Children and Youth in Foster Care Enrolled in Medicaid Managed Care

In response to the Commission’s continued interest in how states use managed care plans to serve children and youth in foster care, MACPAC is examining how states use general and specialty managed care plans to serve children and youth in foster care, including services offered, oversight, and data collection. MACPAC conducted a federal policy scan and a 10-state policy scan to analyze state Medicaid managed care contract requirements, waiver authorities, and federal and state policy levers relevant to children and youth in foster care in the managed care system. During this session, staff reviewed key background information about children in foster care, summarized federal Medicaid managed care policies and requirements, and presented findings from the state policy scan of managed care contract language and quality reports related to children and youth in foster care.