Louisiana Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order on State's Medicaid Reform

A Louisiana judge has issued a temporary restraining order, which blocks the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals from employing its plan to move more than 800,000 Medicaid recipients to private insurers, according to a Times-Picayune report.

Aetna requested the restraining order, protesting the state's selection of three managed care plan groups — Louisiana Healthcare Connections, Amerihealth Mercy of Louisiana and AmeriGROUP Louisiana — to run the "pre-paid coordinated care networks," the report said. The networks aim to improve healthcare outcomes and save money by coordinating all aspects of care of a Medicaid patient.

The court order comes as the LDHH had started contract negotiations with the selected groups.

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