CareSource may make gains in Ohio

DAYTON, Ohio (DAYTON BUSINESS JOURNAL) - Dayton Business Journal: CareSource, one of Dayton’s largest companies, has the potential to increase its Medicaid recipient membership base.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announced Friday it has chosen CareSource as one of five contractors statewide who will be authorized to provide services to Medicaid recipients, part of a plan to help improve health care for low-income residents.

Starting Jan. 1, Ohio will combine its eight Medicaid managed care service regions into three — west, central/southeast and northeast. When the new structure takes hold, CareSource likely will compete with fewer managed care providers and pick up more members, though executives said they cannot estimate how many at this time. CareSource already operates statewide.

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