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DHHS Medicaid overview: roughly 185,000 enrolled; officials emphasize contract accountability
Summary
Associate commissioners Anne Landry and Jonathan Ballard gave the committee a Medicaid primer and described accountability steps the department uses with managed-care organizations and contractors to control costs and measure outcomes.
At an informational Division III Finance hearing, Associate Commissioner Anne Landry and Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Ballard gave a high-level overview of the state Medicaid program, described which populations Medicaid covers and emphasized contract-based accountability for cost and quality.
Landry told the committee that Medicaid is the insurer for many of the state’s most vulnerable residents and that the program covers specific populations—low-income children, pregnant women and families, some adults, people with disabilities…
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