Nashville-area companies win new Medicaid contracts in Arizona

Health plans linked to two Nashville, TN-area hospital operators have been awarded new three-year contracts by the state agency that administers Arizona's Medicaid program. Representatives from Iasis Healthcare LLC said the contract awarded to its prepaid Medicaid and Medicare plan, Health Choice of Arizona Inc. in Phoenix covers Medicaid members in three additional counties. Vanguard Health Systems Inc. said the new contract the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System awarded to its Phoenix Health Plan unit involves serving Medicaid members in six additional counties.