2/15/16 Group Watch: Are RCOs the Real Answer?
With medical costs still a player in the state’s ongoing budget woes, the announcement that the federal government granted Alabama approval to create regional care organizations (RCOs) for Medicaid patients came as good news to some. But many legislative leaders are concerned that RCOs cannot and will not solve the problem. They point out that it is unlikely that the state can get the RCOs operational by the federal government’s deadline. Plus, they don’t believe the RCOs will result in the the savings that the state is expecting.
