The Commonwealth of Kentucky last week awarded...

...five new five-year contracts for its managed Medicaid program. This marks an end to a dispute dating back to December, when state lawmakers tossed the original contracts awarded by former governor Matt Bevin (R)’s administration after the review committee expressed concern over not having been sent the contracts to review before they were approved. Three of the selected insurers, Aetna, Humana and WellCare, are incumbents, while UnitedHealthcare and Molina Healthcare are new entrants. They’ll replace Passport Heath Plan, which currently serves 306,102 Kentucky Medicaid beneficiaries, and Anthem, Inc., which serves 135,211. The new contracts are slated to begin in January 2021. Kentucky's managed Medicaid program currently enrolls 1,245,394 people.

From AIS’s Directory of Health Plans