Projected Impacts of Adopting a Pharmacy Carve-In Approach Within Medicaid Capitation Programs
February 2011
Sponsored by: Medicaid Health Plans of America
Thirteen states use a pharmacy carve-out model in their Medicaid managed care programs. This report assesses the policy option of these states moving to a pharmacy carve-in approach, quantifying the expected savings in each state and exploring the programmatic dynamics of the two alternatives. The report finds that large-scale savings are likely to occur in most of these 13 states by switching to the carve-in approach.