. This increase has been concentrated in the Medicaid caseload nationwide. One of the most striking changes in Medicaid has … been the transition from fee-for-service (FFS) reimbursement to Medicaid managed care (MMC), which had taken place in 80 …% of states by 2016. Using Medicaid claims from South Carolina, we show that this change contributed to the increase in …

indigent patients through Medicaid and providing hospitals with supplemental payments through programs such as Medicaid …

Exploiting random assignment of Medicaid beneficiaries to managed care plans, we identify plan-specific effects on …

million Medicaid recipients. Identifying the causal effect of HMO enrollment on government spending and health care quality is … required most Medicaid recipients to enroll in a managed care plan. The empirical results demonstrate that the resulting switch …

In this study, we examine the effects of Medicaid managed care (MMC) on prenatal care utilization and infant health. We …, and we conclude that Medicaid managed care had virtually no causal effect on, prenatal care use, birth outcomes, and …