Article: Rocky Mountain low; Demise of a provider-owned, Medicaid managed-care plan is national harbinger.(Opinion)

Byline: Don Hall

Since the recent announcement of Colorado Access' departure from Medicaid managed care and my subsequent resignation from that provider-owned health plan, I have often been asked whether my state is a bellwether of the future of Medicaid managed care and what lessons other provider-sponsored plans can learn from this story.

I do believe that Colorado's experience will be repeated in other states, a significant story to watch given how many states see managed care as a solution to Medicaid's ills. I also believe it behooves every Medicaid managed-care plan to maintain other viable lines of business to fall back on as the stresses on the ...

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