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Article: Private-sector firms vie for county health care pact. (Los Angeles County, California)(Special Report: Health Care)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
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- May 22, 1995
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Contract is seen as worth millions in revenue
The State of California is considering at least four private-sector bids, submitted last month, for an L.A. County Medi-Cal contract that is expected to be worth some $500 million in annual revenues, according to industry sources. The state is expected to name the winner of the coveted contract this fall. It is part of a statewide effort to provide better, more cost-effective health care to recipients of Medi-Cal, the state health care program for the poor.
The state government is hoping to move half of all Medi-Cal recipients in L.A. County into managed health care plans by the end of 1996, though its plans were ...