| Increase in Medicaid Managed Care Enrollment, October 2002-03 |
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Medicaid managed care enrollment in NYS increased by 38% over the period October 2002 to October 2003, from 1.24 million to 1.71 million enrollees. NYC Medicaid managed care enrollment increased even more dramatically, from 830,000 to 1.22 million, representing a 47% increase.
Approximately 50% of the increase in enrollment can be attributed to an increase in the number of Medicaid beneficiaries. Factors contributing to the increase in Medicaid beneficiaries include NYS Department of Health (DOH) efforts to move children enrolled in Child Health Plus to the Medicaid program, if the child meets the Medicaid eligibility criteria, and time-limited programs established after September 11, 2001, to facilitate enrollment in the Medicaid program and the annual Medicaid recertification process.
The increase in enrollment is also a result of the continued phase-in over time of mandatory Medicaid managed care. Implementation of mandatory Medicaid managed care began in NYS in 1997,with NYC starting its phased enrollment in August 1999 and completing the phase-in as of fall 2002.
Detailed enrollment data by health plan and county are available for the Medicaid, Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus, and Medicare programs in the Members Only area of the GNYHA Web site, www.gnyha.org.