BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health announced on Tuesday that its Medicaid managed care contract with Healthy Blue will end on Dec. 31.

Current Healthy Blue members' coverage will continue until Dec. 31 and will then be enrolled with one of the four remaining Healthy Louisiana health plans, with new coverage beginning on Jan. 1, 2027.

The transition will not affect members' Medicaid eligibility, as members will continue to have Medicaid coverage and will have access to resources to help transition to another plan without interruption. 

More than 290,000 Medicaid members are currently enrolled with Healthy Blue.