Aetna & Centene File Protest Against Louisiana’s Picks To Manage Its Medicaid Program

Aetna and Centene subsidiary Louisiana Healthcare Connections, who lost bids to help manage Louisiana's Medicaid program, filed protests against Louisiana's decision. In their protests, the health insurers claim the Louisiana Department of Health was biased when deciding which payers should win part of the multibillion-dollar Medicaid contracts. Aetna and Centene also claimed the department's scoring was inconsistent.

Louisiana's new Medicaid contracts, of which Humana, AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana, Community Care Health Plan of Louisiana (Healthy Blue), and United Healthcare Community Plan all won, are set to take effect January 1, 2020. However, if the protests aren . . .