Numbers are in thousands.
Current Population Survey. In November 1997, Kentucky received an 1115 waiver to implement the Health Care Partnership Program, which allowed them to establish capitated managed care for Medicaid recipients on a comprehensive risk basis through regional groupings of Medicaid providers. The regional groupings or Health Care Partnerships were networks of providers who contracted with the state to provide Medicaid benefits, except for mental health services, for a capitated monthly fee. The program was implemented in the Lexington and Louisville regions. HMOs will be selected through a competitive bid process.