Mississippi Awards Medicaid Managed Care Contracts

The Mississippi Division of Medicaid has awarded three contracts for request for proposal (RFP) #20170203. The proposal sought a contractor to administer the Mississippi Coordinated Access Network (MississippiCAN), a full-risk managed care program for Mississippi Medicaid beneficiaries. The MississippiCAN plans receive a prepaid monthly capitation payment to cover all Medicaid state plan services and inpatient hospital care; the plans can also offer extra benefits, such as vision and physician visit benefits.

The following three organizations were awarded the contract:
1. Magnolia Health, Jackson, Mississippi
2. Molina Healthcare of Mississippi, Inc., Long Beach, California
3. UnitedHealthCare of Mississippi, Inc., Ridgeland . . .