Elevance Health Exits Louisiana Medicaid, Affecting 290,000 Members
Elevance Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana will terminate their Healthy Blue Medicaid plan in Louisiana effective 2027. The exit affects approximately 290,000 Medicaid enrollees who will need to select a new managed care plan. The withdrawal continues a pattern of MCO exits from the Louisiana Medicaid market. Affected members will receive transition notices and have opportunities to enroll in remaining plans before their current coverage ends.
This MCO market exit forces Louisiana's Medicaid agency to manage a large-scale member transition while maintaining network adequacy and continuity of care across nearly 300,000 lives, and may signal broader concerns about Louisiana's Medicaid managed care rate adequacy or contractual terms.
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