10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012

Or

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                     to                    

Commission file number: 001-31719

Molina Healthcare, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	13-4204626
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)	Identification No.)
200 Oceangate, Suite 100
Long Beach, California	90802
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(562) 435-3666

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer	x	Accelerated filer	¨
Non-accelerated filer	¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

The number of shares of the issuer’s Common Stock outstanding as of April 30, 2012, was approximately 46,350,000.

MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.

Index

Part I — Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2012 (unaudited) and December 31, 2011	1
Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 (unaudited)	2
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three months ended March  31, 2012 and 2011 (unaudited)	3
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 (unaudited)	4
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	6
Item  2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	24
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	46
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	47
Part II — Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	48
Item 1A. Risk Factors	48
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	48
Item 6. Exhibits	49
Signatures	50

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

	March 31,			December 31,
	2012			2011
	(Amounts in thousands,
	except per-share data)
	(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	517,723		$	493,827
Investments		357,981			336,916
Receivables		222,254			167,898
Income tax refundable		15,315			11,679
Deferred income taxes		14,025			18,327
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		24,715			19,435
Total current assets		1,152,013			1,048,082
Property, equipment, and capitalized software, net		198,564			190,934
Deferred contract costs		64,414			54,582
Intangible assets, net		96,090			101,796
Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets		151,088			153,954
Auction rate securities		16,129			16,134
Restricted investments		41,947			46,164
Receivable for ceded life and annuity contracts		—			23,401
Other assets		19,759			17,099
	$	1,740,004		$	1,652,146
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Medical claims and benefits payable	$	455,833		$	402,476
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		124,649			147,214
Deferred revenue		95,490			50,947
Current maturities of long-term debt		1,118			1,197
Total current liabilities		677,090			601,834
Long-term debt		228,150			216,929
Deferred income taxes		37,209			33,127
Liability for ceded life and annuity contracts		—			23,401
Other long-term liabilities		22,243			21,782
Total liabilities		964,692			897,073
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 80,000 shares authorized; outstanding: 46,347 shares at March 31, 2012 and 45,815 shares at December 31, 2011		46			46
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 20,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Additional paid-in capital		267,876			266,022
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(1,109	)		(1,405	)
Retained earnings		508,499			490,410
Total stockholders’ equity		775,312			755,073
	$	1,740,004		$	1,652,146

See accompanying notes.

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MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011
	(Amounts in thousands,
	except per-share data)
	(Unaudited)
Revenue:
Premium revenue	$	1,327,449	$	1,081,438
Service revenue		42,205		36,674
Investment income		1,717		1,594
Rental income		2,209		—
Total revenue		1,373,580		1,119,706
Expenses:
Medical care costs		1,130,988		913,532
Cost of service revenue		30,494		31,221
General and administrative expenses		120,223		94,436
Premium tax expenses		43,430		36,550
Depreciation and amortization		15,025		12,667
Total expenses		1,340,160		1,088,406
Operating income		33,420		31,300
Interest expense		4,298		3,603
Income before income taxes		29,122		27,697
Provision for income taxes		11,033		10,309
Net income	$	18,089	$	17,388
Net income per share (1):
Basic	$	0.39	$	0.38
Diluted	$	0.39	$	0.38
Weighted average shares outstanding (1):
Basic		45,998		45,588
Diluted		46,887		46,257

⁽¹⁾  All applicable share and per-share amounts reflect the retroactive effects of the three-for-two common stock split in the form of a stock dividend that was effective May 20, 2011.

See accompanying notes.

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MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2012		2011
	(Amounts in thousands)
	(Unaudited)
Net income	$	18,089	$	17,388
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments		296		(117	)
Other comprehensive income (loss)		296		(117	)
Comprehensive income	$	18,385	$	17,271

See accompanying notes.

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MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2012			2011
	(Amounts in thousands)
	(Unaudited)
Operating activities:
Net income	$	18,089		$	17,388
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		18,339			18,094
Deferred income taxes		8,906			1,619
Stock-based compensation		4,666			4,064
Gain on sale of subsidiary		(2,390	)		—
Non-cash interest on convertible senior notes		1,443			1,340
Amortization of premium/discount on investments		1,850			1,644
Amortization of deferred financing costs		258			503
Tax deficiency from employee stock compensation		(31	)		(264	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables		(54,356	)		19,388
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		(5,287	)		(8,069	)
Medical claims and benefits payable		53,357			(2,974	)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		(35,149	)		(25,796	)
Deferred revenue		44,543			62,616
Income taxes		(3,663	)		(5,430	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		50,575			84,123
Investing activities:
Purchases of equipment		(13,505	)		(14,941	)
Purchases of investments		(88,199	)		(104,984	)
Sales and maturities of investments		65,767			61,275
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary, net of cash surrendered		9,162			—
Net cash paid in business combinations		—			(3,253	)
Increase in deferred contract costs		(12,993	)		(9,635	)
Increase in restricted investments		(493	)		(7,207	)
Change in other noncurrent assets and liabilities		(2,457	)		(1,010	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(42,718	)		(79,755	)
Financing activities:
Amount borrowed under credit facility		10,000			—
Principal payments on term loan		(301	)		—
Proceeds from employee stock plans		2,748			2,462
Excess tax benefits from employee stock compensation		3,592			1,076
Net cash provided by financing activities		16,039			3,538
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		23,896			7,906
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		493,827			455,886
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	517,723		$	463,792

See accompanying notes.

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MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS — (continued)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2012			2011
	(Amounts in thousands)
	(Unaudited)
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for:
Income taxes	$	1,057		$	14,068
Interest	$	799		$	269
Schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Common stock used for stock-based compensation	$	9,121		$	3,161
Details of sale of subsidiary:
Decrease in fair value of assets	$	30,942		$	—
Decrease in fair value of liabilities		(24,170	)		—
Gain on sale		2,390
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary, net of cash surrendered	$	9,162		$	—

See accompanying notes.

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MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

March 31, 2012

1. Basis of Presentation

Organization and Operations

Molina Healthcare, Inc. provides quality and cost-effective Medicaid-related solutions to meet the health care needs of low-income families and individuals and to assist state agencies in their administration of the Medicaid program.

Our Health Plans segment comprises health plans in California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. As of March 31, 2012, these health plans served approximately 1.8 million members eligible for Medicaid, Medicare, and other government-sponsored health care programs for low-income families and individuals. The health plans are operated by our respective wholly owned subsidiaries in those states, each of which is licensed as a health maintenance organization, or HMO.

Our health plans’ state Medicaid contracts generally have a term of one- to two-years and are renewable on an annual or biannual basis at the discretion of the state. Additionally, our state health plans submit proposals for additional membership opportunities that arise from time to time. For example, our Texas health plan has added significant membership since the first quarter of 2011, including approximately 76,000 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, members, 57,800 ABD members, and 18,000 Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, members. At April 30, 2012, the Texas health plan’s enrollment was approximately 300,000 members, an increase of 172,000 members since March 31, 2011. Our health plan subsidiaries have often been successful in obtaining the renewal by amendment of their contracts in each state prior to the actual expiration of their contracts. For example, in January 2012 our Washington health plan was named as a successful bidder in the request for proposal, or RFP, process for Medicaid and Basic Health coverage in the state of Washington through 2013. However, there can be no assurance that these contracts will continue to be renewed as in the case of our Ohio and Missouri health plans, described below.

On April 6, 2012, the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services notified our Ohio health plan that it had not been selected to participate under the recently issued Ohio Medicaid Managed Care Plan Request for Applications, or RFA. As a result, the Ohio health plan’s existing Medicaid contract with the state is scheduled to expire without renewal on December 31, 2012. We appealed the outcome of the RFA process on April 16, 2012. The Ohio health plan’s Medicaid contract comprises nearly all of its revenue and expenses; therefore should the appeal be unsuccessful most of its business activities will be suspended effective January 1, 2013. We intend to continue serving members under our Medicare Advantage contract in Ohio subsequent to December 31, 2012, and will also pursue other business opportunities. With statutory net worth in excess of $121 million at March 31, 2012, we believe our Ohio health plan has adequate resources to operate indefinitely in the absence of its Medicaid contract. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our Ohio health plan contributed premium revenue of $293.5 million, or 22.1% of total premium revenue, and comprised 249,000 members, or 13.6% of total Health Plans segment membership.

On February 17, 2012, the Division of Purchasing of the Missouri Office of Administration notified us that our Missouri health plan was not awarded a contract under the Missouri HealthNet Managed Care Request for Proposal; therefore, our Missouri health plan’s existing contract with the state is scheduled to expire without renewal on June 30, 2012. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our Missouri health plan contributed premium revenue of $56.6 million, or 4.3% of total premium revenue, and comprised 81,000 members, or 4.4% of total Health Plans segment membership.

Our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment provides business processing and information technology development and administrative services to Medicaid agencies in Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, and West Virginia, and drug rebate administration services in Florida.

On June 9, 2011, Molina Medicaid Solutions received notice from the state of Louisiana that the state intends to award the contract for a replacement Medicaid Management Information System, or MMIS, to another firm. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our revenue under the Louisiana MMIS contract was approximately $12.3 million, or 29.3% of total service revenue. We expect that we will continue to perform under this contract through implementation and acceptance of the successor MMIS. Based upon our past experience and our knowledge of the Louisiana MMIS bid process, we believe that implementation and acceptance of the successor MMIS will not occur until 2014 at the earliest. Through implementation and acceptance of the successor MMIS we expect to recognize between $45 million and $50 million in revenue annually under our Louisiana MMIS contract.

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Consolidation and Interim Financial Information

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Molina Healthcare, Inc., its subsidiaries and variable interest entities in which Molina Healthcare, Inc. is considered to be the primary beneficiary. Such variable interest entities are insignificant to our consolidated financial position and results of operations. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results as of the date and for the interim periods presented have been included; such adjustments consist of normal recurring adjustments. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The consolidated results of operations for the current interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year ending December 31, 2012. Financial information related to subsidiaries acquired during any year is included only for periods subsequent to their acquisition.

The unaudited consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared under the assumption that users of the interim financial data have either read or have access to our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. Accordingly, certain disclosures that would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the December 31, 2011 audited consolidated financial statements have been omitted. These unaudited consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with our December 31, 2011 audited financial statements.

Adjustments

We have adjusted all applicable share and per-share amounts to reflect the retroactive effects of the three-for-two stock split in the form of a stock dividend that was effective May 20, 2011.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Revenue Recognition

Premium Revenue — Health Plans Segment

Premium revenue is fixed in advance of the periods covered and, except as described below, is not generally subject to significant accounting estimates. Premium revenues are recognized in the month that members are entitled to receive health care services.

Certain components of premium revenue are subject to accounting estimates. The components of premium revenue subject to estimation fall into two categories:

Contractual provisions that may limit revenue based upon the costs incurred or the profits realized under a specific contract. These are contractual provisions that require the health plan to return premiums to the extent that certain thresholds are not met. In some instances premiums are returned when medical costs fall below a certain percentage of gross premiums; or when administrative costs or profits exceed a certain percentage of gross premiums. In other instances, premiums are partially determined by the acuity of care provided to members (risk adjustment). To the extent that our expenses and profits change from the amounts previously reported (due to changes in estimates) our revenue earned for those periods will also change. In all of these instances our revenue is only subject to estimate due to the fact that the thresholds themselves contain elements (expense or profit) that are subject to estimate. While we have adequate experience and data to make sound estimates of our expenses or profits, changes to those estimates may be necessary, which in turn will lead to changes in our estimates of revenue. In general, a change in estimate relating to expense or profit would offset any related change in estimate to premium, resulting in no or small impact to net income. The following contractual provisions fall into this category:

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California Health Plan Medical Cost Floors (Minimums): A portion of certain premiums received by our California health plan may be returned to the state if certain minimum amounts are not spent on defined medical care costs. At both March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we recorded a liability of $1.0 million under the terms of these contract provisions.

Florida Health Plan Medical Cost Floor (Minimum) for Behavioral Health: A portion of premiums received by our Florida health plan may be returned to the state if certain minimum amounts are not spent on defined behavioral health care costs. At both March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we had not recorded any liability under the terms of this contract provision since behavioral health expenses are not less than the contractual floor.

New Mexico Health Plan Medical Cost Floors (Minimums) and Administrative Cost and Profit Ceilings (Maximums): A portion of premiums received by our New Mexico health plan may be returned to the state if certain minimum amounts are not spent on defined medical care costs, or if administrative costs or profit (as defined) exceed certain amounts. Our contract with the state of New Mexico requires that we spend a minimum percentage of premium revenue on certain explicitly defined medical care costs (the medical cost floor). The New Mexico health plan contract also contains certain limits on the amount our New Mexico health plan can: (a) expend on administrative costs; and (b) retain as profit. At both March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we had not recorded any liability under the terms of these contract provisions. In the fourth quarter of 2011, our New Mexico health plan entered into a contract amendment that more closely aligns the calculation of revenue with the methodology adopted under the Affordable Care Act. The contract amendment changed the calculation of the amount of revenue that may be recognized relative to medical costs.

