Molina Healthcare Steps Up Its Game

The big buzz in the Managed Care sector is the $37 billion bid from Aetna (NYSE: AET) for Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), of course. While that deal is lauded for the Medicare assets it brings to Aetna, Molina Healthcare (NYSE: MOH) continues to beef up on Medicaid assets. Last week it announced two deals, one for the Medicaid assets of MyCare Chicago covering approximately 61,000 enrollees in Cook County, Illinois. The other was for Preferred Medical Plan’s Medicaid assets, serving approximately 25,000 enrollees. These deals come on the heels of its acquisition in May of HealthPlus of Michigan’s MIChild contract, with around 6,000 patients, and the Medicaid contract of HealthPlus Partners,... Read More »