Iowa’s Department of Human Services has announced its intent to award contracts to four bidders for Governor Terry Branstad’s Medicaid Modernization initiative. The four groups are Amerigroup Iowa, Inc.; Amerihealth Caritas Iowa, Inc.; UnitedHealthcare Plan of the River Valley, Inc.; and WellCare of Iowa, Inc.

At Thursday’s Washington County Board of Health meeting the announcement was discussed. Administrator Danielle Pettit-Majewski said the impact is still uncertain for Washington County and clients.

According to DHS, Medicaid has grown 73 percent since 2003. Iowa’s Medicaid program serves about 560,000 Iowans.