Sen. Jessica Garvin, R-Duncan, the Senate author of SB 131, said managed care conversations are ongoing, but she would like the Senate to vote on the bill. I m not opposed to managed care, really, I m just opposed to doing it with companies from out of state, Garvin said. With my professional experience as a nursing home administrator, I work with managed care companies every single day and they ve never really been beneficial for patient care.
In contracting with the Health Care Authority, the insurance companies agreed to have a presence and staff in Oklahoma.
What would Gov. Stitt s Medicaid plan do?
Free Market Friday: Throwing money into a burn barrel By: Jonathan Small Guest Columnist April 29, 2021
Jonathan Small
Oklahoma’s Medicaid expansion will cost between $164 million and $374 million annually. Now the Oklahoma House of Representatives has voted to hike the cost by as much as $277 million more per year.
It’s as if Republican House members saw potentially budget-busting expenses from Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion and responded, “Hold my beer.”
Here’s the background. To better control Medicaid costs, Gov. Kevin Stitt wants to contract with private managed care companies that would be paid a fee to oversee Medicaid benefits. Their goal would be to direct patients to preventative care and early treatment, which costs less, ultimately reducing expensive hospitalizations. If costs exceed what the private companies are paid, the difference comes out of their hide, not taxpayers’ pockets.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt at his 2021 State of the State address.
From Day 1 of this year’s legislative session, the state’s executive branch has been hammering its dedication to usher in SoonerSelect.
Under that plan, instead of having Oklahoma’s Medicaid agency pay providers directly for their care, the state would shift about $2 billion in health spending to four private insurance companies, giving them a set amount for every client. Those companies would then coordinate care for nearly a million low-income Oklahomans, who are covered by SoonerCare, the state’s Medicaid program.
Here’s the idea: Insurance companies make more money when their clients are healthier and need less medical care. So they’re incentivized to improve health outcomes. They also have more flexibility in how they can spend on health, because state Medicaid agencies have stricter rules. Supporters often offer this example. A member with a heart condition has their air conditioner go out, and th
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