Texas Health Plan Profit Sharing: Under our contract with the state of Texas, there is a profit-sharing agreement under which we pay a rebate to the state of Texas if our Texas health plan generates pretax income, as defined in the contract, above a certain specified percentage, as determined in accordance with a tiered rebate schedule. We are limited in the amount of administrative costs that we may deduct in calculating the rebate, if any. As a result of profits in excess of the amount we are allowed to fully retain, we had accrued an aggregate liability of approximately $2.0 million and $0.7 million pursuant to our profit-sharing agreement with the state of Texas at March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, respectively.

Medicare Revenue Risk Adjustment: Based on member encounter data that we submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, our Medicare premiums are subject to retroactive adjustment for both member risk scores and member pharmacy cost experience for up to two years after the original year of service. This adjustment takes into account the acuity of each member’s medical needs relative to what was anticipated when premiums were originally set for that member. In the event that a member requires less acute medical care than was anticipated by the original premium amount, CMS may recover premium from us. In the event that a member requires more acute medical care than was anticipated by the original premium amount, CMS may pay us additional retroactive premium. A similar retroactive reconciliation is undertaken by CMS for our Medicare members’ pharmacy utilization. We estimate the amount of Medicare revenue that will ultimately be realized for the periods presented based on our knowledge of our members’ heath care utilization patterns and CMS practices. Based on our knowledge of member health care utilization patterns and expenses we have recorded a net receivable of approximately $8.0 million for anticipated Medicare risk adjustment premiums at March 31, 2012. We recorded a net receivable of $5.0 million for anticipated Medicare risk adjustment premiums at December 31, 2011.

Quality incentives that allow us to recognize incremental revenue if certain quality standards are met. These are contract provisions that allow us to earn additional premium revenue in certain states if we achieve certain quality-of-care or administrative measures. We estimate the amount of revenue that will ultimately be realized for the periods presented based on our experience and expertise in meeting the quality and administrative measures as well as our ongoing and current monitoring of our progress in meeting those measures. The amount of the revenue that we will realize under these contractual provisions is determinable based upon that experience. The following contractual provisions fall into this category:

New Mexico Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Under our contract with the state of New Mexico, incremental revenue of up to 0.75% of our total premium is earned if certain performance measures are met. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care and administrative measures dictated by the state.

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Ohio Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Under our contract with the state of Ohio, incremental revenue of up to 1% of our total premium is earned if certain performance measures are met. Effective February 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, we were eligible to earn additional incremental revenue of up to 0.25% of our total premium if we met certain pharmacy specific performance measures. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care measures dictated by the state.

Texas Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Effective March 1, 2012, under our contract with the state of Texas, incremental revenue of up to 5% of our total premium may be earned if certain performance measures are met. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care measures established by the state.

Wisconsin Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Under our contract with the state of Wisconsin, effective beginning in 2011, up to 3.25% of the premium is withheld by the state. The withheld premiums can be earned by the health plan by meeting certain performance measures. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care measures dictated by the state.

The following table quantifies the quality incentive premium revenue recognized for the periods presented, including the amounts earned in the period presented and prior periods. Although the reasonably possible effects of a change in estimate related to quality incentive premium revenue as of March 31, 2012 are not known, we have no reason to believe that the adjustments to prior years noted below are not indicative of the potential future changes in our estimates as of March 31, 2012.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
	Maximum Available Quality Incentive Premium - Current Year		Amount of Current Year Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Amount of Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized from Prior Year		Total Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Total Revenue Recognized
	(In thousands)
New Mexico	$	555	$	336	$	28	$	364	$	83,261
Ohio		2,678		2,678		966		3,644		293,525
Texas		5,750		5,750		—		5,750		198,236
Wisconsin		416		—		—		—		17,142
	$	9,399	$	8,764	$	994	$	9,758	$	592,164

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
	Maximum Available Quality Incentive Premium - Current Year		Amount of Current Year Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Amount of Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized from Prior Year			Total Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Total Revenue Recognized
	(In thousands)
New Mexico	$	581	$	444	$	(168	)	$	276	$	84,606
Ohio		2,662		1,350		1,823			3,173		230,340
Wisconsin		416		—		—			—		16,417
	$	3,659	$	1,794	$	1,655		$	3,449	$	331,363

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Service Revenue and Cost of Service Revenue — Molina Medicaid Solutions Segment

The payments received by our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment under its state contracts are based on the performance of multiple services. The first of these is the design, development and implementation, or DDI, of a Medicaid Management Information System, or MMIS. An additional service, following completion of DDI, is the operation of the MMIS under a business process outsourcing, or BPO arrangement. While providing BPO services (which include claims payment and eligibility processing) we also provide the state with other services including both hosting and support and maintenance. Our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts may extend over a number of years, particularly in circumstances where we are delivering extensive and complex DDI services, such as the initial design, development and implementation of a complete MMIS. For example, the terms of our most recently implemented Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts (in Idaho and Maine) were each seven years in total, consisting of two years allocated for the delivery of DDI services, followed by five years for the performance of BPO services. We receive progress payments from the state during the performance of DDI services based upon the attainment of predetermined milestones. We receive a flat monthly payment for BPO services under our Idaho and Maine contracts. The terms of our other Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts – which primarily involve the delivery of BPO services with only minimal DDI activity (consisting of system enhancements) – are shorter in duration than our Idaho and Maine contracts.

We have evaluated our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts to determine if such arrangements include a software element. Based on this evaluation, we have concluded that these arrangements do not include a software element. As such, we have concluded that our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts are multiple-element service arrangements under the scope of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 605-25, Revenue Recognition –– Multiple–Element Arrangements, and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 13, Revenue Recognition.

Effective January 1, 2011, we adopted a new accounting standard that amends the guidance on the accounting for multiple-element arrangements. Pursuant to the new standard, each required deliverable is evaluated to determine whether it qualifies as a separate unit of accounting which is generally based on whether the deliverable has standalone value to the customer. In addition to standalone value, previous guidance also required objective and reliable evidence of fair value of a deliverable in order to treat the deliverable as a separate unit of accounting. The arrangement’s consideration that is fixed or determinable is then allocated to each separate unit of accounting based on the relative selling price of each deliverable. In general, the consideration allocated to each unit of accounting is recognized as the related goods or services are delivered, limited to the consideration that is not contingent. We have adopted this guidance on a prospective basis for all new or materially modified revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables entered into on or after January 1, 2011. Our adoption of this guidance has not impacted the timing or pattern of our revenue recognition in 2011. Also, there would have been no change in revenue recognized relating to multiple-element arrangements if we had adopted this guidance retrospectively for contracts entered into prior to January 1, 2011.

We have concluded that the various service elements in our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts represent a single unit of accounting due to the fact that DDI, which is the only service performed in advance of the other services (all other services are performed over an identical period), does not have standalone value because our DDI services are not sold separately by any vendor and the customer could not resell our DDI services. Further, we have no objective and reliable evidence of fair value for any of the individual elements in these contracts, and at no point in the contract will we have objective and reliable evidence of fair value for the undelivered elements in the contracts. For contracts entered into prior to January 1, 2011, objective and reliable evidence of fair value would be required, in addition to DDI standalone value which we do not have, in order to treat DDI as a separate unit of accounting. We lack objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the individual elements of our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts for the following reasons:

• Each contract calls for the provision of its own specific set of services. While all contracts support the system of record for state MMIS, the actual services we provide vary significantly between contracts; and

• The nature of the MMIS installed varies significantly between our older contracts (proprietary mainframe systems) and our new contracts (commercial off-the-shelf technology solutions).

Because we have determined the services provided under our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts represent a single unit of accounting and because we are unable to determine a pattern of performance of services during the contract period, we recognize all revenue (both the DDI and BPO elements) associated with such contracts on a straight-line basis over the period during which BPO, hosting, and support and maintenance services are delivered. As noted above, the period of performance of BPO services under our Idaho and Maine contracts is five years. Therefore, absent any contingencies as discussed in the following paragraph, we would recognize all revenue associated with those contracts over a period of five years. In cases where there is no DDI element associated with our contracts, BPO revenue is recognized on a monthly basis as specified in the applicable contract or contract extension.

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Provisions specific to each contract may, however, lead us to modify this general principle. In those circumstances, the right of the state to refuse acceptance of services, as well as the related obligation to compensate us, may require us to delay recognition of all or part of our revenue until that contingency (the right of the state to refuse acceptance) has been removed. In those circumstances we defer recognition of any contingent revenue (whether DDI, BPO services, hosting, and support and maintenance services) until the contingency has been removed. These types of contingency features are present in our Maine and Idaho contracts. We began to recognize revenue associated with our Maine contract upon state acceptance in September 2010. In Idaho, we will begin recognition of revenue upon state acceptance.

Costs associated with our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts include software related costs and other costs. With respect to software related costs, we apply the guidance for internal-use software and capitalize external direct costs of materials and services consumed in developing or obtaining the software, and payroll and payroll-related costs associated with employees who are directly associated with and who devote time to the computer software project. With respect to all other direct costs, such costs are expensed as incurred, unless corresponding revenue is being deferred. If revenue is being deferred, direct costs relating to delivered service elements are deferred as well and are recognized on a straight-line basis over the period of revenue recognition, in a manner consistent with our recognition of revenue that has been deferred. Such direct costs can include:

• Transaction processing costs

• Employee costs incurred in performing transaction services

• Vendor costs incurred in performing transaction services

• Costs incurred in performing required monitoring of and reporting on contract performance

• Costs incurred in maintaining and processing member and provider eligibility

• Costs incurred in communicating with members and providers

The recoverability of deferred contract costs associated with a particular contract is analyzed on a periodic basis using the undiscounted estimated cash flows of the whole contract over its remaining contract term. If such undiscounted cash flows are insufficient to recover the long-lived assets and deferred contract costs, the deferred contract costs are written down by the amount of the cash flow deficiency. If a cash flow deficiency remains after reducing the balance of the deferred contract costs to zero, any remaining long-lived assets are evaluated for impairment. Any such impairment recognized would equal the amount by which the carrying value of the long-lived assets exceeds the fair value of those assets.

We are currently deferring recognition of all revenue as well as all direct costs (to the extent that such costs are estimated to be recoverable) in Idaho until the MMIS in that state receives certification from CMS.

Premium Deficiency Charges

We assess the profitability of each contract by state for providing medical care services to our members and identify any contracts where current operating results or forecasts indicate probable future losses. Anticipated future premiums are compared to anticipated medical care costs, including the cost of processing claims. If the anticipated future costs exceed the premiums, a loss contract accrual is recognized. In the first quarter of 2011, our Wisconsin health plan recorded a premium deficiency charge in the amount of $3.35 million to medical claims and benefits payable. No premium deficiency charges were recorded in the first quarter of 2012.

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Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes is determined using an estimated annual effective tax rate, which is generally greater than the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily because of non-deductible compensation and state taxes. The effective tax rate may be subject to fluctuations during the year as new information is obtained. Such information may affect the assumptions used to estimate the annual effective tax rate, including factors such as the mix of pretax earnings in the various tax jurisdictions in which we operate, valuation allowances against deferred tax assets, the recognition or derecognition of tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions, and changes in or the interpretation of tax laws in jurisdictions where we conduct business. We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of our assets and liabilities, along with net operating loss and tax credit carryovers.

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits was $10.7 million as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Approximately $8.4 million of the unrecognized tax benefits recorded at March 31, 2012, relate to a tax position claimed on a state refund claim that will not result in a cash payment for income taxes if our claim is denied. The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate was $7.4 million as of March 31, 2012. We expect that during the next 12 months it is reasonably possible that unrecognized tax benefit liabilities may decrease by as much as $8.9 million due to the expiration of statute of limitations and the resolution to the state refund claim described above.

Our continuing practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. As of March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we had accrued $70,000 and $65,000, respectively, for the payment of interest and penalties.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

On May 12, 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ratified Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-04, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRS.” This ASU establishes a global standard for measuring amounts at fair value, and although it did not have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations, it did change our disclosure policies for fair value. This ASU became effective for reporting periods (including interim periods) beginning after December 15, 2011, and we adopted this ASU for the interim period ending March 31, 2012.

On June 16, 2011, the FASB ratified ASU No. 2011-05, “Presentation of Comprehensive Income.” This ASU eliminates the previous option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity. Upon adoption, other comprehensive income must be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. We adopted this ASU for the interim period ending March 31, 2012, which is the period for which it became effective for calendar year-end entities, and have elected to utilize ‘two separate but consecutive statements’ disclosure for this interim presentation.

On September 15, 2011, the FASB ratified ASU No. 2011-08, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment.” This ASU permits an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not (a likelihood of more than 50 percent) that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. After assessing qualitative factors, if an entity determines that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, no further testing is necessary. If an entity determines that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value, then the traditional two-step goodwill impairment test must be performed. This ASU became effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011, but early adoption was permitted. Although we did not early-adopt ASU No. 2011-08 during 2011, we will evaluate the standard when performing our future goodwill impairment tests.

Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or AICPA, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, did not have, or are not believed by management to have, a material impact on our present or future consolidated financial statements.

