Arizona's Medicaid program continues to grow and so does this year's data edition. Along with enrollment by county and market reports, readers will learn more about how the Arizona Healthcare Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) is bending the cost curve, responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and managing the "great unwinding". Quality...
As of Aug. 9, fee-for-service COVID-19 vaccine administration rates increased, according to AHCCCS.
For dates of service through March 14, 2021, AHCCCS adopted the Medicare payment rates as follows:
The AHCCCS fee-for-service rate for COVID-19 vaccine administration is $28.39 to administer single-dose vaccines.
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Arizona Complete Health (ACH) awarded a $25,000 grant to Benson Hospital to renovate an outdated inpatient unit.
According to San Pedro Valley News-Sun, the facility hasn’t been remodeled in “three decades.”
Julia Strange, the hospital’s chief executive officer, commented on how the hospital will put the funds to...Arizona News
Arizona's Medicaid agency took comments on the proposed merger and transition plan of Arizona Complete Health (Centene) and Care1st Health Plan (WellCare) that will result in one insurer - Centene expanding its AHCCCS Complete Care (ACC) market footprint statewide.
AHCCCS approved the transition plan with following provisions:
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If you know AHCCCS doesn't allow one MCO to own or manage more than one contract in the same geographic service area (GSA), you're probably curious about the merger's impact on Arizona Complete Health-Complete Care Plan (Centene) and Care1st Health Plan of Arizona (WellCare) since both have members in the Central GSA. Also of concern is...Arizona News
Arizona's Medicaid agency reported the insurer faced serious challenges with provider contracts, loads and claims payment after its migration of its provider network into a single database.
According to the Arizona Healthcare Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), the claims dashboard submitted by Arizona Complete Health (ACH) "underscores...Arizona News
SMAC meets quarterly in downtown Phoenix and on August 8 the committee was presented with information from Arizona Medicaid including information on AHCCCS Complete Care, CMS waivers, social determinants of health (SDOH), housing and work force development.
The 17-member SMAC committee is presided over by the Arizona Health Care Cost...
This award is an important step to reduce fragmentation for the state's Medicaid program, called the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, said Tom Betlach, director of AHCCCS.
As reported in The Phoenix Business Journal, the new contracts, called AHCCCS Complete Care, will begin Oct. 1, which is when AHCCCS will transition...
AHCCCS Complete Care will integrate physical and behavioral health care contracts for the majority of the 1.9 million AHCCCS members.
Seven managed care organizations (MCOs) submitted their proposals to serve AHCCCS members across all three geographic services areas in Arizona.
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