Medicaid Managed Care Cost Savings - A Synthesis of Fourteen Studies
July 2004
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) engaged The Lewin Group to synthesize existing research on the savings achieved when states have implemented Medicaid managed care programs. The Lewin Group reviewed 14 studies, which included federally required independent assessments and studies commissioned by the federal and state governments and private foundations. The studies are grouped into three categories: 1) state studies, which examine states’ cost savings in their overall Medicaid managed care programs; 2) targeted Medicaid managed care studies, which assess savings in Medicaid managed care programs targeted to specific populations; and 3) specific service studies, which analyze Medicaid managed care program savings for specific services.