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HMA’s Breslin Authors Primer on Medicaid Managed Care Capitation Rates

HMA Senior Consultant Ellen Breslin prepared the recently released “Primer on Medicaid Managed Care Capitation Rates: Understanding How MassHealth Pays MCOs” for the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute. It includes:

  • An explanation of how state Medicaid programs generally pay their managed care organizations (MCOs)
  • The overall process for setting Medicaid managed care capitation rates; and
  • The various tools states use to mitigate the risks that MCOs face when they assume financial responsibility for Medicaid members.

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