Oklahoma Medicaid Terminates Managed Care Contracts, Medicaid Expansion Launches In Fee-For-Service

In response to a June ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) has terminated the Medicaid SoonerSelect managed care contracts that were awarded in January 2021 and slated to go live on October 1, 2021. The court ruled that because OHCA issued a procurement for Medicaid managed care services on October 15, 2020—but the state legislation giving OHCA that authority was not in effect until May 27, 2021—the procurement was invalid. On July 12, 2021, an OHCA spokesperson said there has been no decision regarding the future of managed care.

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