policy
Joint Letter to the Administration on Ensuring Actuarially Sound Rates in Medicaid Managed Care
On October 21, ACAP alongside the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP), sent a joint letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden on adjusting Medicaid capitation rates to reflect post-unwinding population acuity and utilization.
The letter expresses appreciation for the recent constructive discussions health plans have had with CMS and HHS regarding the devastating impact inadequate rates could have on both beneficiaries and health plans’ ability to serve them. It urges the Administration to continue working with state leaders to adjust Medicaid capitation rates for 2024, establish actuarially sound rates for 2025, and exercise its statutory authority to review and certify adequate state Medicaid capitation rates.
Read the letter in full via the sidebar to the right.