State Medicaid Programs Succeed with Community Health Plans

As community health plans, ACHP member plans’ mission-driven approach – rooted in decades of direct community investment and provider partnerships – cannot be replicated by for-profit entities whose primary obligation is to maximize shareholder returns. Their full focus remains directly in the communities they serve and the members within them.

ACHP developed the tear sheet below to promote fair consideration for Medicaid contracts and highlight strategies to improve the procurement process.