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3. Earnings per Share

The denominators for the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share were calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2012		2011 (2)
	(In thousands)
Shares outstanding at the beginning of the period		45,815		45,463
Weighted-average number of shares issued		183		125
Denominator for basic earnings per share		45,998		45,588
Dilutive effect of employee stock options and stock grants (1)		857		669
Dilutive effect of convertible senior notes		32		—
Denominator for diluted earnings per share		46,887		46,257

(1) Restricted shares are included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share when their grant date fair values are below the average fair value of the common shares for each of the periods presented. For the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, there were approximately 199,700 and 112,500 antidilutive weighted restricted shares, respectively. Options to purchase common shares are included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share when their exercise prices are below the average fair value of the common shares for each of the periods presented. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, and 2011, there were approximately 7,900 and 138,000 antidilutive weighted options, respectively.

(2) Potentially dilutive shares issuable pursuant to our convertible senior notes were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2011 because to do so would have been anti-dilutive.

4. Share-Based Compensation

At March 31, 2012, we had employee equity incentives outstanding under three plans: (1) the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan; (2) the 2002 Equity Incentive Plan (from which equity incentives are no longer awarded); and (3) the 2000 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (from which equity incentives are no longer awarded). On March 1, 2012, our chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and chief operating officer were awarded 94,050 shares, 53,236 shares, and 30,167 shares, respectively, of restricted units with performance and service conditions. Each of the grants shall vest on December 31, 2012, provided that: (i) the Company’s total operating revenue for 2012 is equal to or greater than $5.5 billion, and (ii) the respective officer continues to be employed by the Company as of December 31, 2012. Also on March 1, 2012, our chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, and chief accounting officer were awarded 8,000 shares, 8,000 shares, 8,000 shares, and 3,000 shares, respectively, of restricted units subject to certification of our Idaho MMIS by CMS. The respective officers must also be employed by the Company when the performance conditions are met. In the event the vesting conditions are not achieved for both sets of awards, the equity compensation awards shall lapse. As of March 31, 2012, we expect both performance awards to vest in full.

Charged to general and administrative expenses, total stock-based compensation expense was as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Restricted stock/unit awards	$	4,398	$	3,806
Stock options (including shares issued under our employee stock purchase plan)		268		258
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	4,666	$	4,064

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As of March 31, 2012, there was $22.0 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock awards, which we expect to recognize over a remaining weighted-average period of 2.8 years. As of March 31, 2012, there was $5.9 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted units with performance conditions, which we expect to recognize by December 31, 2012.

Unvested restricted stock and restricted stock activity for the three months ended March 31, 2012 is summarized below:

				Weighted
				Average
				Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value
Unvested balance as of December 31, 2011		1,435,882		$	18.97
Restricted stock awards granted		385,457			33.54
Restricted stock units with performance conditions granted		204,453			33.53
Vested		(683,649	)		20.24
Forfeited		(23,026	)		20.38
Unvested balance as of March 31, 2012		1,319,117			24.80

The total fair value of restricted stock and stock unit awards, including those with performance conditions, granted during the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 was $19.8 million and $15.6 million, respectively. The total fair value of restricted shares vested during the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 was $22.8 million and $8.6 million, respectively.

Stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2012 is summarized below:

								Weighted
				Weighted				Average
				Average		Average		Remaining
				Grant Date		Intrinsic		Contractual
	Shares			Fair Value		Value		term
						(In thousands)		(Years)
Stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2011		553,049		$	20.91
Granted		15,000			34.82
Exercised		(109,929	)		19.30
Stock options outstanding as of March 31, 2012		458,120			21.75	$	5,458		3.9
Stock options exercisable and expected to vest as of March 31, 2012		458,120			21.75	$	5,458		3.9
Exercisable as of March 31, 2012		443,120			21.31	$	5,458		3.7

5. Fair Value Measurements

Our consolidated balance sheets include the following financial instruments: cash and cash equivalents, investments, receivables, trade accounts payable, medical claims and benefits payable, long-term debt, and other liabilities. We consider the carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, other current assets and current liabilities to approximate their fair value because of the relatively short period of time between the origination of these instruments and their expected realization or payment. For our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis, we prioritize the inputs used in measuring fair value according to a three-tier fair value hierarchy as follows:

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• Level 1 — Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets: Our Level 1 financial instruments consist of investments including government-sponsored enterprise securities (GSEs) and U.S. treasury notes. Level 1 financial instruments are classified as current investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. These financial instruments are actively traded and therefore the fair value for these securities is based on quoted market prices on one or more securities exchanges.

• Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable: Our Level 2 financial instruments consist of investments including corporate debt securities, municipal securities, and certificates of deposit, which are classified as current investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Our financial instruments classified as Level 2 are traded frequently though not necessarily daily. Fair value for these securities is determined using a market approach based on quoted prices for similar securities in active markets or quoted prices for identical securities in inactive markets.

• Level 3 — Unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions: Our Level 3 financial instruments consist of auction rate securities which are designated as available-for-sale, and are reported at fair value of $16.1 million (par value of $18.8 million) as of March 31, 2012. To estimate the fair value of these securities, we use valuations from third-party pricing models that include factors such as the collateral underlying the securities, the creditworthiness of the counterparty, the timing of expected future cash flows, and the expectation of the next time the security would have a successful auction. To validate the reasonableness of these valuations, we compare such valuations to other third party valuations that provide a range of prices representing indicative bids from potential buyers. We have concluded that these estimates, given the lack of market available pricing, provide a reasonable basis for determining the fair value of the auction rate securities as of March 31, 2012.

Due to events in the credit markets, the auction rate securities held by us experienced failed auctions beginning in the first quarter of 2008. As such, quoted prices in active markets were not readily available during the majority of 2008, 2009 through 2011, and continued to be unavailable as of March 31, 2012. Our investments in auction rate securities are collateralized by student loan portfolios guaranteed by the U.S. government, and the range of maturities for such securities is from 3 years to 35 years. Considering the relative insignificance of these securities in comparison to our liquid assets and other sources of liquidity, we have no current intention of selling these securities nor do we expect to be required to sell these securities before a recovery in their cost basis. For this reason, and because the decline in the fair value of the auction securities was not due to the credit quality of the issuers, we do not consider the auction rate securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired at March 31, 2012. At the time of the first failed auctions during first quarter 2008, we held a total of $82.1 million in auction rate securities at par value; since that time, we have sold $63.3 million of these instruments at par value.

For three months ended March 31, 2012, and 2011, we recorded pretax unrealized gains of $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, to accumulated other comprehensive income for the changes in their fair value. Any future fluctuation in fair value related to these instruments that we deem to be temporary, including any recoveries of previous write-downs, would be recorded to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). If we determine that any future valuation adjustment was other-than-temporary, we would record a charge to earnings as appropriate.

Our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2012, were as follows:

	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	235,759	$	—	$	235,759	$	—
Government-sponsored enterprise securities (GSEs)		36,618		36,618		—		—
Municipal securities		52,240		—		52,240		—
U.S. treasury notes		30,990		30,990		—		—
Certificates of deposit		2,374		—		2,374		—
Auction rate securities		16,129		—		—		16,129
	$	374,110	$	67,608	$	290,373	$	16,129

Our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2011, were as follows:

	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	231,634	$	—	$	231,634	$	—
GSEs		33,949		33,949		—		—
Municipal securities		47,313		—		47,313		—
U.S. treasury notes		21,748		21,748		—		—
Certificates of deposit		2,272		—		2,272		—
Auction rate securities		16,134		—		—		16,134
	$	353,050	$	55,697	$	281,219	$	16,134

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The following table presents our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3):

	(Level 3)
	(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	16,134
Total gains (unrealized only):
Included in other comprehensive income		145
Settlements		(150	)
Balance at March 31, 2012	$	16,129
The amount of total unrealized gains for the period included in other comprehensive income attributable to the change in accumulated other comprehensive losses relating to assets still held at March 31, 2012	$	115

The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of our long-term debt as well as the applicable fair value hierarchy tier, at March 31, 2012, are contained in the table below. Our convertible senior notes are classified as Level 2 financial instruments. Fair value for these securities is determined using a market approach based on quoted prices for similar securities in active markets or quoted prices for identical securities in inactive markets. Borrowings under our credit facility and our term loan are classified as Level 3 financial instruments, because certain inputs used to determine the fair value of these agreements are unobservable. The carrying value of the credit facility and the term loan at March 31, 2012 approximates fair value because of the short period of time between the borrowing under the credit facility in the first quarter of 2012, and the term loan’s origination date of December 7, 2011, and March 31, 2012, respectively.

	Carrying		Estimated		Fair Value
	Value		Fair Value		Level Hierarchy
	(In thousands)
Credit facility	$	10,000	$	10,000		Level 3
Term loan		48,299		48,299		Level 3
Convertible senior notes		170,969		239,117		Level 2
	$	229,268	$	297,416

6. Investments

The following tables summarize our investments as of the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2012
			Gross				Estimated
	Amortized		Unrealized				Fair
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	235,184	$	678	$	103	$	235,759
GSEs		36,574		50		6		36,618
Municipal securities		51,963		305		28		52,240
U.S. treasury notes		30,953		41		4		30,990
Certificates of deposit		2,374		—		—		2,374
Auction rate securities		18,850		—		2,721		16,129
	$	375,898	$	1,074	$	2,862	$	374,110

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	December 31, 2011
			Gross				Estimated
	Amortized		Unrealized				Fair
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	231,407	$	442	$	215	$	231,634
GSEs		33,912		46		9		33,949
Municipal securities		47,099		232		18		47,313
U.S. treasury notes		21,627		121		—		21,748
Certificates of deposit		2,272		—		—		2,272
Auction rate securities		19,000		—		2,866		16,134
	$	355,317	$	841	$	3,108	$	353,050

The contractual maturities of our investments as of March 31, 2012 are summarized below:

			Estimated
	Cost		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	193,996	$	194,299
Due one year through five years		163,552		164,118
Due after ten years		18,350		15,693
	$	375,898	$	374,110

Gross realized gains and gross realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities are calculated under the specific identification method and are included in investment income. Total proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities were $65.8 million and $61.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012, and 2011, respectively. Net realized investment gains for the three months ended March 31, 2012, and 2011 were $64,000 and $157,000 respectively.

We monitor our investments for other-than-temporary impairment. For investments other than our auction rate securities discussed in Note 5, “Fair Value Measurements,” we have determined that unrealized gains and losses at March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, are temporary in nature, because the change in market value for these securities has resulted from fluctuating interest rates, rather than a deterioration of the credit worthiness of the issuers. So long as we hold these securities to maturity, we are unlikely to experience gains or losses. In the event that we dispose of these securities before maturity, we expect that realized gains or losses, if any, will be immaterial.

The following tables segregate those available-for-sale investments that have been in a continuous loss position for less than 12 months, and those that have been in a loss position for 12 months or more as of March 31, 2012.

	In a Continuous Loss				In a Continuous Loss
	Position				Position
	for Less than 12 Months				for 12 Months or More				Total
	Estimated				Estimated				Estimated
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
	Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Value		Losses
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	32,085	$	103	$	—	$	—	$	32,085	$	103
GSEs		4,674		6		—		—		4,674		6
Municipal securities		12,565		28		—		—		12,565		28
Auction rate securities		—		—		16,129		2,721		16,129		2,721
U.S. treasury notes		7,052		4		—		—		7,052		4
	$	56,376	$	141	$	16,129	$	2,721	$	72,505	$	2,862

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The following table segregates those available-for-sale investments that have been in a continuous loss position for less than 12 months, and those that have been in a loss position for 12 months or more as of December 31, 2011.

	In a Continuous Loss				In a Continuous Loss
	Position				Position
	for Less than 12 Months				for 12 Months or More				Total
	Estimated				Estimated				Estimated
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
	Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Value		Losses
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	72,766	$	215	$	—	$	—	$	72,766	$	215
GSEs		11,493		9		—		—		11,493		9
Municipal securities		12,033		18		—		—		12,033		18
Auction rate securities		—		—		16,134		2,866		16,134		2,866
	$	96,292	$	242	$	16,134	$	2,866	$	112,426	$	3,108

7. Receivables

Health Plans segment receivables consist primarily of amounts due from the various states in which we operate. Such receivables are subject to potential retroactive adjustment. Because all of our receivable amounts are readily determinable and our creditors are in almost all instances state governments, our allowance for doubtful accounts is immaterial. Any amounts determined to be uncollectible are charged to expense when such determination is made. Accounts receivable were as follows:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Health Plans segment:
California	$	61,799	$	22,175
Michigan		11,362		8,864
Missouri		24,390		27,092
New Mexico		10,728		9,350
Ohio		31,655		27,458
Texas		16,335		1,608
Utah		3,886		2,825
Washington		17,014		15,006
Wisconsin		2,001		4,909
Others		2,809		2,489
Total Health Plans segment		181,979		121,776
Molina Medicaid Solutions segment		40,275		46,122
	$	222,254	$	167,898

The increase in our California health plan receivables at March 31, 2012, compared with December 31, 2011 is due to a change in premium payment timing by the state of California. The state is now paying capitation one month in arrears, so the California health plan’s receivables balance at March 31, 2012 includes an additional month of premiums receivable.

