A legislative effort is once again underway to reduce the number of Medicaid managed care organizations contracting with state government. Leitchfield Senator Stephen Meredith told committee members this is his seventh attempt at limiting MCO contracts to three. Currently six Medicaid managed care groups work with providers. Meredith said the change would create administrative savings.
“For any healthcare provider in the rural area there’s tremendous overhead to keep up with the managed care organization’s rules and regulations and billing practices. It can have a traumatic impact on reducing that expense,” said Meredith.
