Four Ways MCOs and States Can Use New Federal Provider Payment Data for Network Strategy and Oversight

Milliman examines how state Medicaid agencies and managed care plans can leverage HHS's newly released open-source dataset of provider-level Medicaid spending from 2018-2024, which includes service-level payments across both fee-for-service and managed care. The analysis identifies four strategic applications including contract negotiation support, fraud detection, network adequacy planning, and benchmarking—while noting data limitations and interpretation challenges MCOs should consider when using national aggregated claims data for operational decisions.

Managed Care · Finance

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