In 2018, Illinois expanded Medicaid managed care to more than 550,000 citizens across the state. This change raised concerns with many providers before its implementation, and once in effect, community pharmacists began expressing concerns that reimbursements within the Medicaid managed care program were not covering their cost to dispense prescriptions to those beneficiaries. This study was commissioned by the Illinois Pharmacists Association (IPhA) to analyze change in reimbursements and state costs as a result of the 2018 Illinois Medicaid managed care expansion.
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