Medica won’t bid on Medicaid in Iowa
"We just collected information about what the state was looking to do," Bury said.
The state's program previously had three managed-care organizations administering plans for Medicaid recipients. AmeriHealth Caritas left the state at the beginning of this year.
Medicaid enrollees' choice of insurer was further limited when Amerigroup Iowa -- one of the two remaining Medicaid administrators -- announced in November it did not have capacity to take on new members. Those who were not moved to the state's fee-for-service system were placed with the remaining insurer, UnitedHealthcare.
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