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March 05, 2018 Medicaid schedules public forums on future of managed care
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, -
The Louisiana Department of Health is seeking input from health care providers, health plans, Medicaid enrollees and the public as the State moves towards improving its Medicaid managed care program. Those who are interested in learning more about the department’s plans are invited to attend public forums that are scheduled at seven locations throughout March.
The forums will allow participants to learn about, and provide input to, Medicaid’s next Request for Proposals (RFP) for new Medicaid-managed care contracts. This competitive process will begin in early 2019. The meetings will be held at the following dates, locations and times:
| March 8 New Orleans Children’s Hospital, Conference Center 210 State St. 6 pm to 8 pm |
March 14 Baton Rouge Our Lady of the Lake, Main Auditorium 5000 Hennessy Blvd., Baton Rouge 6 pm to 8 pm |
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March 15 |
March 16 Lake Charles Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, Sherman Conf. Center 1701 Oak Park Blvd. 11:30 am to 1:30 pm |
| March 22 Shreveport Willis-Knighton Health System, WK Eye Institute North 1st Floor Auditorium 2611 Greenwood Road 11:30 am to 1:30 pm |
March 22 Monroe St. Francis Medical Center, Conference Center 418 Jackson St. 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm |
| March 23 Alexandria The Rapides Foundation Building 1101 4th St 11:30 am to 1:30 pm |
April 5 1st Floor Conference Room 6 pm to 8 pm |
With more than 1.5 million Louisiana residents enrolled in Healthy Louisiana, Medicaid’s managed care program, the Department of Health is committed to designing a procurement to find the best health plan partners to achieve the “Triple Aim” of better care, better health, and lower costs in the Medicaid program.
“The Department is early in the policy development and information gathering stage for this future procurement and looks forward to public input in the design process,” said Jen Steele, Medicaid director.
Currently, the state has contracts with five managed care plans to provide specific Medicaid benefits and services to eligible children and adults in Louisiana.
The current Medicaid-managed care contracts will expire on December 31, 2019, and the new Medicaid managed care contracts formed through the RFP will be in place for January 1, 2020.
All meetings are open to the public, and pre-registration is not required. For more information, visit www.makingmedicaidbetter.com or email healthy@la.gov.
About the Louisiana Department of Health
The Louisiana Department of Health strives to protect and promote health statewide and to ensure access to medical, preventive and rehabilitative services for all state residents. The Louisiana Department of Health includes the Office of Public Health, Office of Aging & Adult Services, Office of Behavioral Health, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, and Healthy Louisiana (Medicaid). To learn visit www.ldh.la.gov or follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or our blog.