After determining the state mishandled its bidding process, Louisiana's state procurement officer earlier this month...

...tossed out the state's most recent Medicaid contract awards, which were selected in August. Much of the controversy stemmed from Centene and Aetna's shutout from the contract wins, with the two companies alleging that the awards were biased in favor of Humana Inc., which won a contract despite being a new entrant in the state’s Medicaid program. Aetna and Centene combined enroll nearly 600,000 Medicaid beneficiaries in Louisiana. Louisiana's existing contracts, which currently serve 1.53 million Medicaid members, will remain in place through the new bidding process.

From AIS’s Directory of Health Plans