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Managed Care Programs By State

The Managed Care Program Features lists characteristics of each state’s Medicaid managed care programs, including federal operating authority, population enrolled, and benefits covered.

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Dates as CMS lists them in its catalog.

Columns 60

ColumnWhat it meansType
Featuresfeaturestext
Program typeprogram_typetext
Statewide or region-specific?statewide_or_regionspecifictext
Federal operating authorityfederal_operating_authoritytext
Program start dateprogram_start_datetext
Waiver expiration date (if applicable)waiver_expiration_date_if_applicabletext
If the program ended in 2024, indicate the end dateif_the_program_ended_in_2024_indicate_the_end_datetext
Populations enrolled: Low-income adults not covered under ACA Section VIII (excludes pregnant women and people with disabilities)populations_enrolled_lowincome_adults_not_covered_under_aca_0778text
Populations enrolled: Low-income adults covered under ACA Section VIII (excludes pregnant women and people with disabilities)populations_enrolled_lowincome_adults_covered_under_aca_sec_03d9text
Populations enrolled: Aged, Blind or Disabled Children or Adultspopulations_enrolled_aged_blind_or_disabled_children_or_adultstext
Populations enrolled: Non-Disabled Children (excludes children in foster care or receiving adoption assistance)populations_enrolled_nondisabled_children_excludes_children_1ddatext
Populations enrolled: Individuals receiving Limited Benefits (excludes partial duals)populations_enrolled_individuals_receiving_limited_benefits_facctext
Populations enrolled: Full Dualspopulations_enrolled_full_dualstext
Populations enrolled: Children with Special Health Care Needspopulations_enrolled_children_with_special_health_care_needstext
Populations enrolled: Native American/Alaskan Nativespopulations_enrolled_native_americanalaskan_nativestext
Populations enrolled: Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Childrenpopulations_enrolled_foster_care_and_adoption_assistance_ch_b424text
Populations enrolled: Enrollment choice periodpopulations_enrolled_enrollment_choice_periodtext
Populations enrolled: Enrollment broker name (if applicable)populations_enrolled_enrollment_broker_name_if_applicabletext
Populations enrolled: Notes on enrollment choice periodpopulations_enrolled_notes_on_enrollment_choice_periodtext
Benefits covered: Inpatient hospital physical healthbenefits_covered_inpatient_hospital_physical_healthtext
Benefits covered: Inpatient hospital behavioral health (MH and/or SUD)benefits_covered_inpatient_hospital_behavioral_health_mh_an_4041text
Benefits covered: Outpatient hospital physical healthbenefits_covered_outpatient_hospital_physical_healthtext
Benefits covered: Outpatient hospital behavioral health (MH and/or SUD)benefits_covered_outpatient_hospital_behavioral_health_mh_a_ceeetext
Benefits covered: Partial hospitalizationbenefits_covered_partial_hospitalizationtext
Benefits covered: Physicianbenefits_covered_physiciantext
Benefits covered: Nurse practitionerbenefits_covered_nurse_practitionertext
Benefits covered: Rural health clinics and FQHCsbenefits_covered_rural_health_clinics_and_fqhcstext
Benefits covered: Clinic servicesbenefits_covered_clinic_servicestext
Benefits covered: Lab and x-raybenefits_covered_lab_and_xraytext
Benefits covered: Prescription drugsbenefits_covered_prescription_drugstext
Benefits covered: Prosthetic devicesbenefits_covered_prosthetic_devicestext
Benefits covered: EPSDTbenefits_covered_epsdttext
Benefits covered: Case managementbenefits_covered_case_managementtext
Benefits covered: SSA Section 1945-authorized Health Homebenefits_covered_ssa_section_1945authorized_health_hometext
Benefits covered: Home health services (services in home)benefits_covered_home_health_services_services_in_hometext
Benefits covered: Family planningbenefits_covered_family_planningtext
Benefits covered: Dental services (medical/surgical)benefits_covered_dental_services_medicalsurgicaltext
Benefits covered: Dental (preventative or corrective)benefits_covered_dental_preventative_or_correctivetext
Benefits covered: Personal care (state plan option)benefits_covered_personal_care_state_plan_optiontext
Benefits covered: HCBS waiver servicesbenefits_covered_hcbs_waiver_servicestext
Benefits covered: Private duty nursingbenefits_covered_private_duty_nursingtext
Benefits covered: ICF-IDDbenefits_covered_icfiddtext
Benefits covered: Nursing facility servicesbenefits_covered_nursing_facility_servicestext
Benefits covered: Hospice carebenefits_covered_hospice_caretext
Benefits covered: Non-Emergency Medical Transportationbenefits_covered_nonemergency_medical_transportationtext
Benefits covered: Institution for Mental Disease inpatient treatment for people ages 21-64 defined by 42 CFR 438.6(e) as an 'in lieu of' benefitbenefits_covered_institution_for_mental_disease_inpatient_t_448atext
Benefits covered: Other (e.g., nurse midwife services, freestanding birth centers, podiatry)benefits_covered_other_eg_nurse_midwife_services_freestandi_bfd7text
Quality assurance and improvement: HEDIS data required?quality_assurance_and_improvement_hedis_data_requiredtext
Quality assurance and improvement: CAHPS data required?quality_assurance_and_improvement_cahps_data_requiredtext
Quality assurance and improvement: Accreditation required?quality_assurance_and_improvement_accreditation_requiredtext
Quality assurance and improvement: Accrediting organizationquality_assurance_and_improvement_accrediting_organizationtext
Quality assurance and improvement: EQRO contractor name (if applicable)quality_assurance_and_improvement_eqro_contractor_name_if_a_f2dctext
Performance incentives: Payment bonuses/differentials to reward plansperformance_incentives_payment_bonusesdifferentials_to_rewa_eecetext
Performance incentives: Preferential auto-enrollment to reward plansperformance_incentives_preferential_autoenrollment_to_rewar_ab96text
Performance incentives: Public reports comparing plan performance on key metricsperformance_incentives_public_reports_comparing_plan_perfor_42d0text
Performance incentives: Withholds tied to performance metricsperformance_incentives_withholds_tied_to_performance_metricstext
Performance incentives: MCOs/PHPs required or encouraged to pay providers for value/quality outcomesperformance_incentives_mcosphps_required_or_encouraged_to_p_bf59text
Participating plans in Programparticipating_plans_in_programtext
Program Notesprogram_notestext
Statestatetext

At a glance

Catalog
data.medicaid.gov
Publisher
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), data.medicaid.gov
Rows
183
Columns
60
State column
state
Topics
Medicaid and CHIP
Contact
Medicaid.gov@cms.hhs.gov

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Versions 9

The newest version is the one linked above. Older releases stay on the official site.

  • 2024posted Feb 11, 2026
  • 2023posted Feb 12, 2026
  • 2022posted Oct 16, 2024
  • 2021posted Jul 21, 2023
  • 2020posted Oct 17, 2025
  • 2019posted Jun 13, 2022
  • 2018posted Oct 17, 2025
  • 2017posted Oct 17, 2025
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CMS's description

The Managed Care Program Features lists characteristics of each state’s Medicaid managed care programs, including federal operating authority, population enrolled, and benefits covered.

The summary at the top is the first sentence of this description. Record id mcd:ef16c490-861a-4b1f-9e6d-f321abdcaab1. This record as JSON.

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