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8. Restricted Investments

Pursuant to the regulations governing our health plan subsidiaries, we maintain statutory deposits and deposits required by state Medicaid authorities in certificates of deposit and U.S. treasury securities. Additionally, we maintain restricted investments as protection against the insolvency of certain capitated providers. The following table presents the balances of restricted investments:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
California	$	373	$	372
Florida		5,200		5,198
Insurance Company		—		4,711
Michigan		1,000		1,000
Missouri		503		504
New Mexico		15,907		15,905
Ohio		9,078		9,078
Texas		3,514		3,518
Utah		2,990		2,895
Washington		151		151
Other		3,231		2,832
	$	41,947	$	46,164

The contractual maturities of our held-to-maturity restricted investments as of March 31, 2012 are summarized below.

	Amortized		Estimated
	Cost		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	40,906	$	40,912
Due one year through five years		1,041		1,047
	$	41,947	$	41,959

9. Medical Claims and Benefits Payable

The following table presents the components of the change in our medical claims and benefits payable as of and for the periods indicated. The negative amounts displayed for “Components of medical care costs related to: Prior periods” represent the amount by which our original estimate of claims and benefits payable at the beginning of the period exceeded the actual amount of the liability based on information (principally the payment of claims) developed since that liability was first reported.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2012			Year Ended December 31, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Balances at beginning of period	$	402,476		$	354,356
Components of medical care costs related to:
Current period		1,167,580			3,911,803
Prior periods		(36,592	)		(51,809	)
Total medical care costs		1,130,988			3,859,994
Payments for medical care costs related to:
Current period		750,994			3,516,994
Prior periods		326,637			294,880
Total paid		1,077,631			3,811,874
Balances at end of period	$	455,833		$	402,476
Benefit from prior period as a percentage of:
Balance at beginning of period		9.1	%		14.6	%
Premium revenue		2.8	%		1.1	%
Total medical care costs		3.2	%		1.3	%

We recognized a benefit from prior period claims development in the amount of $36.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. This amount represents our estimate as of March 31, 2012 of the extent to which our initial estimate of medical claims and benefits payable at December 31, 2011 exceeded the amount that will ultimately be paid out in satisfaction of that liability. The overestimation of claims liability at December 31, 2011 was due primarily to the following factors:

• For our Washington health plan, we underestimated the amount of recoveries we would collect for certain high-cost newborn claims, resulting in an overestimation of reserves at year end.

• For our Texas health plan, we overestimated the cost of new members in STAR+ (the name of our ABD program in Texas), in the Dallas region.

• In early 2011, the state of Michigan was delayed in the enrollment of newborns in managed care plans; the delay was resolved by mid-2011. This caused a large number of claims with older dates of service to be paid during late 2011, resulting in an artificial increase in the lag time for claims payment at our Michigan health plan. We adjusted reserves downward for this issue at December 31, 2011, but the adjustment did not capture all of the claims overestimation.

• Offsetting some of the overestimation items described above, our Missouri health plan reserves were underestimated as a result of an unusually large number of premature infants during the fourth quarter.

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We recognized a benefit from prior period claims development in the amount of $44.4 million and $51.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, and the year ended December 31, 2011, respectively. This was primarily caused by the overestimation of our liability for claims and medical benefits payable at December 31, 2010, as a result of the following factors:

• We overestimated the impact of a buildup in claims inventory in Ohio.

• We overestimated the impact of the settlement of disputed provider claims in California.

• We underestimated the reduction in outpatient facility claims costs as a result of a fee schedule reduction in New Mexico effective November 2010, partially offsetting the impact of the two items above.

In estimating our claims liability at March 31, 2012, we adjusted our base calculation to take account of the following factors which we believe are reasonably likely to change our final claims liability amount:

• Our Texas health plan membership nearly doubled in March 2012. In addition, effective March 1, 2012, we have assumed inpatient medical liability for STAR+ (an area of coverage that was previously carved out). Reserves for new coverage and new regions are based on the state’s pricing estimates.

• Our California health plan is enrolling about 2,000 new ABD members per month as a result of the mandatory assignment of ABD members to managed care plans effective July 1, 2011. These new members are converting from fee-for-service and are higher cost than our base ABD members

• Our Michigan health plan’s billed charges of claims in inventory at March 31, 2012 were about 2.5 times higher than the amount at December 31, 2011. This was due in part to approximately 6,000 new dual-eligible members that were enrolled for Medicaid benefits only in December 2011. As we are responsible only for the Medicaid portion of these benefits, the ratio of paid to billed claims for dual eligible members is very small, and this inventory buildup may not represent a large increase in liability.

• Our Wisconsin health plan converted from its legacy claims processing system to the Company’s single managed care platform, or QNXT, effective February 1, 2012.

The use of a consistent methodology in estimating our liability for claims and medical benefits payable minimizes the degree to which the under- or overestimation of that liability at the close of one period may affect consolidated results of operations in subsequent periods. Facts and circumstances unique to the estimation process at any single date, however, may still lead to a material impact on consolidated results of operations in subsequent periods. Any absence of adverse claims development (as well as the expensing through general and administrative expense of the costs to settle claims held at the start of the period) will lead to the recognition of a benefit from prior period claims development in the period subsequent to the date of the original estimate. In 2011 and through March 31, 2012, the absence of adverse development of the liability for claims and medical benefits payable at the close of the previous period resulted in the recognition of substantial favorable prior period development. In both years, however, the recognition of a benefit from prior period claims development did not have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations because the amount of benefit recognized in each year was roughly consistent with that recognized in the previous year.

10. Long-Term Debt

Credit Facility

On September 9, 2011, we entered into a credit agreement for a $170 million revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with various lenders and U.S. Bank National Association, as LC Issuer, Swing Line Lender, and Administrative Agent. The Credit Facility is used for general corporate purposes.

The Credit Facility has a term of five years under which all amounts outstanding will be due and payable on September 9, 2016. Subject to obtaining commitments from existing or new lenders and satisfaction of other specified conditions, we may increase the Credit Facility to up to $195 million. As of March 31, 2012 there was $10.0 million outstanding under the Credit Facility. Additionally, as of March 31, 2012, our lenders had issued two letters of credit in the aggregate principal amount of $10.3 million in connection with the Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts with the states of Maine and Idaho, which reduces the amount available under the Credit Facility.

Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest based, at our election, on the base rate plus an applicable margin or the Eurodollar rate. The base rate is, for any day, a rate of interest per annum equal to the highest of (i) the prime rate of interest announced from time to time by U.S. Bank or its parent, (ii) the sum of the federal funds rate for such day plus 0.50% per annum and (iii) the Eurodollar rate (without giving effect to the applicable margin) for a one month interest period on such day (or if such day is not a business day, the immediately preceding business day) plus 1.00%. The Eurodollar rate is a reserve adjusted rate at which Eurodollar deposits are offered in the interbank Eurodollar market plus an applicable margin. In addition to interest payable on the principal amount of indebtedness outstanding from time to time under the Credit Facility, we are required to pay a quarterly commitment fee of 0.25% to 0.50% (based upon our leverage ratio) of the unused amount of the lenders’ commitments under the Credit Facility. The applicable margins range between 0.75% to 1.75% for base rate loans and 1.75% to 2.75% for Eurodollar loans, in each case, based upon our leverage ratio.

Our obligations under the Credit Facility are secured by a lien on substantially all of our assets, with the exception of certain of our real estate assets, and by a pledge of the capital stock or membership interests of our operating subsidiaries and health plans (with the exception of the California health plan).

The Credit Facility includes usual and customary covenants for credit facilities of this type, including covenants limiting liens, mergers, asset sales, other fundamental changes, debt, acquisitions, dividends and other distributions, capital expenditures, and investments. The Credit Facility also requires us to maintain a ratio of total consolidated debt to total consolidated EBITDA of not more than 2.75 to 1.00 as of the end of each fiscal quarter and a fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.75 to 1.00. At March 31, 2012, we were in compliance with all financial covenants under the Credit Facility.

In the event of a default, including cross-defaults relating to specified other debt in excess of $20 million, the lenders may terminate the commitments under the Credit Facility and declare the amounts outstanding, including all accrued interest and unpaid fees, payable immediately. In addition, the lenders may enforce any and all rights and remedies created under the Credit Facility or applicable law.

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Term Loan

On December 7, 2011, our wholly owned subsidiary Molina Center LLC entered into a Term Loan Agreement with various lenders and East West Bank, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”). Pursuant to the terms of the Term Loan Agreement, Molina Center LLC borrowed the aggregate principal amount of $48.6 million to finance a portion of the $81 million purchase price for the acquisition of the approximately 460,000 square foot office building, or Molina Center, located in Long Beach, California.

The outstanding principal amount under the Term Loan Agreement bears interest at the Eurodollar rate for each Interest Period (as defined below) commencing January 1, 2012. The Eurodollar rate is a per annum rate of interest equal to the greater of (a) the rate that is published in the Wall Street Journal as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in United States dollars, for a period of one month, two business days prior to the commencement of an Interest Period, multiplied by a statutory reserve rate established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or (b) 4.25%. The loan matures on November 30, 2018, and is subject to a 25-year amortization schedule that commenced on January 1, 2012.

The Term Loan Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and financial covenants. In the event of a default as described in the Term Loan Agreement, the outstanding principal amount under the Term Loan Agreement will bear interest at a rate 5.00% per annum higher than the otherwise applicable rate. All amounts due under the Term Loan Agreement and related loan documents are secured by a security interest in the Molina Center in favor of and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other lenders under the Term Loan Agreement.

Convertible Senior Notes

As of March 31, 2012, $187.0 million in aggregate principal amount of our 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”) remain outstanding. The Notes rank equally in right of payment with our existing and future senior indebtedness. The Notes are convertible into cash and, under certain circumstances, shares of our common stock. The initial conversion rate is 31.9601 shares of our common stock per one thousand dollar principal amount of the Notes. This represents an initial conversion price of approximately $31.29 per share of our common stock. In addition, if certain corporate transactions that constitute a change of control occur prior to maturity, we will increase the conversion rate in certain circumstances.

The proceeds from the issuance of the Notes have been allocated between a liability component and an equity component. We have determined that the effective interest rate of the Notes is 7.5%, principally based on the seven-year U.S. treasury note rate as of the October 2007 issuance date, plus an appropriate credit spread. The resulting debt discount is being amortized over the period the Notes are expected to be outstanding, as additional non-cash interest expense. As of March 31, 2012, we expect the Notes to be outstanding until their October 1, 2014 maturity date, for a remaining amortization period of 30 months. The Notes’ if-converted value did not exceed their principal amount as of March 31, 2012. At March 31, 2012, the equity component of the Notes, net of the impact of deferred taxes, was $24.0 million. The following table provides the details of the liability amounts recorded:

	As of			As of
	March 31,			December 31,
	2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Details of the liability component:
Principal amount	$	187,000		$	187,000
Unamortized discount		(16,031	)		(17,474	)
Net carrying amount	$	170,969		$	169,526

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Interest cost for the period relating to the:
Contractual interest coupon rate of 3.75%	$	1,753	$	1,753
Amortization of the discount on the liability component		1,443		1,340
Total interest cost recognized	$	3,196	$	3,093

11. Stockholders’ Equity

Securities Repurchase Program. Effective as of October 26, 2011, our board of directors has authorized the repurchase of $75 million in aggregate of either our common stock or our convertible senior notes due 2014 (see Note 10, “Long-Term Debt”). The repurchase program will be funded with working capital or the Company’s credit facility, and repurchases may be made from time to time on the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. The repurchase program extends through October 25, 2012, but the Company reserves the right to suspend or discontinue the program at any time. No securities were purchased under this program in the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Stock Plans. In connection with the plans described in Note 4, “Share-Based Compensation,” we issued approximately 531,000 shares of common stock, net of shares used to settle employees’ income tax obligations, for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Stock plan activity resulted in a $1.9 million increase to additional paid-in capital for the same period.

12. Segment Reporting

We report our financial performance based on two reportable segments: Health Plans and Molina Medicaid Solutions. Our reportable segments are consistent with how we manage the business and view the markets we serve. Our Health Plans segment consists of our state health plans which serve Medicaid populations in ten states, and also includes our smaller direct delivery line of business. Our state health plans represent operating segments that have been aggregated for reporting purposes because they share similar economic characteristics.

Our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment provides business processing and information technology development and administrative services to Medicaid agencies in an additional five states.

We rely on an internal management reporting process that provides segment information to the operating income level for purposes of making financial decisions and allocating resources. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies.” The cost of services shared between the Health Plans and Molina Medicaid Solutions segments is charged to the Health Plans segment.

