CareSource doesn’t make cut in bid to join Oklahoma Medicaid Kaitlin Schroeder
CareSource lost its joint bid to enter the Oklahoma Medicaid market, in a set back to the insurer’s goal of expanding to more states.
Oklahoma is overhauling its Medicaid program and will have four private health insurance companies that coordinate care and pay claims the majority of people covered by the health insurance program.
The companies that won the bid were announced as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, Humana Healthy Horizons, Oklahoma Complete Health, and United Healthcare.
Dayton-based CareSource was part of a joint-venture with Healthcare Hightways, called CareSource Oklahoma seeking to be among those companies but was not chosen to be a part of the program.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A former employee of Gov. Kevin Stitt’s administration has registered as a lobbyist for a private health care company that’s bidding on a state contract to manage Oklahoma’s Medicaid program.
Former Deputy Secretary of State Samantha Davidson Guinn left the Stitt administration in September, and court records show she registered as a lobbyist for Healthcare Highways and CareSource Oklahoma later that month, the Oklahoman reported Monday.
Stitt had announced over the summer that he would outsource care for many who rely on the state’s Medicaid program, which was recently expanded to serve more low-income residents. The private companies would be contracted to manage the program’s spending.