Ga. plans managed care for children on Medicaid - Georgia

"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/16K8mMo ) that youth advocates and pediatricians say so-called "managed care" of the state's 27,000 children in foster care, adoption assistance or the juvenile justice system could help better coordinate their health care....

"Foster children and others would have one primary care physician and electronic health records that doctors can use regardless of where the child lives under the managed care system, officials say....

"The newspaper reports that moving foster children to a managed care model in Texas led to a 30 percent drop in the use of psychotropic medication for 60 days or more...."