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	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Revenue:
Health Plans:
Premium revenue	$	1,327,449	$	1,081,438
Investment income		1,717		1,594
Rental income		2,209		—
		1,331,375		1,083,032
Molina Medicaid Solutions:
Service revenue		42,205		36,674
	$	1,373,580	$	1,119,706
Depreciation and amortization:
Health Plans	$	13,743	$	11,385
Molina Medicaid Solutions		4,596		6,709
	$	18,339	$	18,094
Operating Income:
Health Plans	$	25,011	$	29,606
Molina Medicaid Solutions		8,409		1,694
Total operating income		33,420		31,300
Interest expense		4,298		3,603
Income before income taxes	$	29,122	$	27,697

	March 31,		December 31,
	2012		2011
Goodwill and intangible assets, net:
Health Plans	$	152,826	$	159,963
Molina Medicaid Solutions		94,352		95,787
	$	247,178	$	255,750
Total assets:
Health Plans	$	1,501,964	$	1,425,764
Molina Medicaid Solutions		238,040		226,382
	$	1,740,004	$	1,652,146

13. Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Proceedings

The health care and business process outsourcing industries are subject to numerous laws and regulations of federal, state, and local governments. Compliance with these laws and regulations can be subject to government review and interpretation, as well as regulatory actions unknown and unasserted at this time. Penalties associated with violations of these laws and regulations include significant fines and penalties, exclusion from participating in publicly funded programs, and the repayment of previously billed and collected revenues.

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We are involved in legal actions in the ordinary course of business, some of which seek monetary damages, including claims for punitive damages, which are not covered by insurance. We have accrued liabilities for certain matters for which we deem the loss to be both probable and estimable. Although we believe that our estimates of such losses are reasonable, these estimates could change as a result of further developments of these matters. The outcome of legal actions is inherently uncertain and such pending matters for which accruals have not been established have not progressed sufficiently through discovery and/or development of important factual information and legal issues to enable us to estimate a range of possible loss, if any. While it is not possible to accurately predict or determine the eventual outcomes of these items, an adverse determination in one or more of these pending matters could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Molina Medicaid Solutions

On April 6, 2012, Molina Medicaid Solutions received a schedule from the state of Maine purporting to represent the approximately $32.6 million in damages suffered by the state related to the delay in the “go live” date for the state’s MMIS from March 1, 2010 to September 1, 2010, and for other unspecified matters. The level of detail provided in the schedule is not adequate for us to determine the specific nature of the damages claimed by the state. No formal claim has been asserted against us by the state, nor has any legal basis been asserted for any potential claims against us. To the extent that the state decides to pursue its alleged claims against us, Unisys Corporation, or Unisys, the former owner of the MMIS, has agreed to assume the defense of that portion of the claim related to the delay in the “go live” date from March 1, 2010 to August 1, 2010, since that delay had been agreed upon with the state prior to our May 1, 2010 acquisition of Molina Medicaid Solutions from Unisys. The amount of our potential liability related to this matter, if any, cannot be reasonably estimated at this time, nor can a range of such possible liability be established.

Provider Claims

Many of our medical contracts are complex in nature and may be subject to differing interpretations regarding amounts due for the provision of various services. Such differing interpretations have led certain medical providers to pursue us for additional compensation. The claims made by providers in such circumstances often involve issues of contract compliance, interpretation, payment methodology, and intent. These claims often extend to services provided by the providers over a number of years.

Various providers have contacted us seeking additional compensation for claims that we believe to have been settled. These matters, when finally concluded and determined, will not, in our opinion, have a material adverse effect on our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Regulatory Capital and Dividend Restrictions

Our health plans are subject to state laws and regulations that, among other things, require the maintenance of minimum levels of statutory capital, as defined by each state, and restrict the timing, payment, and amount of dividends and other distributions that may be paid to us as the sole stockholder. To the extent the subsidiaries must comply with these regulations, they may not have the financial flexibility to transfer funds to us. The net assets in these subsidiaries (after intercompany eliminations) which may not be transferable to us in the form of loans, advances, or cash dividends was $519.5 million at March 31, 2012, and $492.4 million at December 31, 2011.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, or NAIC, adopted rules effective December 31, 1998, which, if implemented by the states, set minimum capitalization requirements for insurance companies, HMOs, and other entities bearing risk for health care coverage. The requirements take the form of risk-based capital (RBC) rules. Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin have adopted these rules, which may vary from state to state. California and Florida have not yet adopted NAIC risk-based capital requirements for HMOs and have not formally given notice of their intention to do so. Such requirements, if adopted by California and Florida, may increase the minimum capital required for those states.

As of March 31, 2012, our health plans had aggregate statutory capital and surplus of approximately $536.3 million compared with the required minimum aggregate statutory capital and surplus of approximately $265.1 million. All of our health plans were in compliance with the minimum capital requirements at March 31, 2012. We have the ability and commitment to provide additional capital to each of our health plans when necessary to ensure that statutory capital and surplus continue to meet regulatory requirements.

Receivable/Liability for Ceded Life and Annuity Contracts

Prior to February 17, 2012, we reported a 100% ceded reinsurance arrangement for life insurance policies written and held by our wholly owned insurance subsidiary, Molina Healthcare Insurance Company, by recording a non-current receivable from the reinsurer with a corresponding non-current liability for ceded life and annuity contracts. Effective February 17, 2012, we sold Molina Healthcare Insurance Company. The transaction resulted in the elimination of both the noncurrent receivable and liability for ceded life and annuity contracts, each amounting to $23.4 million as of December 31, 2011. Additionally, a gain of approximately $2.4 million was recorded upon closing of the transaction, recorded to general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated income statement.

We remain liable for benefits payable under the life insurance policies that were held by Molina Healthcare Insurance Company, in the event that both the reinsurer and the buyer of Molina Healthcare Insurance Company are unable to pay those benefits. We believe the possibility of our having to pay such benefits is remote, and no provision for the payment of such benefits is included in our consolidated financial statements.

14. Related Party Transactions

We have an equity investment in a medical service provider that provides certain vision services to our members. We account for this investment under the equity method of accounting because we have an ownership interest in the investee that confers significant influence over operating and financial policies of the investee. As of both March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, our carrying amount for this investment amounted to $3.9 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, we paid $6.6 million, and $5.4 million, respectively, for medical service fees to this provider.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Forward Looking Statements

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements regarding our business, financial condition and results of operations within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, or Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or Securities Exchange Act. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbour provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation reform Act of 1995, and we are including this statement for purposes of complying with these safe harbour provisions. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this quarterly report may be deemed to be forward-looking statements for purposes of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act. Without limiting the foregoing, we use the words “anticipate(s),” “believe(s),” “estimate(s),” “expect(s),” “intend(s),” “may,” “plan(s),” “project(s),” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. We cannot guarantee that we will actually achieve the plans, intentions, or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements and, accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements that we make. You should read these factors and the other cautionary statements as being applicable to all related forward-looking statements wherever they appear in this quarterly report. We caution you that we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements made by us. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results in future periods to differ materially from those projected, estimated, expected, or contemplated as a result of, but not limited to, risk factors related to the following:

• significant budget pressures on state governments and their potential inability to maintain current rates, to implement expected rate increases, or to maintain existing benefit packages or membership eligibility thresholds or criteria;

• uncertainties regarding the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including its possible repeal, judicial overturning of the individual insurance mandate or Medicaid expansion, the effect of various implementing regulations, and uncertainties regarding the impact of other federal or state health care and insurance reform measures;

• management of our medical costs, including seasonal flu patterns and rates of utilization that are consistent with our expectations, and the reduction over time of the high medical costs associated with new populations;

• the success of our efforts to retain existing government contracts and to obtain new government contracts (including those serving dual-eligible members) in connection with requests for proposals, or RFPs, in both existing and new states, and our ability to grow our revenues consistent with our expectations;

• the accurate estimation of incurred but not reported medical costs across our health plans;

• risks associated with the continued growth in new Medicaid and Medicare enrollees, and the development of actuarially sound rates with respect to such new enrollees;

• retroactive adjustments to premium revenue or accounting estimates which require adjustment based upon subsequent developments, including Medicaid pharmaceutical rebates;

• the continuation without termination of the government contracts of both our health plans and Molina Medicaid Solutions;

• the timing of receipt and recognition of revenue and the amortization of expense under the state contracts of Molina Medicaid Solutions in Maine and Idaho;

• additional administrative costs and the potential payment of additional amounts to providers and/or the state by Molina Medicaid Solutions as a result of MMIS implementation issues in Maine or Idaho;

• government audits and reviews, and any enrollment freeze or monitoring program that may result therefrom;

• changes with respect to our provider contracts and the loss of providers;

• the establishment of a federal or state medical cost expenditure floor as a percentage of the premiums we receive, and the interpretation and implementation of medical cost expenditure floors, administrative cost and profit ceilings, and profit sharing arrangements;

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• the interpretation and implementation of at-risk premium rules regarding the achievement of certain quality measures;

• approval by state regulators of dividends and distributions by our health plan subsidiaries;

• changes in funding under our contracts as a result of regulatory changes, programmatic adjustments, or other reforms;

• high dollar claims related to catastrophic illness;

• the favorable resolution of litigation, arbitration, or administrative proceedings, including our RFP protests or appeals;

• restrictions and covenants in our credit facility;

• the relatively small number of states in which we operate health plans;

• the availability of financing to fund and capitalize our acquisitions and start-up activities and to meet our liquidity needs;

• a state’s failure to renew its federal Medicaid waiver;

• an inadvertent unauthorized disclosure of protected health information;

• changes generally affecting the managed care or Medicaid management information systems industries;

• increases in government surcharges, taxes, and assessments; and

• changes in general economic conditions, including unemployment rates.

Investors should refer to Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, for a discussion of certain risk factors that could materially affect our business, financial condition, cash flows, or results of operations. Given these risks and uncertainties, we can give no assurance that any results or events projected or contemplated by our forward-looking statements will in fact occur.

This document and the following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements and the notes to those statements appearing elsewhere in this report and the audited financial statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Adjustments

We have adjusted all applicable share and per-share amounts to reflect the retroactive effects of the three-for-two stock split in the form of a stock dividend that was effective May 20, 2011.

Overview

Molina Healthcare, Inc. provides quality and cost-effective Medicaid-related solutions to meet the health care needs of low-income families and individuals, and to assist state agencies in their administration of the Medicaid program. Our business comprises our Health Plans segment, consisting of licensed health maintenance organizations serving Medicaid populations in ten states, and our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment, which provides design, development, implementation, and business process outsourcing solutions to Medicaid agencies in an additional five states. We also have a direct delivery business that currently consists of primary care community clinics in California and Washington; additionally, we manage three county-owned primary care clinics under a contract with Fairfax County, Virginia.

We report our financial performance based on the following two reportable segments: Health Plans; and Molina Medicaid Solutions.

Our Health Plans segment comprises health plans in California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin, and includes our direct delivery business. This segment served approximately 1.8 million members eligible for Medicaid, Medicare, and other government-sponsored health care programs for low-income families and individuals as of March 31, 2012. The health plans are operated by our respective wholly owned subsidiaries in those states, each of which is licensed as a health maintenance organization, or HMO.

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Our health plans’ state Medicaid contracts generally have a term of one- to two-years and are renewable on an annual or biannual basis at the discretion of the state. Additionally, our state health plans submit proposals for additional membership opportunities that arise from time to time. For example, our Texas health plan has added significant membership since the first quarter of 2011, including approximately 76,000 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, members, 57,800 ABD members, and 18,000 Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, members. At April 30, 2012, the Texas health plan’s enrollment was approximately 300,000 members, an increase of 172,000 members since March 31, 2011. Our health plan subsidiaries have often been successful in obtaining the renewal by amendment of their contracts in each state prior to the actual expiration of their contracts. For example, in January 2012 our Washington health plan was named as a successful bidder in the RFP process for Medicaid and Basic Health coverage in the state of Washington through 2013. However, there can be no assurance that these contracts will continue to be renewed as in the case of our Ohio and Missouri health plans, described below.

On April 6, 2012, the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services notified our Ohio health plan that it had not been selected to participate under the recently issued Ohio Medicaid Managed Care Plan Request for Applications, or RFA. As a result the Ohio health plan’s existing Medicaid contract with the state is scheduled to expire without renewal on December 31, 2012. We appealed the outcome of the RFA process on April 16, 2012. The Ohio health plan’s Medicaid contract comprises nearly all of its revenue and expenses; therefore should the appeal be unsuccessful most of its business activities will be suspended effective January 1, 2013. We intend to continue serving members under our Medicare Advantage contract in Ohio subsequent to December 31, 2012, and will also pursue other business opportunities. With statutory net worth in excess of $121 million at March 31, 2012, we believe our Ohio health plan has adequate resources to operate indefinitely in the absence of its Medicaid contract. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our Ohio health plan contributed premium revenue of $293.5 million, or 22.1% of total premium revenue, and comprised 249,000 members, or 13.6% of total Health Plans segment membership.

On February 17, 2012, the Division of Purchasing of the Missouri Office of Administration notified us that our Missouri health plan was not awarded a contract under the Missouri HealthNet Managed Care Request for Proposal; therefore, our Missouri health plan’s existing contract with the state is scheduled to expire without renewal on June 30, 2012. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our Missouri health plan contributed premium revenue of $56.6 million, or 4.3% of total premium revenue, and comprised 81,000 members, or 4.4% of total Health Plans segment membership.

