Respository: Oklahoma Medicaid Managed Care News
We’ve created this archive of news stories, blog posts and other content related to the issue of corporate managed care and Oklahoma privatizing Medicaid to help you stay informed about the issue. It is continually updated as new content becomes available. If you have a link you’d like to share, please send it to us via our Contact page. Thank you!
News Stories, Blog Posts and Other Relevant Content
- April 2021
- Medicaid legislation that would conflict with Stitt’s plan pushing through Capitol
- State Rep Takes One Last Shot to Derail Governor’s Medicaid Plan
- State Lawmaker Takes Shot At Stopping Stitt’s Move To Outsource Management Of Medicaid
- Gov. Stitt criticizes House Public Health Committee’s challenge to his Medicaid privatization effort
(KOCO, April 8, 2021)
(Tulsa World, April 8, 2021)
(Public Radio Tulsa, April 8, 2021)
(KFOR, April 8, 2021)
- March 2021
- House Sends Securing Access to Medicaid Act to Senate (Oklahoma State House of Representatives Media, March 11, 2021)
- Lawmakers attempt to enact Medicaid controls (Journal Record, March, 10, 2021)
- State Lawmakers Divided Over Medicaid Expansion Program (Countywide News, March 10, 2021)
- Representative Newton takes part in Fairview Eggs & Issues (Cherokee Messenger, March 4, 2021)
- Legislators must protect Oklahomans’ health care (OK Policy Institute, March 4, 2021)
February 2021
- EDITORIAL: Legislators correct to be skeptical of managed care (Enid News Eagle, February 23)
- Medicaid managed care company files protest over state’s contract picks (The Frontier, February 22)
- FAQ: As Oklahoma Debates Managed Care, What Does it Really Mean? (Oklahoma Watch, February 19)
- OK Policy: Lawsuit challenges OHCA’s managed care proposal (Capitol Update) (February 15)
- OCPA: Medicaid Managed Care Opponents Silent on Alternatives (February 16)
- Letter to the Editor (Tulsa World) Scary Pattern of Leadership Coming from Stitt and Republican Leadership (February 16)
- Duncan Banner Op-Ed by Representative Marcus McEntire (R-District 50) Medical Groups Sue To Stop Managed Care (February 14)
- Tulsa World Op-Ed: Don’t Privatize Oklahoma Medicaid Management (February 15)
- Letter: Legislature should stop ‘disastrous’ privatized Medicaid managed care (NonDoc, February 12)
- Sen. Standridge comments on the Oklahoma State Medical Association’s court challenge to state’s managed care contracts (OK Senate, February 12)
- 🎙️ Dr. George Monks – The Problem With Medicaid Privatization (Pat Campbell Show Podcast, February 11)
- Oklahoma Moves Forward On Partially Privatizing Medicaid Amid Opposition (KGOU, February 11)
- 😊 Oklahoma Court Asked to Halt State Plan to Privatize Medicaid (Bloomberg Law, February 11)
- 🥊 Medical Group Asks Supreme Court to Halt Plan To Outsource Medicaid (The Oklahoman, February 11)
- Managed Care Bad for Rural Hospitals (The Oklahoman, February 10)
- 😠 PRO MANAGED CARE PIECE from OCPA: Time To Focus On Medicaid Outcomes (February 10)
- Office Visit: Rethink Managed Care (Journal Record, February 9)
- Managed care push brings a flow of campaign cash and lobbying that is likely to continue (Frontier, February 8)
- History Will Repeat Itself And Our Most Vulnerable Will Suffer (The Oklahoman, February 7, 2021)
- State Medical Association To Ask Court For Injunction To Stop Medicaid Managed Care Contracts (Public Radio Tulsa, February8, 2021)
- Opinion Editorial Against Managed Care by Rep. Marcus McEntire (R-District 50) (Duncan Banner, February 7, 2021)
- Point of View: ‘Privatize’ doesn’t capture Medicaid (The Oklahoman, February 6, 2021)
- Oklahoma State Medical Association to seek motion for injunction against Gov. Stitt’s Medicaid managed care plan (KFOR, February 6, 2021)
- Dear Oklahoma Legislators (Alliance of Mental Health Providers of Oklahoma, February 5, 2021)
- Oklahoma Dental Association Comes Out Against Managed Care (KFOR, February 4, 2021)
- Senator Kim David Censured By Fellow Republicans Over Managed Care Comments (February 4, 2021)
- Oklahoma lawmakers divided over method of health care delivery (Enid News Eagle, February 4, 2021)
- Free Market Friday: No profit in Medicaid? (The Journal Record, February 4, 2021)
- Revealing censure, Senate Floor Leader Kim David ‘will learn from this moment (NonDoc, February 4, 2021)
- Governor’s State of the State, 2021
- Letter To the Editor on Privatizing Medicaid (Tulsa World, February 3, 2021)
- In the Know: Oklahoma Outsources Medicaid (OK Policy, February 3, 2021)
- Oklahoma Osteopathic Association Letter to Members (February 2021)
- Oklahoma Dental Association Testimonials via Twitter (Feburary 2021)
- Oklahoma Hospital Association Public Comment: Enrollment of Certain Medicaid Members under the Demonstration and Implementation of SoonerSelect Managed Care Model, effective: October 1, 2021, contingent upon CMS approval (February 3, 2021)
- Senate Floor Leader Kim David clears air with colleagues over Medicaid comments (The Frontier, February 3, 2021)
- Oklahoma Announces Contracts for Medicaid Managed Care Program (Health Payer Intelligence, February 2, 2021)
January 2021
- Gov. Stitt announces managed care organizations to help with expansion of Oklahoma Medicaid program (KFOR, January 29, 2021)
- State leaders announce 4 managed care organizations selected to assist in serving Oklahoma Medicaid (KOCO, January 29, 2021)
- Four companies announced for Oklahoma Medicaid managed care contracts (NonDoc, January 29, 2021)
- Oklahoma chooses vendors for $2 billion program partially privatizing Medicaid (The Frontier – Kassie McClung / State Impact – Catherine Sweeney, January 29, 2021)
- 11 Days That Define Stitt’s First Two Years in Office (Oklahoma Watch, January 30, 2021)
- Oklahoma Physicians Respond to Managed Care Contracts (Fox 25, January 29, 2021)
- Oklahoma’s Medicaid Agency Announces For-Profit Partners (The Oklahoman, January 29, 2021)
- Oklahoma Osteopathic Association opposes managed care in tweet (Twitter, January 2021)
- Oklahoma State Medical Association, Oklahoma Osteopathic Association and Oklahoma Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics release joint statement opposing managed care (Twitter, January 29, 2021)
December 2020
- Republican lawmakers ask Gov. Kevin Stitt to reconsider privatizing Medicaid (Tulsa World, Randy Krehbiel, December 12, 2020)
- Stanley Hupfeld: Managed care can work for Medicaid in Oklahoma (Tulsa World, Stanley Hupfeld, December 23, 2020)
- Letter to the Editor: Stop Medicaid managed care (Tulsa World, Dan Cross, December 27, 2020)
November 2020
MEDICAID LONGTERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS | Access and Quality Problems in Managed Care Demand Improved Oversight (GAO Report, November 2020)
October 2020
- Managed care is a bad investment for Oklahoma (OK Policy Institute, October 2020)
- Ensuring Medicaid expansion delivers on its full potential (OK Policy Institute, October 2020)
June 2020
- Managed Care Didn’t Work the First Time, But Why Should We Learn Anything From That Experience (Tulsa World Editorial, June 29, 2020)