Trends in Health Plans Serving Medicaid

Trends in Health Plans Serving Medicaid- 2000 Data Update Prepared by Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Rebecca Dodge, Megan McHugh, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. November 2001 Executive Summary From 1997 through 1999, Medicaid managed care enrollment continued to rise, even in the face of growing concern about the willingness of health plans to participate in state Medicaid programs. Overall, Medicaid enrollment in full-risk managed care organizations rose during the period by 21.3 percent. In 1999, 316 full-risk managed care plans served 11.4 million Medicaid enrollees in fully capitated programs in 45 states. The characteristics of health plans serving . . .