Our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment provides design, development, implementation, and business process outsourcing solutions to state governments for their Medicaid Management Information Systems, or MMIS. MMIS is a core tool used to support the administration of state Medicaid and other health care entitlement programs. Molina Medicaid Solutions currently holds MMIS contracts with the states of Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, and West Virginia, as well as a contract to provide drug rebate administration services for the Florida Medicaid program.

On June 9, 2011, Molina Medicaid Solutions received notice from the state of Louisiana that the state intends to award the contract for a replacement Medicaid Management Information System, or MMIS, to another firm. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our revenue under the Louisiana MMIS contract was $12.3 million, or 29.3% of total service revenue. We expect that we will continue to perform under this contract through implementation and acceptance of the successor MMIS. Based upon our past experience and our knowledge of the Louisiana MMIS bid process, we believe that implementation and acceptance of the successor MMIS will not occur until 2014 at the earliest. Through implementation and acceptance of the successor MMIS we expect to recognize between $45 million and $50 million in revenue annually under our Louisiana MMIS contract.

In the second quarter of 2012, we expect to respond to several RFPs and invitations to negotiate with respect to new business, including proposals to serve dual eligible populations and applications to participate in CMS’ Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration project. In addition, with regard to existing business, we expect the state of New Mexico to issue an RFP for its Salud! and State Coverage Insurance (SCI) programs in September 2012, with the new Salud! and SCI contract to start in late 2013 or early 2014.

The Company’s Board of Directors has organized a special committee of independent directors to consider and negotiate a possible lease transaction involving certain real property located in Long Beach, California. The property is owned by 6th and Pine Development, LLC, the members of which include John C. Molina, our chief financial officer and a director, and his wife. Negotiations between the special committee and 6th and Pine Development are currently ongoing. In the event we agree to enter into a lease for space with 6th and Pine Development, we will promptly report our execution of such agreement in a current report on Form 8-K.

Composition of Revenue and Membership

Health Plans Segment

Our Health Plans segment derives its revenue, in the form of premiums, chiefly from Medicaid contracts with the states in which our health plans operate. Premium revenue is fixed in advance of the periods covered and, except as described in “Critical Accounting Policies” below, is not generally subject to significant accounting estimates. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, we received approximately 95% of our premium revenue as a fixed amount per member per month, or PMPM, pursuant to our Medicaid contracts with state agencies, our Medicare contracts with CMS, and our contracts with other managed care organizations for which we operate as a subcontractor. These premium revenues are recognized in the month that members are entitled to receive health care services. The state Medicaid programs and the federal Medicare program periodically adjust premium rates.

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, we recognized approximately 5% of our premium revenue in the form of “birth income” — a one-time payment for the delivery of a child — from the Medicaid programs in all of our state health plans except New Mexico. Such payments are recognized as revenue in the month the birth occurs.

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The amount of the premiums paid to us may vary substantially between states and among various government programs. PMPM premiums for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, members are generally among our lowest, with rates as low as approximately $70 PMPM in California. Premium revenues for Medicaid members are generally higher. Among the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, Medicaid population — the Medicaid group that includes mostly mothers and children — PMPM premiums range between approximately $110 in California to $260 in Ohio. Among our Medicaid Aged, Blind or Disabled, or ABD, membership, PMPM premiums range from approximately $340 in Utah to $1,400 in Ohio. Contributing to the variability in Medicaid rates among the states is the practice of some states to exclude certain benefits from the managed care contract (most often pharmacy, inpatient, behavioral health and catastrophic case benefits) and retain responsibility for those benefits at the state level. Medicare membership generates the highest PMPM premiums, at approximately $1,200 PMPM.

The following table sets forth the approximate total number of members by state health plan as of the dates indicated:

	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
	2012		2011		2011
Total Ending Membership by Health Plan:
California		351,000		355,000		347,000
Florida		69,000		69,000		66,000
Michigan		222,000		222,000		225,000
Missouri (1)		81,000		79,000		82,000
New Mexico		89,000		88,000		90,000
Ohio (2)		249,000		248,000		248,000
Texas		280,000		155,000		128,000
Utah		86,000		84,000		80,000
Washington		356,000		355,000		341,000
Wisconsin		42,000		42,000		40,000
Total		1,825,000		1,697,000		1,647,000
Total Ending Membership by State for our Medicare Advantage Plans:
California		6,900		6,900		5,300
Florida		800		800		600
Michigan		8,500		8,200		6,700
New Mexico		900		800		700
Ohio (2)		200		200		400
Texas		800		700		600
Utah		8,100		8,400		6,700
Washington		5,200		5,000		3,300
Total		31,400		31,000		24,300
Total Ending Membership by State for our Aged, Blind or Disabled Population:
California		37,300		31,500		14,100
Florida		10,500		10,400		10,300
Michigan		38,800		37,500		32,000
New Mexico		5,600		5,600		5,600
Ohio (2)		29,700		29,100		28,200
Texas		109,000		63,700		51,200
Utah		8,700		8,500		8,200
Washington		4,700		4,800		4,300
Wisconsin		1,700		1,700		1,700
Total		246,000		192,800		155,600

(1) Our existing contract with the state of Missouri is scheduled to expire without renewal on June 30, 2012.

(2) Our existing contract with the state of Ohio is scheduled to expire without renewal on December 31, 2012.

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Molina Medicaid Solutions Segment

The payments received by our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment under its state contracts are based on the performance of multiple services. The first of these is the design, development and implementation, or DDI, of a Medicaid Management Information System, or MMIS. An additional service, following completion of DDI, is the operation of the MMIS under a business process outsourcing, or BPO arrangement. While providing BPO services (which include claims payment and eligibility processing) we also provide the state with other services including both hosting and support and maintenance. Because we have determined the services provided under our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts represent a single unit of accounting, we recognize revenue associated with such contracts on a straight-line basis over the period during which BPO, hosting, and support and maintenance services are delivered.

Composition of Expenses

Health Plans Segment

Operating expenses for the Health Plans segment include expenses related to the provision of medical care services, G&A expenses, and premium tax expenses. Our results of operations are impacted by our ability to effectively manage expenses related to medical care services and to accurately estimate medical costs incurred. Expenses related to medical care services are captured in the following four categories:

• Fee-for-service — Expenses paid for specific encounters or episodes of care according to a fee schedule or other basis established by the state or by contract with the provider.

• Capitation — Expenses for PMPM payments to the provider without regard to the frequency, extent, or nature of the medical services actually furnished.

• Pharmacy — Expenses for all drug, injectible, and immunization costs paid through our pharmacy benefit manager.

• Other — Expenses for medically related administrative costs of approximately $32.1 million, and $24.4 million, for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, including certain provider incentive costs, reinsurance, costs to operate our medical clinics, and other medical expenses.

Our medical care costs include amounts that have been paid by us through the reporting date as well as estimated liabilities for medical care costs incurred but not paid by us as of the reporting date. See “Critical Accounting Policies” below for a comprehensive discussion of how we estimate such liabilities.

Molina Medicaid Solutions Segment

Cost of service revenue consists primarily of the costs incurred to provide business process outsourcing and technology outsourcing services under our contracts in Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, West Virginia, and Florida. General and administrative costs consist primarily of indirect administrative costs and business development costs.

In some circumstances we may defer recognition of incremental direct costs (such as direct labor, hardware, and software) associated with a contract if revenue recognition is also deferred. Such deferred contract costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the remaining original contract term, consistent with the revenue recognition period. We began to recognize deferred contract costs for our Maine contract in September 2010, at the same time we began to recognize revenue associated with that contract. In Idaho, we expect to begin recognition of deferred contract costs in the second half of 2012, in a manner consistent with our anticipated recognition of revenue.

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First Quarter Financial Performance Summary

The following table and narrative briefly summarizes our financial and operating performance for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Comparable metrics for the first quarter of 2011 are also shown. All ratios, with the exception of the medical care ratio and the premium tax ratio, are shown as a percentage of total revenue. The medical care ratio and the premium tax ratio are computed as a percentage of premium revenue because there are direct relationships between premium revenue earned, and the cost of health care and premium taxes.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012			2011
	(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per-share data)
Earnings per diluted share	$	0.39		$	0.38
Premium revenue	$	1,327,449		$	1,081,438
Service revenue	$	42,205		$	36,674
Operating income	$	33,420		$	31,300
Net income	$	18,089		$	17,388
Total ending membership		1,825,000			1,647,000
Premium revenue		96.6	%		96.6	%
Service revenue		3.1			3.3
Investment income		0.1			0.1
Rental income		0.2			—
Total revenue		100.0	%		100.0	%
Medical care ratio		85.2	%		84.5	%
General and administrative expense ratio		8.8	%		8.4	%
Premium tax ratio		3.3	%		3.4	%
Operating income		2.4	%		2.8	%
Net income		1.3	%		1.6	%
Effective tax rate		37.9	%		37.2	%

First Quarter 2012 Overview

For the first quarter of 2012, our net income was $18.1 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, compared with net income of $17.4 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2011.

We recorded higher revenue in our Health Plans segment and experienced a higher margin in our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment. These increases were offset by lower margins in the Health Plans segment. In the aggregate, we achieved higher net income for the first quarter of 2012 when compared with the first quarter of 2011.

Our established health plans continue to perform well, with the Florida, Michigan, New Mexico, Utah, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin health plans reporting improved medical margins over the first quarter of 2011. The medical margin of our Ohio health plan was reduced as a result of a premium rate reduction effective January 1, 2012. In addition, the Ohio health plan is earning lower margins on the pharmacy benefit (added October 1, 2011) than on its business as a whole. The medical margin of our California health plan decreased primarily due to premium rate reductions effective July 1, 2011, and the mandatory assignment of SPD members to managed care plans starting June 1, 2011. The California health plan is currently experiencing a medical care ratio in excess of 90% for these members. It has been our experience that state funding agencies often underestimate the cost of serving new populations or of providing new benefits, requiring them to increase premium rates paid to managed care plans in subsequent periods.

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Results of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 Compared with the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011

Health Plans Segment

Premium Revenue

Premium revenue for the first quarter of 2012 increased 22.7% over the first quarter of 2011, due to a membership increase of approximately 6.5% (on a member-month basis), and a premium revenue PMPM increase of approximately 15.2%. Premium revenue PMPM increased as a result of both the extensions of additional benefits, such as pharmacy and inpatient facility care, to some of our membership and a shift in member mix to more medically intensive populations.

We also experienced notable membership growth at our Utah and Washington health plans. We care for a larger percentage of aged, blind or disabled, or ABD, members and Medicare members than a year ago. In the first quarter of 2012, 15% of our membership (on a member-month basis) comprised ABD members (including California SPD and Texas STAR+ members) and Medicare members, compared with just 11% of membership in the first quarter of 2011. Premium revenue PMPM also increased due to the inclusion of revenue from the pharmacy benefit for our Ohio health plan, which did not provide this benefit in the first quarter of 2011.

Medical Care Costs

The following table provides the details of consolidated medical care costs for the periods indicated (dollars in thousands except PMPM amounts):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012							2011
					% of							% of
	Amount		PMPM		Total			Amount		PMPM		Total
Fee for service	$	777,267	$	148.81		68.7	%	$	655,884	$	133.78		71.8	%
Capitation		136,038		26.04		12.0			128,682		26.25		14.1
Pharmacy		173,237		33.17		15.3			91,576		18.68		10.0
Other		44,446		8.51		4.0			37,390		7.63		4.1
Total	$	1,130,988	$	216.53		100.0	%	$	913,532	$	186.34		100.0	%

Medical care costs increased in the first quarter of 2012 primarily due to the growth of membership in the Texas health plan. The Texas health plan experienced significant growth of members in its ABD program. These members have higher medical costs than other populations. The percentage of ABD member months in our Texas plan increased from 35% in the first quarter of 2011 to 40% in the first quarter of 2012. Overall, Texas health plan membership more than doubled when compared with the first quarter of 2011. The Company’s medical margin deteriorated in the first quarter of 2012, when compared with the first quarter of 2011. The decrease in the medical margin was primarily due to:

• A shift in member mix to more costly members that are transitioning to a managed care environment, including Texas and California ABD members. These members start out with higher medical care ratios; and

• Rate decreases of approximately 2% in Ohio effective January 1, 2012, and approximately 3% in California effective July 1, 2011.

The medical care ratio of the California health plan increased to 87.4% in the three months ended March 31, 2012, from 84.3% in the three months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to premium rate reductions of approximately 3% effective July 1, 2011. Additionally, the California health plan has added approximately 23,000 new ABD members since the first quarter of 2011. While this change in member mix has increased blended health plan premium revenue PMPM by 18% to $153 in the first quarter of 2012 from $130 in the first quarter of 2011, associated medical care costs are also higher for these members. The California health plan’s aggregate medical care costs increased approximately 22% PMPM in the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with the same period in 2011.

The medical care ratio of the Florida health plan decreased to 88.2% in the three months ended March 31, 2012, from 96.6% in the three months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to initiatives that have reduced pharmacy and behavioral health costs, and a premium rate increase of approximately 7.5% effective September 1, 2011.

