MCOS- Big payers ranked by Medicaid membership

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[MM Curator Summary]: The Bigs got bigger.

 
 

 
 

Clipped from: https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/big-payers-ranked-by-medicaid-membership.html

Centene continues to lead the industry in Medicaid managed care contracts. Humana, with the smallest Medicaid membership of the large payers, plans to pick up more state contracts this year. 

Here’s how payers compare on Medicaid managed care enrollees, according to end-of-year earnings reports: 

  1. Centene: 15,974,800 Medicaid members

     
  2. Elevance Health: 11,571,000 Medicaid members 

     
  3. UnitedHealthcare: 8,170,000 Medicaid members

     
  4. CVS Health: 2,234,000 Medicaid members 

     
  5. Humana: 1,137,300 Medicaid members 

Cigna divested its Medicaid membership to Molina Healthcare in 2021.

 
 

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