In 1995, New Jersey Medicaid began moving Medicaid beneficiaries from a traditional fee-for-service health coverage program, in which healthcare providers bill Medicaid directly, into managed care. Under managed care, clients enroll in a health plan which manages their healthcare and offers special services in addition to the benefits to which Medicaid clients are entitled.
Five Health Plans participate in the NJ FamilyCare program. They are:
Aetna
AMERIGROUP NJ
Horizon NJ Health
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
WellCare
Through managed care, NJ FamilyCare believes beneficiaries have better access to healthcare providers than they do through Medicaid's traditional fee-for-service program. Health Plans are also able to provide a comprehensive package of preventive health services that, combined with the full range of Medicaid benefits, allows for the best healthcare possible.
