Care1st Health Plan Arizona, a WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG) company, signed a value-based agreement with Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS) on Oct. 1, 2018 to launch the Hepatitis C Center of Excellence program to treat Medicaid members in Maricopa County with the infectious liver disease under a unique value-based bundled payment arrangement. Experts at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard University estimate that this is the first time a Medicaid plan in the U.S. has offered bundled payments as part of a value-based agreement for hepatitis C treatment. ... |