Assessment of Medicaid Managed Care Expansion Options in Illinois
May 2005
Illinois Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability
Lewin Group to perform an actuarial assessment of the cost-effectiveness and feasibility of various approaches to expanding the use of managed care in the State's Medicaid program. The report presents a series of recommendations for expanding capitated managed care in some areas of the state and managed fee-for-service, including Primary Care Case Management, disease management and complex care coordination, in other areas. The objective of the project was to explore and identify Medicaid managed care approaches that will both save money and strengthen the quality of coverage beneficiaries receive.