West Virginia Approves Highmark Health Options West Virginia As Medicaid MCO 

West Virginia’s Bureau for Medical Services approved Highmark Health Options West Virginia application to be a Medicaid managed care organization (MCO). Beginning in June 2024, beneficiaries;will have the option to select Highmark Health Options West Virginia’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield-branded health plans for a July 1, 2024, coverage date.;

The contract covers all of West Virginia and lasts through 2028. Highmark Health Options West Virginia is a unit of Highmark. The state contracts with three other MCOs for the provision of Medicaid medically necessary services: Aetna Better Health of West Virginia, The Health . . .