Becker's Healthcare October 9, 2025
Elizabeth Casolo

Many Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care plans lack robust behavioral health networks, according to an October brief from the HHS Office of the Inspector General.

The OIG analyzed four MA plans and two Medicaid managed care plans across 10 counties. Thirty MA plans and nine Medicaid managed care plans included less than one-quarter of the area’s workforce. Some even encompassed a lower percentage, with eight evaluated plans offering no in-network behavioral health providers.

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