Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:MOH) today announced that its wholly owned
subsidiary, Molina Healthcare of California, has been selected to
contract with the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate
in Los Angeles County as a direct contractor in the Cal MediConnect
program, often referred to as the Duals Demonstration. The commencement
of the Duals Demonstration in Los Angeles County is subject to readiness
review of Molina Healthcare of California and the execution of a
three-way agreement among Molina Healthcare, DHCS, and CMS. In addition
to serving duals in Los Angeles County, Molina has previously signed
three-way contracts to participate in the Duals Demonstration in
Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties.
“We are excited about the opportunity to directly serve dually eligible
members in Los Angeles County,” said J. Mario Molina, MD, president and
chief executive officer of Molina Healthcare, Inc. “We have many years
of experience arranging for health care services to both Medi-Cal and
Medicare beneficiaries in this market and look forward to leveraging
that experience to coordinate the healthcare benefits for these duals
patients.”
Dual eligibles are those individuals who are eligible for both Medicare
and Medi-Cal benefits. As part of California’s Coordinated Care
Initiative, referred to as Cal MediConnect, DHCS will passively enroll
beneficiaries in Los Angeles County directly into Molina Healthcare no
sooner than July 2014.
Molina Healthcare’s health plans in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and South
Carolina have also been selected to participate in dual eligible
demonstrations in their respective states commencing later this year.
About Molina Healthcare, Inc.
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: MOH), a FORTUNE 500 company, provides
quality and cost-effective Medicaid-related solutions to meet the health
care needs of low-income families and individuals and to assist state
agencies in their administration of the Medicaid program. Molina
Healthcare’s licensed health plans in California, Florida, Illinois,
Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, and
Wisconsin currently serve approximately 2.1 million members, and its
subsidiary, Molina Medicaid Solutions, provides business processing and
information technology administrative services to Medicaid agencies in
Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, and West Virginia, and drug rebate
administration services in Florida. More information about Molina
Healthcare is available at www.molinahealthcare.com.
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