A handful of corporations now shape how adolescents in Medicaid get care
The United States is in the middle of a well-documented adolescent mental health crisis. Because Medicaid provides medical coverage for roughly half of all children in the country, the program has an essential role in responding to that crisis. Increasingly, that response runs through a small number of large corporations.
The United States is currently grappling with a significant adolescent mental health crisis, and Medicaid plays a crucial role in addressing this issue as it covers approximately half of all children in the country. However, research from Oregon Health & Science University reveals that a small number of large corporations now dominate the managed care landscape for Medicaid-enrolled youth.
This consolidation of the Medicaid managed care market has led to noticeable differences in behavioral health care patterns among different firms. The study, published in Health Affairs, is one of the first to examine the impact of managed care on adolescent mental health needs.
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