Medicaid Managed Care Mmc States Safeguards for Children With Special Needs Vary Significantly

Since the mid-1990s, states have accelerated the enrollment of children with special needs in capitated MMC programs, which deliver medical services to beneficiaries for a fixed per-person fee. The Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 continued to require Federal approval for state Medicaid programs that mandate that these children enroll. This report: (1) presents data on the extent to which states are enrolling children with special needs, as defined in the BBA, in capitated MMC plans, & (2) assesses the scope & effectiveness of the safeguards that these states are implementing to ensure that children with special needs receive appropriate care within MMC.Ochinko, Walter is the author of 'Medicaid Managed Care Mmc States Safeguards for Children With Special Needs Vary Significantly' with ISBN 9780756717582 and ISBN 0756717582.