The Washington state Health Care Authority has chosen five health plans to provide managed care for more than 700,000 Medicaid clients and Basic Health subscribers.
Columbia United Providers, a subsidiary of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center that serves Medicaid patients, and Premera both submitted bids on the 2012-2013 contracts but were not selected.
The successful bidders were: Amerigroup, Community Health Plan of Washington, Coordinated Care Corporation, Molina Healthcare of Washington and UnitedHealthcare Community Plan.
