In February 2019, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources鈥� Bureau for Medical Services (BMS) released the . The report asserts that the state saved more than $54 million in 2018 by removing鈥攐r 鈥渃arving out鈥濃�攑rescription drug coverage from the state鈥檚 Medicaid managed care program, and instead covering drugs through an unmanaged fee-for-service (FFS) program.
The report鈥檚 findings run completely contrary to analyses of Medicaid prescription drug programs in other states鈥攁s well as conclusions reached by other researchers. How can we understand the disconnect? , as well as a .