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Ohio Medicaid director outlines $3.6 billion cost‑containment package, MiCare and hospital priorities
Summary
Director Maureen Corcoran told the House Medicaid Committee the administration's budget uses delivery‑system reforms, a single pharmacy benefit manager and hospital financing changes to capture more than $3.6 billion in state savings while expanding MyCare and other programs.
Director Maureen Corcoran, director of the Ohio Department of Medicaid, told the House Medicaid Committee that the governor's budget relies on program and payment reforms to contain costs and preserve services.
“This budget then contains cost‑containment initiatives totaling more than $3,600,000,000 in state general revenue funds, including revenue offsets,” Corcoran said in her opening testimony, describing a package that combines managed‑care delivery changes, pharmacy reforms and hospital financing adjustments.
The nut graf: The administration framed the package as a mix of revenue strategies and program reforms. Corcoran said the centerpiece is the “next generation” of managed care — a set of delivery‑system and payment reforms combined with the Ohio Medicaid Enterprise System (OMES) that the department says will improve transparency and enable earlier intervention on spending drivers.
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