DeWine calls for rebid of Medicaid managed care contracts

Gov. Mike DeWine announced this week plans to rebid the state’s contracts with private health insurance companies that manage billions of dollars of Medicaid benefits (Source: “Ohio to rebid costly private Medicaid contracts,” Dayton Daily News, Feb. 5, 2019).

DeWine last week ordered the Ohio Department of Medicaid to rebid its managed care contracts. There are no details yet on what changes could be coming, but rebidding the contract lets state officials look for cost savings and explore ways to improve health care by tying payments to quality outcomes.

“The goal is to obviously save taxpayers’ dollars and try to get a better deal for the state of Ohio,” said Dan Tierney, spokesman for DeWine.