North Carolina released a much-anticipated...

...Request for Proposals (RFP) for its revamped Medicaid managed care program. The state expects to move about 70% of its 2,164,945 Medicaid and CHIP eligibles into managed care plans in late 2019. Aetna Inc., Anthem, Inc. and Centene Corp. are already said to be interested, according to a report in AIS's Radar on Medicare Advantage. Contract awards are set to be announced in February 2019.