Medicaid expansion boosts membership, but watch for pent-up demand for services.

Abstract

Community health center-owned plan reshapes itself to tackle expanding Medicaid population, but providers suffer growing pains. To rescue its ailing plan and boost enrollment, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island pursued the uninsured and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Learn how the provider plan changed its image and added 5,000 members, and what challenges its owner health centers still face. And in a related story, find out why CHIP rapidly is becoming a potentially attractive market for Medicaid providers.