Medicaid Managed Care

Where Health Plans Design, Strategize, and Grow

Medicaid managed care markets are changing quickly as states face budget pressure, rising healthcare costs, procurement shifts, and evolving expectations for plan performance. ATI helps plans anticipate where states are headed, and adjust their market, bid, capital, and growth strategies accordingly.

We combine deep Medicaid policy expertise, procurement insight, and advanced analytics to help plans make confident decisions in competitive, margin-sensitive markets. Our work supports smarter market entry, stronger RFP positioning, more sustainable product and network strategy, improved retention, and performance models built for changing state priorities.

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Win, Launch, and Grow: Full Lifecycle Managed Care Support

ATI Advisory helps managed care organizations assess opportunities, compete effectively, launch with discipline, and grow sustainably in Medicaid markets. As states respond to budget pressure, changing enrollee needs, procurement redesign, and heightened expectations for plan performance, we help organizations align their strategies with where the market is going, not just where it has been.

Growth and Market Strategy

Market scans, competitive landscape analysis, population risk profiling, geographic analysis, and financial modeling to help organizations decide where to compete, how to enter, and what level of investment is needed

Procurement and Application Support

End-to-end support for Medicaid procurements and Medicare Advantage applications from pre-RFP positioning and capture strategy through proposal development, submission, oral presentations, and readiness review

Product and Benefit Design

Competitive, compliant benefit package design that reflects target population needs, state priorities, cost structures, and regulatory requirements

Network Strategy and Value-based Partnerships

Provider network design and value-based partnership strategy to align incentives, manage risk, improve access, and support quality performance

Care Delivery and Gap-Closure Strategy

Care models, quality strategies, and analytics approaches that identify and address gaps in care, improve outcomes, and provide support priority populations

Launch and Early Performance Support

Go-to-market planning, enrollment strategy, operational readiness, and early performance monitoring to help plans retain members, manage risk, and scale effectively

Turning Market Intelligence into Competitive Advantage

ATI helps health plans turn complex policy, market, and data signals into clear strategic direction. We identify growth opportunities, inform investment decisions, strengthen competitive position, and help organizations anticipate how federal and state policy changes may reshape Medicaid managed care markets.

Our data assets span Medicaid and Medicare, including long-term care, enabling population-level analysis, competitor intelligence, financial pro formas, geographic modeling, and policy impact assessments. We move beyond market narrative to give decision-makers evidence-backed insight they can act on.

Policy analysis and strategic interpretation:
Federal and state policy analysis, translated into clear implications for growth, risk, investment, and competitive positioning.

Market and opportunity analytics:
Modeling for market size, population needs, competitor behavior, financial opportunity, and policy impacts to guide market entry, expansion, and product strategy.

Program and regulatory intelligence:
Policy, regulatory, and procurement intelligence across Medicaid and Medicare Advantage, including dual-eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), to help organizations stay ahead of changing requirements and market expectations.

Advanced analytics and insight generation:
Analysis of enrollee, utilization, provider, quality, and market data to uncover trends, evaluate performance, identify opportunities, and inform strategic decision-making.

Policy engagement and influence:
Support for stakeholder engagement, policy positioning, and analytic evidence to inform regulators, states, and other decision-makers.

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Understanding the Managed Care Marketplace

Medicaid Managed Care

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As of mid-2024, about 85% of Medicaid and CHIP enrollees receive some or all of their care through Medicaid managed care plans, with comprehensive, risk‑based MCOs now the dominant delivery vehicle in most states
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More than 4 million dually eligible beneficiaries are enrolled in comprehensive Medicaid MCOs, and recent federal policy changes are designed to increase Medicare–Medicaid alignment over time

Winning a State Procurement for Medicaid and SNP Implementation

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Your Partner Across the Full Managed Care Lifecycle

ATI supports organizations across the full managed care lifecycle — from first market entry through reprocurement and expansion into new populations. We pair cross-industry expertise with proprietary data assets and deep policy knowledge to help health plans compete, win, and perform. From plan sponsors to provider-led and community-based partners, we help organizations succeed in evolving managed care markets.

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