to improve performance of Ohio's $18, billion Medicaid Program. According to Greg Moody, director of the Governor's Office of Health Transformation, and ODJF Director Michael Colbert, transforming the Office of Ohio Health Plans into its own department will help streamline administrative processes and allow ODJFS to focus more singularly on employment services, family assistance, child . . .