The new federal Medicaid managed care regulation gives state Medicaid programs new tools with which to address longstanding Medicaid challenges.
In an article titled “The Medicaid Managed Care Rule: The Major Challenges States Face,” the Commonwealth Fund describes the tools the rule does and does not offer for addressing five major Medicaid challenges:

• reaching medically underserved communities
• unstable eligibility and enrollment
• organizing coverage an care and developing effective payment incentives
• aligning managed care with health, education, nutrition, and social services
• information technology

Find the article here, on the Commonwealth Fund’s web site.