Our annual data edition focusing on the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) covers a lot of territory and 15 pages to help readers keep tabs on the agency charged with overseeing the managed care plans contracted with the state to deliver care to about 2.2 million Arizona Medicaid members.
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The Hertel Report's annual data edition focusing on Arizona Medicaid includes everything you need to know about AHCCCS and the contracted managed care organizations (MCOs) providing integrated healthcare to 2.5 million in Arizona.
AHCCCS 2022 DATA EDITION
What's Inside:
Pandemic Population Growth
AHCCCS Complete Care MCOs
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Gains were concentrated in Medicaid and enrollment increased in every state, but Arizona's enrollment grew faster than the average at 28.5% from February 2020 to April 2022. National enrollment in Medicaid & the Children's Health Insurance Program grew to 88.3 million enrollees in April 2022. Enrollment was declining in the two years...Arizona News
As another deadline approaches for the Public Health Emergency's (PHE) expiration, millions of Medicaid beneficiaries, including 500,000 in Arizona, remain covered without scrutiny regarding eligibility status. Once the federal government declares the PHE over, the great Medicaid unwinding begins and state officials will face the...Arizona News
President Joe Biden could prevent 30% of Medicaid beneficiaries from losing insurance once the public health emergency ends by reworking regulations and rewriting a Trump administration guidance on how to restart the redetermination process, according to Inside Health Policy.
Biden is set to reopen the nation’s online health...
This month's newsletter covers how Arizona hospitals and healthcare providers are faring financially during the public health emergency, AHCCCS enrollment trends, the status of the individual market and our popular Arizona Comings & Goings section.
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Arizona's Medicaid agency, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), published its first "At A Glance" infographic in June. The agency offers this visual snapshot that includes its quarterly enrollment numbers, behavioral health services usage and details the impact of programs addressing the state's opioid crisis.
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