# The Menges Group > The Menges Group offers Medicaid managed care consulting in strategy, data analytics, policy, and operations to improve care for high\-need beneficiaries\. Generated by Yoast SEO v28.0, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Operational Support for Managed Care Optimization](https://themengesgroup.com/what-we-do/operational-support-for-managed-care-optimization/) - [Public Policy Analyses](https://themengesgroup.com/what-we-do/public-policy-analyses/) - [Data Analytics and Products](https://themengesgroup.com/what-we-do/data-analytics-and-products/) - [Business Development Strategy \ and Proposal Support](https://themengesgroup.com/what-we-do/business-development-strategy-and-proposal-support/) - [What We Do](https://themengesgroup.com/what-we-do/) ## Posts - [Assessment of Washington State’s Medicaid Prescription Drug Management Performance and Policy Options](https://themengesgroup.com/2026/02/24/assessment-of-washington-states-medicaid-prescription-drug-management-performance-and-policy-options-2/): This report updates our 2024 assessment of which prescription drug model is best suited for Washington’s Apple Health \(Medicaid\) program\. Simulating the carve\-out on the most recent year where data are available \(FFY2024\), we estimate that changing to the carve\-out approach would create additional total annual costs of $94\.1 million for Washington’s Medicaid program, divided $59\.0 million in additional state outlays and $35\.1 million in additional federal outlays\. Our key recommendation is to preserve the existing carve\-in structure – both for fiscal optimization and due to the wide array of programmatic advantages that occur under an integrated model of care and care coordination\. - [Assessment of HealthChoices, Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Managed Care Program](https://themengesgroup.com/2025/10/20/assessment-of-healthchoices-pennsylvanias-medicaid-managed-care-program-new/): In this report and its accompanying summary documents, we evaluate the Physical HealthChoices program's performance across areas such as quality outcomes, cost management, collaboration between Pennsylvania's Medicaid agency and the MCOs, community investments, provider partnerships, and initiatives addressing social determinants… ## Staff - [Anya Mody](https://themengesgroup.com/staff/anya-mody/) - [Poornima Singh](https://themengesgroup.com/staff/poornima-singh/) - [Danielle Shapero](https://themengesgroup.com/staff/danielle-shapero/) - [Manisha Gupta](https://themengesgroup.com/staff/manisha-gupta/) - [Melissa Atlas](https://themengesgroup.com/staff/melissa-atlas/) ## 5\-Slide Series - [Year One of the Rural Health Transformation Program Awards: Key Insights from Awards and Early Implementation \(Edition 1\)](https://themengesgroup.com/5-slide-series/year-one-of-the-rural-health-transformation-program-awards-key-insights-from-awards-and-early-implementation/): This edition focuses on the Rural Health Transformation Program, the $50 billion fund established by H\.R\. 1 and distributed across all 50 states from FY26 through FY30\. - [Rural Health Federal Funding: Impacts by Year; Medicaid’s Key Role in Rural Health \(Edition 2\)](https://themengesgroup.com/5-slide-series/rural-health-federal-funding-impacts-by-year-medicaids-key-role-in-rural-health/): This edition examines the Rural Health Transformation Program \(RHTP\) in the context of Medicaid and rural health, comparing the timeline of federal Medicaid reductions with RHTP investments and assessing how state\-proposed initiatives align with key rural health indicators\. - [Recent Trends in Gun Deaths](https://themengesgroup.com/5-slide-series/recent-trends-in-gun-deaths/): As the final update of our 2024 mini\-series, this edition analyzes trends in suicides, homicides, and the role of firearms\. - [Assessment of NCQA Medicaid MCO Quality Ratings Across the Two Most Recent Measurement Years](https://themengesgroup.com/5-slide-series/assessment-of-ncqa-medicaid-mco-quality-ratings-across-the-two-most-recent-measurement-years/): This edition assesses changes and trends in NCQA Medicaid MCO quality ratings across measurement years 2023 and 2024\. - [Medicaid Expenditure Progression, 2013 \- 2023](https://themengesgroup.com/5-slide-series/medicaid-expenditure-progression-2013-2023/): This edition quantifies the progression of Medicaid costs from 2013\-2023 with a focus on the federal/state share of costs\. Data are shown nationally, for each state and territory, and for various state groupings \(regional, political, and by Medicaid Expansion adoption\)\. ## Affiliated Consultants - [Allison Haley](https://themengesgroup.com/affiliated-consultants/allison-haley/) - [Jennifer Leonard, JD MPH](https://themengesgroup.com/affiliated-consultants/jennifer-leonard-jd-mph/) - [Eric Yoder, M\.D\.](https://themengesgroup.com/affiliated-consultants/eric-yoder-m-d/) - [Sherry Knowlton](https://themengesgroup.com/affiliated-consultants/sherry-knowlton/) - [Bruce Carpenter](https://themengesgroup.com/affiliated-consultants/bruce-carpenter/) ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://themengesgroup.com/category/uncategorized/) - [TMG](https://themengesgroup.com/category/tmg/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://themengesgroup.com/sitemap_index.xml)