Program Aims to Improve Care Coordination for Individuals Dually
Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2013--
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: MOH) today announced that its health plan
subsidiary, Molina Healthcare of Michigan, Inc., has been chosen to
participate in Wayne and Macomb counties as part of the Michigan
Demonstration Program to Integrate Care for Persons Eligible for
Medicare and Medicaid (Demonstration). The Michigan Demonstration
program is intended to improve care coordination for individuals
enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid.
The selection of Molina Healthcare of Michigan to participate in the
Demonstration was made by the Michigan Department of Community Health
(MDCH) pursuant to a request issued this past summer for proposals for
qualified health plans to serve in the Demonstration. The commencement
of the Demonstration is subject to the readiness review of the selected
health plans, and the execution of a three-way agreement between each
health plan, MDCH, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS). Enrollment for Wayne and Macomb counties is expected to begin on
October 1, 2014.
“We are pleased to have been selected as one of the plans to manage the
comprehensive supports and services of this population in Michigan,”
said Stephen Harris, president of Molina Healthcare of Michigan. “We
believe that the dual-eligible population will benefit from coordinated
care, simplifying the management of these individuals’ health and
improving their health outcomes.”
Molina Healthcare has many years of experience in coordinating care for
individuals who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. Molina
Healthcare’s health plans in California, Illinois, Ohio and South
Carolina were also selected to participate in dual-eligible
demonstration projects expected to begin in those states in 2014.
Molina Healthcare of Michigan currently operates Medicaid and Medicare
health plans with total membership of approximately 213,000 as of
September 2013. Additionally, Molina Healthcare of Michigan is a
certified Qualified Health Plan issuer on the Michigan Health Insurance
Marketplace in the non-group health insurance market in Wayne, Oakland
and Macomb counties.
About Molina Healthcare, Inc.
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: MOH), a FORTUNE 500 company, provides
quality and cost-effective Medicaid-related solutions to meet the health
care needs of low-income families and individuals and to assist state
agencies in their administration of the Medicaid program. The Company’s
licensed health plans in California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New
Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin currently serve
approximately 1.9 million members, and its subsidiary, Molina Medicaid
Solutions, provides business processing and information technology
administrative services to Medicaid agencies in Idaho, Louisiana, Maine,
New Jersey, and West Virginia, and drug rebate administration services
in Florida. More information about Molina Healthcare is available at www.molinahealthcare.com.
Source: Molina Healthcare, Inc.
Molina Healthcare, Inc.
Public Relations:
Sunny Yu,
562-477-1608
or
Investor Relations:
Juan José Orellana,
562-435-3666
