People with Disabilities and Medicaid Managed Care: Key Issues to Consider

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Article Publication Date: 
2/1/2012
Summary: 
A growing number of beneficiaries with disabilities are being enrolled in risk-based managed care arrangements. Further growth in managed care is expected in 2014, when the Affordable Care Act expands Medicaid eligibility to many uninsured low-income adults, including those with disabilities. This issue brief looks at issues related to the development and implementation of managed care programs with the capacity to serve Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities.
Topics: 
Quality; Medicaid
Populations: 
Physical Disabilities
Programs/Initiatives: 
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Keywords: 
Enrollment
managed care organizations (MCOs); capitation rates; fee-for-service (FFS); risk-based managed care; provider networks; behavioral and physical health care; engagement

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Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
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202-347-5270

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