New York's Model for Medicaid Managed Care
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In February officials from the New York State Department of Health summoned senior executives from WellCare Health Plans to a private meeting in Albany. Attendance was not optional.
For the third straight year, WellCare, which covers 75,000 New York State Medicaid beneficiaries, had just received low marks for the quality of care it was delivering, a scorecard that includes doctor visits for children, diabetes treatment, and cancer screenings.