Long Beach, Calif.-based Molina Healthcare recorded $2.45 billion in revenue in the third quarter of this year, up from the $1.69 billion the health system posted for the third quarter of last year.
Molina's expenses also increased in the third quarter. The managed care company's third-quarter 2014 operation expenses were $2.44 billion, up from the $1.66 billion in expenses Molina recorded for the third quarter of 2013.
However, due to a surge in Medicaid enrollment, as more low-income individuals gained health coverage, Molina's net income grew from $7.57 million in the third quarter of last year to $16.12 million in the third quarter of 2014. Through Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Molina has added more than 314,000 members, including 82,200 in the third quarter of this year.
"Molina Healthcare continues to grow and diversify," said J. Mario Molina, MD, CEO of Molina. "We continued to expand the operations of our Medicare Medicaid dual eligible plans in California, Illinois and Ohio, and our general and administrative ratio was the lowest it has been in over five years."