STATE NEWS/ENROLLMENT- Mark Farrah Associates Assessed Medicaid Market Share in Texas

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[MM Curator Summary]: A nice tidy look at the major MCO players in 3 Texas counties.

 
 

 
 

Clipped from: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230215005712/en/Mark-Farrah-Associates-Assessed-Medicaid-Market-Share-in-Texas

MCMURRAY, Penn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mark Farrah Associates (MFA) analyzed Medicaid enrollment figures from its County Health CoverageTM database product for three counties in Texas, with a focus on health plan market position. Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Texas Medicaid enrollment was approximately 3.1 million (as of December 31, 2019). Since then, the program has expanded 75% to cover nearly 5.3 million Texans, as of September 30, 2022. MFA’s analysis covers the top three counties in Texas, based on Medicaid enrollment: Harris, Dallas, and Bexar.

  • As of 3Q22, over 35% of Texas’s Medicaid enrollment is in three counties: Harris, Dallas, and Bexar.
  • Harris County (Houston area) had the largest Medicaid enrollment in the state as of 3Q22, with Texas Children’s Health Plan providing coverage for over 42% of the county’s market.

 
 

  • Dallas County had the second largest Medicaid enrollment in the state as of 3Q22, with Elevance Health, Inc. (formerly Anthem) comprising 46% share of the market.
  • Bexar County, San Antonio area, is the third largest county in Texas for Medicaid enrollment, with Centene accounting for 46% of the county’s market as of 3Q22.