Louisiana partially reverses course to restore Aetna’s canceled Medicaid contract

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Louisiana renews Aetna Medicaid contract covering 157,000 residents.

UnitedHealthCare contract for 330,700 enrollees will be terminated.

Termination influenced by ongoing litigation over alleged Medicaid overcharges.

Transition plans will reassign affected UnitedHealthCare enrollees to other providers.

Gov. Jeff Landry ‘s administration partially pulled back on its plan to cancel two of the state’s six Medicaid contracts with private companies that provide health insurance to hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents.

The Louisiana Department of Health announced Tuesday morning it would end only one of its deals with a managed care organization instead of two as originally planned .

The state will continue to work with Aetna Better Health of Louisiana