CLOSE State Medicaid director Maureen Corcoran, shown testifying last summer before a legislative panel, announced six companies would split work for the $20 billion program to handle managed care for Ohio’s poor and disabled residents. (Photo: Adam Cairns/Dispatch) More than 26 months after Gov. Mike DeWine ordered the revamp of a state setup that was facilitating an ongoing “rip-off” of Ohio taxpayers, the winners of contracts to lead sweeping changes in the $20 billion Medicaid managed care system were unveiled Friday. In what was labeled as likely the largest pact in Ohio state government history, six companies are being hired to coordinate the federal-state health insurance for more than 3 million low-income or disabled Ohioans. “What is really the revolutionary component here is that we have looked at all of the most cutting-edge practices, and we are pushing our system to the next generation,” said Ohio Medicaid Director Maureen Corcoran. “The entire country is watching us because there are some really important things we…
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