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The medical care ratio of the Michigan health plan decreased to 79.9% in the three months ended March 31, 2012, from 81.2% in the three months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to improved Medicare performance and lower inpatient facility costs.

The medical care ratio of the Missouri health plan increased to 93.8% in the three months ended March 31, 2012, from 93.6% in the three months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to increased inpatient facility costs associated with an unusually large number of premature infants delivered. The health plan received a premium rate increase of approximately 5% effective July 1, 2011.

The medical care ratio of the New Mexico health plan decreased to 80.6% in the three months ended March 31, 2012, from 82.8% in the three months ended March 31, 2011. The New Mexico health plan received a premium rate reduction of approximately 2.5% effective July 1, 2011.

The medical care ratio of the Ohio health plan increased to 80.6% in the three months ended March 31, 2012, from 74.6% in the three months ended March 31, 2011, partially due to a premium rate reduction of approximately 2.0% PMPM effective January 1, 2012, Additionally, the restoration of the pharmacy benefit to all managed care plans in Ohio effective October 1, 2011 has increased the Ohio health plan’s medical care ratio. The medical care ratio attributable to the pharmacy benefit alone was approximately 87%, which resulted in a 180 basis point increase to the Ohio health plan’s aggregate medical care ratio for the first quarter of 2012.

The medical care ratio of the Texas health plan decreased to 90.8% in the three months ended March 31, 2012, from 91.1% in the three months ended March 31, 2011. Additionally, in March 2012 the Texas health plan received rate increases to provide for its assumption of inpatient and pharmacy risk for all existing populations. The Texas health plan has added significant membership since the first quarter of 2011, including approximately 76,000 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, members, 57,800 ABD members, and 18,000 Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, members. At April 30, 2012 the Company’s Texas enrollment was approximately 300,000 members.

The medical care ratio of the Utah health plan decreased to 77.0% in the three months ended March 31, 2012, from 79.3% in the three months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to reduced fee-for-service inpatient and physician costs. Lower fee-for-service costs were the result of both lower unit costs and lower utilization. The Utah health plan received a premium rate reduction of approximately 2% effective July 1, 2011.

The medical care ratio of the Washington health plan decreased to 84.1% in the three months ended March 31, 2012, from 86.6% in the three months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to lower Medicaid fee-for-service utilization.

The medical care ratio of the Wisconsin health plan decreased to 98.5% in the three months ended March 31, 2012, from 118.1% in the three months ended March 31, 2011. In the first quarter of 2011, the Wisconsin health plan recorded a premium deficiency reserve amounting to $3.35 million; there was no such reserve recorded in the first quarter of 2012. We have undertaken a number of measures — focused on both utilization and unit cost reductions — to improve the profitability of the Wisconsin health plan.

Health Plans Segment Operating Data

The following table summarizes member months, premium revenue, medical care costs, medical care ratio, and premium taxes by health plan for the periods indicated (PMPM amounts are in whole dollars; member months and other dollar amounts are in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
	Member		Premium Revenue				Medical Care Costs				Medical			Premium Tax
	Months (1)		Total		PMPM		Total		PMPM		Care Ratio			Expense
California		1,059	$	161,685	$	152.65	$	141,349	$	133.45		87.4	%	$	2,309
Florida		208		56,190		269.87		49,569		238.07		88.2			7
Michigan		665		167,906		252.49		134,211		201.82		79.9			9,084
Missouri (2)		243		56,613		233.32		53,120		218.93		93.8			—
New Mexico		266		83,261		313.29		67,111		252.52		80.6			1,953
Ohio (3)		746		293,525		393.73		236,701		317.51		80.6			22,853
Texas		592		198,236		334.61		180,089		303.97		90.8			3,197
Utah		252		75,138		297.59		57,881		229.24		77.0			—
Washington		1,067		215,610		202.08		181,425		170.04		84.1			3,912
Wisconsin		125		17,142		136.97		16,886		134.92		98.5			—
Other (4)		—		2,143		—		12,646		—		—			115
		5,223	$	1,327,449	$	254.14	$	1,130,988	$	216.53		85.2	%	$	43,430

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	Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
	Member		Premium Revenue				Medical Care Costs				Medical			Premium Tax
	Months (1)		Total		PMPM		Total		PMPM		Care Ratio			Expense
California		1,041	$	134,976	$	129.63	$	113,737	$	109.24		84.3	%	$	1,902
Florida		192		49,222		256.63		47,568		248.01		96.6			17
Michigan		678		164,760		243.06		133,728		197.28		81.2			9,846
Missouri (2)		245		55,166		225.33		51,608		210.79		93.6			—
New Mexico		271		84,606		311.93		70,038		258.21		82.8			1,965
Ohio (3)		737		230,340		312.68		171,752		233.15		74.6			17,775
Texas		349		80,811		231.49		73,615		210.88		91.1			1,340
Utah		236		67,935		287.77		53,839		228.06		79.3			—
Washington		1,034		195,272		188.81		169,116		163.52		86.6			3,642
Wisconsin		120		16,417		137.25		19,380		162.02		118.1			—
Other (4)		—		1,933		—		9,151		—		—			63
		4,903	$	1,081,438	$	220.58	$	913,532	$	186.34		84.5	%	$	36,550

(1) A member month is defined as the aggregate of each month’s ending membership for the period presented.

(2) Our existing contract with the state of Missouri is scheduled to expire without renewal on June 30, 2012.

(3) Our existing contract with the state of Ohio is scheduled to expire without renewal on December 31, 2012.

(4) “Other” medical care costs also include medically related administrative costs at the parent company.

Molina Medicaid Solutions Segment

Performance of the Molina Medicaid Solutions segment was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Service revenue before amortization	$	42,358		$	38,860
Amortization recorded as reduction of service revenue		(153	)		(2,186	)
Service revenue		42,205			36,674
Cost of service revenue		30,494			31,221
General and administrative costs		2,020			2,477
Amortization of customer relationship intangibles recorded as amortization		1,282			1,282
Operating income	$	8,409		$	1,694

We are currently deferring recognition of all revenue as well as all direct costs (to the extent that such costs are estimated to be recoverable) in Idaho until the MMIS in that state receives certification from CMS.

Consolidated Expenses

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative, or G&A, expenses for the consolidated entity were $120.2 million, or 8.8% of total revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared with $94.4 million, or 8.4% of total revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2011. The Company incurred additional expenses in the first quarter of 2012 due to investment in administrative infrastructure in anticipation of opportunities in Texas and among the dual-eligible population.

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Premium Tax Expenses

Premium tax expense decreased to 3.3% of premium revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2012, from 3.4% in the three months ended March 31, 2011.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization related to our Health Plans segment is all recorded in “Depreciation and Amortization” in the consolidated statements of income. Amortization related to our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment is recorded within three different headings in the consolidated statements of income as follows:

• Amortization of purchased intangibles relating to customer relationships is reported as amortization within the heading “Depreciation and Amortization;”

• Amortization of purchased intangibles relating to contract backlog is recorded as a reduction of “Service Revenue;” and

• Amortization of capitalized software is recorded within the heading “Cost of Service Revenue.”

The following table presents all depreciation and amortization recorded in our consolidated statements of income, regardless of whether the item appears as depreciation and amortization, a reduction of service revenue, or as cost of service revenue.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012					2011
			% of Total					% of Total
	Amount		Revenue			Amount		Revenue
	(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Depreciation, and amortization of capitalized software	$	9,472		0.7	%	$	7,401		0.7	%
Amortization of intangible assets		5,553		0.4			5,266		0.4
Depreciation and amortization reported as such in the consolidated statements of income		15,025		1.1			12,667		1.1
Amortization recorded as reduction of service revenue		153		—			2,186		0.2
Amortization of capitalized software recorded as cost of service revenue		3,161		0.2			3,241		0.3
Total	$	18,339		1.3	%	$	18,094		1.6	%

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased to $4.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012, from $3.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, due primarily to interest expense associated with the purchase of our corporate headquarters building in December 2011. Interest expense includes non-cash interest expense relating to our convertible senior notes, which amounted to $1.4 million and $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012, and 2011, respectively.

Income Taxes

Income tax expense is recorded at an effective rate of 37.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with 37.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2011. The higher rate in 2012 is primarily due to current period share-based compensation expense that is expected to be non-deductible for tax purposes when related awards vest.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

We manage our cash, investments, and capital structure to meet the short- and long-term obligations of our business while maintaining liquidity and financial flexibility. We forecast, analyze, and monitor our cash flows to enable prudent investment management and financing within the confines of our financial strategy.

Our regulated subsidiaries generate significant cash flows from premium revenue. Such cash flows are our primary source of liquidity. Thus, any future decline in our profitability may have a negative impact on our liquidity. We generally receive premium revenue in advance of the payment of claims for the related health care services. A majority of the assets held by our regulated subsidiaries are in the form of cash, cash equivalents, and investments. After considering expected cash flows from operating activities, we generally invest cash of regulated subsidiaries that exceeds our expected short-term obligations in longer term, investment-grade, marketable debt securities to improve our overall investment return. These investments are made pursuant to board approved investment policies which conform to applicable state laws and regulations. Our investment policies are designed to provide liquidity, preserve capital, and maximize total return on invested assets, all in a manner consistent with state requirements that prescribe the types of instruments in which our subsidiaries may invest. These investment policies require that our investments have final maturities of five years or less (excluding auction rate securities and variable rate securities, for which interest rates are periodically reset) and that the average maturity be two years or less. Professional portfolio managers operating under documented guidelines manage our investments. As of March 31, 2012, a substantial portion of our cash was invested in a portfolio of highly liquid money market securities, and our investments consisted solely of investment-grade debt securities. All of our investments are classified as current assets, except for our restricted investments and our investments in auction rate securities, which are classified as non-current assets. Our restricted investments are invested principally in certificates of deposit and U.S. treasury securities.

Investment income increased to $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared with $1.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011. Our annualized portfolio yield for the three months ended March 31, 2012 was 0.6% compared with 0.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

Investments and restricted investments are subject to interest rate risk and will decrease in value if market rates increase. We have the ability to hold our restricted investments until maturity. Declines in interest rates over time will reduce our investment income.

Cash in excess of the capital needs of our regulated health plans is generally paid to our non-regulated parent company in the form of dividends, when and as permitted by applicable regulations, for general corporate use.

Cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2012 was $50.6 million compared with $84.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, a decrease of $33.5 million. Deferred revenue was a source of operating cash amounting to $44.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared with $62.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2011.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP ⁽¹⁾ to GAAP Financial Measures

EBITDA ⁽²⁾

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Net income	$	18,089	$	17,388
Add back:
Depreciation and amortization reported in the consolidated statements of cash flows		18,339		18,094
Interest expense		4,298		3,603
Provision for income taxes		11,033		10,309
EBITDA	$	51,759	$	49,394

(1) GAAP stands for U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

(2) EBITDA is not prepared in conformity with GAAP because it excludes depreciation and amortization, as well as interest expense, and the provision for income taxes. This non-GAAP financial measure should not be considered as an alternative to the GAAP measures of net income, operating income, operating margin, or cash provided by operating activities, nor should EBITDA be considered in isolation from these GAAP measures of operating performance. Management uses EBITDA as a supplemental metric in evaluating our financial performance, in evaluating financing and business development decisions, and in forecasting and analyzing future periods. For these reasons, management believes that EBITDA is a useful supplemental measure to investors in evaluating our performance and the performance of other companies in our industry.

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Capital Resources

At March 31, 2012, the parent company — Molina Healthcare, Inc. — held cash and investments of approximately $37.8 million, compared with approximately $23.6 million of cash and investments at December 31, 2011.

On a consolidated basis, at March 31, 2012, we had working capital of $474.9 million compared with $446.2 million at December 31, 2011. At March 31, 2012 we had cash and investments of $933.8 million, compared with $893.0 million of cash and investments at December 31, 2011.

Effective as of October 26, 2011, our board of directors has authorized the repurchase of $75 million in aggregate of either our common stock or our convertible senior notes due 2014 (see discussion of “Convertible Senior Notes” below). The repurchase program will be funded with working capital or draws under our credit facility (see discussion of “Credit Facility” below).

We believe that our cash resources, Credit Facility, and internally generated funds will be sufficient to support our operations, regulatory requirements, and capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months.

Credit Facility

On September 9, 2011, we entered into a credit agreement for a $170 million revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with various lenders and U.S. Bank National Association, as LC Issuer, Swing Line Lender, and Administrative Agent. The Credit Facility is used for general corporate purposes.

The Credit Facility has a term of five years under which all amounts outstanding will be due and payable on September 9, 2016. Subject to obtaining commitments from existing or new lenders and satisfaction of other specified conditions, we may increase the Credit Facility to up to $195 million. As of March 31, 2012 there was $10.0 million outstanding under the Credit Facility. Additionally, as of March 31, 2012, our lenders had issued two letters of credit in the aggregate principal amount of $10.3 million in connection with the Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts with the states of Maine and Idaho, which reduces the amount available under the Credit Facility.

Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest based, at our election, on the base rate plus an applicable margin or the Eurodollar rate. The base rate is, for any day, a rate of interest per annum equal to the highest of (i) the prime rate of interest announced from time to time by U.S. Bank or its parent, (ii) the sum of the federal funds rate for such day plus 0.50% per annum and (iii) the Eurodollar rate (without giving effect to the applicable margin) for a one month interest period on such day (or if such day is not a business day, the immediately preceding business day) plus 1.00%. The Eurodollar rate is a reserve adjusted rate at which Eurodollar deposits are offered in the interbank Eurodollar market plus an applicable margin. In addition to interest payable on the principal amount of indebtedness outstanding from time to time under the Credit Facility, we are required to pay a quarterly commitment fee of 0.25% to 0.50% (based upon our leverage ratio) of the unused amount of the lenders’ commitments under the Credit Facility. The applicable margins range between 0.75% to 1.75% for base rate loans and 1.75% to 2.75% for Eurodollar loans, in each case, based upon our leverage ratio.

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Our obligations under the Credit Facility are secured by a lien on substantially all of our assets, with the exception of certain of our real estate assets, and by a pledge of the capital stock or membership interests of our operating subsidiaries and health plans (with the exception of the California health plan).

The Credit Facility includes usual and customary covenants for credit facilities of this type, including covenants limiting liens, mergers, asset sales, other fundamental changes, debt, acquisitions, dividends and other distributions, capital expenditures, and investments. The Credit Facility also requires us to maintain a ratio of total consolidated debt to total consolidated EBITDA of not more than 2.75 to 1.00 as of the end of each fiscal quarter and a fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.75 to 1.00. At March 31, 2012, we were in compliance with all financial covenants under the Credit Facility.

In the event of a default, including cross-defaults relating to specified other debt in excess of $20 million, the lenders may terminate the commitments under the Credit Facility and declare the amounts outstanding, including all accrued interest and unpaid fees, payable immediately. In addition, the lenders may enforce any and all rights and remedies created under the Credit Facility or applicable law.

Term Loan

On December 7, 2011, our wholly owned subsidiary Molina Center LLC entered into a Term Loan Agreement with various lenders and East West Bank, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”). Pursuant to the terms of the Term Loan Agreement, Molina Center LLC borrowed the aggregate principal amount of $48.6 million to finance a portion of the $81 million purchase price for the acquisition of the approximately 460,000 square foot office building, or Molina Center, located in Long Beach, California.

The outstanding principal amount under the Term Loan Agreement bears interest at the Eurodollar rate for each Interest Period (as defined below) commencing January 1, 2012. The Eurodollar rate is a per annum rate of interest equal to the greater of (a) the rate that is published in the Wall Street Journal as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in United States dollars, for a period of one month, two business days prior to the commencement of an Interest Period, multiplied by a statutory reserve rate established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or (b) 4.25%. The loan matures on November 30, 2018, and is subject to a 25-year amortization schedule that commenced on January 1, 2012.

The Term Loan Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and financial covenants. In the event of a default as described in the Term Loan Agreement, the outstanding principal amount under the Term Loan Agreement will bear interest at a rate 5.00% per annum higher than the otherwise applicable rate. All amounts due under the Term Loan Agreement and related loan documents are secured by a security interest in the Molina Center in favor of and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other lenders under the Term Loan Agreement.

Convertible Senior Notes

As of March 31, 2012, $187.0 million in aggregate principal amount of our 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”) remain outstanding. The Notes rank equally in right of payment with our existing and future senior indebtedness. The Notes are convertible into cash and, under certain circumstances, shares of our common stock. The initial conversion rate is 31.9601 shares of our common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes. This represents an initial conversion price of approximately $31.29 per share of our common stock. In addition, if certain corporate transactions that constitute a change of control occur prior to maturity, we will increase the conversion rate in certain circumstances.

Shelf Registration Statement

In the second quarter of 2012, we expect to file a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the registration, issuance, and sale of an indeterminate amount of our securities, including common stock, preferred stock, senior or subordinated debt securities, or warrants. We may publicly offer securities from time to time at prices and terms to be determined at the time of the offering.

Regulatory Capital and Dividend Restrictions

Our health plans are subject to state laws and regulations that, among other things, require the maintenance of minimum levels of statutory capital, as defined by each state, and restrict the timing, payment, and amount of dividends and other distributions that may be paid to us as the sole stockholder. To the extent the subsidiaries must comply with these regulations, they may not have the financial flexibility to transfer funds to us. The net assets in these subsidiaries (after intercompany eliminations) which may not be transferable to us in the form of loans, advances, or cash dividends was $519.5 million at March 31, 2012, and $492.4 million at December 31, 2011.

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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, or NAIC, adopted rules effective December 31, 1998, which, if implemented by the states, set minimum capitalization requirements for insurance companies, HMOs, and other entities bearing risk for health care coverage. The requirements take the form of risk-based capital (RBC) rules. Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin have adopted these rules, which may vary from state to state. California and Florida have not yet adopted NAIC risk-based capital requirements for HMOs and have not formally given notice of their intention to do so. Such requirements, if adopted by California and Florida, may increase the minimum capital required for those states.

As of March 31, 2012, our health plans had aggregate statutory capital and surplus of approximately $536.3 million compared with the required minimum aggregate statutory capital and surplus of approximately $265.1 million. All of our health plans were in compliance with the minimum capital requirements at March 31, 2012. We have the ability and commitment to provide additional capital to each of our health plans when necessary to ensure that statutory capital and surplus continue to meet regulatory requirements.

Contractual Obligations

In our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, we reported on our contractual obligations as of that date. There have been no material changes to our contractual obligations since that report.

Critical Accounting Policies

When we prepare our consolidated financial statements, we use estimates and assumptions that may affect reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Our most significant accounting policies relate to:

• Health plan contractual provisions that may limit revenue based upon the costs incurred or the profits realized under a specific contract;

• Health plan quality incentives that allow us to recognize incremental revenue if certain quality standards are met;

• The recognition of revenue and costs associated with contracts held by our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment; and;

• The determination of medical claims and benefits payable.

Revenue Recognition — Health Plans Segment

Premium revenue is fixed in advance of the periods covered and, except as described below, is not generally subject to significant accounting estimates. Premium revenues are recognized in the month that members are entitled to receive health care services.

Certain components of premium revenue are subject to accounting estimates. The components of premium revenue subject to estimation fall into two categories:

Contractual provisions that may limit revenue based upon the costs incurred or the profits realized under a specific contract. These are contractual provisions that require the health plan to return premiums to the extent that certain thresholds are not met. In some instances premiums are returned when medical costs fall below a certain percentage of gross premiums; or when administrative costs or profits exceed a certain percentage of gross premiums. In other instances, premiums are partially determined by the acuity of care provided to members (risk adjustment). To the extent that our expenses and profits change from the amounts previously reported (due to changes in estimates) our revenue earned for those periods will also change. In all of these instances our revenue is only subject to estimate due to the fact that the thresholds themselves contain elements (expense or profit) that are subject to estimate. While we have adequate experience and data to make sound estimates of our expenses or profits, changes to those estimates may be necessary, which in turn will lead to changes in our estimates of revenue. In general, a change in estimate relating to expense or profit would offset any related change in estimate to premium, resulting in no or small impact to net income. The following contractual provisions fall into this category:

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California Health Plan Medical Cost Floors (Minimums): A portion of certain premiums received by our California health plan may be returned to the state if certain minimum amounts are not spent on defined medical care costs. At both March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we recorded a liability of $1.0 million under the terms of these contract provisions.

Florida Health Plan Medical Cost Floor (Minimum) for Behavioral Health: A portion of premiums received by our Florida health plan may be returned to the state if certain minimum amounts are not spent on defined behavioral health care costs. At both March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we had not recorded any liability under the terms of this contract provision since behavioral health expenses are not less than the contractual floor.

New Mexico Health Plan Medical Cost Floors (Minimums) and Administrative Cost and Profit Ceilings (Maximums): A portion of premiums received by our New Mexico health plan may be returned to the state if certain minimum amounts are not spent on defined medical care costs, or if administrative costs or profit (as defined) exceed certain amounts. Our contract with the state of New Mexico requires that we spend a minimum percentage of premium revenue on certain explicitly defined medical care costs (the medical cost floor). The New Mexico health plan contract also contains certain limits on the amount our New Mexico health plan can: (a) expend on administrative costs; and (b) retain as profit. At both March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we had not recorded any liability under the terms of these contract provisions. In the fourth quarter of 2011, our New Mexico health plan entered into a contract amendment that more closely aligns the calculation of revenue with the methodology adopted under the Affordable Care Act. The contract amendment changed the calculation of the amount of revenue that may be recognized relative to medical costs.

Texas Health Plan Profit Sharing: Under our contract with the state of Texas, there is a profit-sharing agreement under which we pay a rebate to the state of Texas if our Texas health plan generates pretax income, as defined in the contract, above a certain specified percentage, as determined in accordance with a tiered rebate schedule. We are limited in the amount of administrative costs that we may deduct in calculating the rebate, if any. As a result of profits in excess of the amount we are allowed to fully retain, we had accrued an aggregate liability of approximately $2.0 million and $0.7 million pursuant to our profit-sharing agreement with the state of Texas at March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, respectively.

Medicare Revenue Risk Adjustment: Based on member encounter data that we submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, our Medicare premiums are subject to retroactive adjustment for both member risk scores and member pharmacy cost experience for up to two years after the original year of service. This adjustment takes into account the acuity of each member’s medical needs relative to what was anticipated when premiums were originally set for that member. In the event that a member requires less acute medical care than was anticipated by the original premium amount, CMS may recover premium from us. In the event that a member requires more acute medical care than was anticipated by the original premium amount, CMS may pay us additional retroactive premium. A similar retroactive reconciliation is undertaken by CMS for our Medicare members’ pharmacy utilization. We estimate the amount of Medicare revenue that will ultimately be realized for the periods presented based on our knowledge of our members’ heath care utilization patterns and CMS practices. Based on our knowledge of member health care utilization patterns and expenses we have recorded a net receivable of approximately $8.0 million for anticipated Medicare risk adjustment premiums at March 31, 2012. We recorded a net receivable of $5.0 million for anticipated Medicare risk adjustment premiums at December 31, 2011.

Quality incentives that allow us to recognize incremental revenue if certain quality standards are met. These are contract provisions that allow us to earn additional premium revenue in certain states if we achieve certain quality-of-care or administrative measures. We estimate the amount of revenue that will ultimately be realized for the periods presented based on our experience and expertise in meeting the quality and administrative measures as well as our ongoing and current monitoring of our progress in meeting those measures. The amount of the revenue that we will realize under these contractual provisions is determinable based upon that experience. The following contractual provisions fall into this category:

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New Mexico Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Under our contract with the state of New Mexico, incremental revenue of up to 0.75% of our total premium is earned if certain performance measures are met. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care and administrative measures dictated by the state.

Ohio Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Under our contract with the state of Ohio, incremental revenue of up to 1% of our total premium is earned if certain performance measures are met. Effective February 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, we were eligible to earn additional incremental revenue of up to 0.25% of our total premium if we met certain pharmacy specific performance measures. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care measures dictated by the state.

Texas Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Effective March 1, 2012, under our contract with the state of Texas, incremental revenue of up to 5% of our total premium may be earned if certain performance measures are met. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care measures established by the state.

Wisconsin Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Under our contract with the state of Wisconsin, effective beginning in 2011, up to 3.25% of the premium is withheld by the state. The withheld premiums can be earned by the health plan by meeting certain performance measures. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care measures dictated by the state.

The following table quantifies the quality incentive premium revenue recognized for the periods presented, including the amounts earned in the period presented and prior periods. Although the reasonably possible effects of a change in estimate related to quality incentive premium revenue as of March 31, 2012 are not known, we have no reason to believe that the adjustments to prior years noted below are not indicative of the potential future changes in our estimates as of March 31, 2012.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
	Maximum Available Quality Incentive Premium - Current Year		Amount of Current Year Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Amount of Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized from Prior Year		Total Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Total Revenue Recognized
	(In thousands)
New Mexico	$	555	$	336	$	28	$	364	$	83,261
Ohio		2,678		2,678		966		3,644		293,525
Texas		5,750		5,750		—		5,750		198,236
Wisconsin		416		—		—		—		17,142
	$	9,399	$	8,764	$	994	$	9,758	$	592,164

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
	Maximum Available Quality Incentive Premium - Current Year		Amount of Current Year Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Amount of Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized from Prior Year			Total Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Total Revenue Recognized
	(In thousands)
New Mexico	$	581	$	444	$	(168	)	$	276	$	84,606
Ohio		2,662		1,350		1,823			3,173		230,340
Wisconsin		416		—		—			—		16,417
	$	3,659	$	1,794	$	1,655		$	3,449	$	331,363

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Service Revenue and Cost of Service Revenue — Molina Medicaid Solutions Segment

The payments received by our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment under its state contracts are based on the performance of multiple services. The first of these is the design, development and implementation, or DDI, of a Medicaid Management Information System, or MMIS. An additional service, following completion of DDI, is the operation of the MMIS under a business process outsourcing, or BPO arrangement. While providing BPO services (which include claims payment and eligibility processing) we also provide the state with other services including both hosting and support and maintenance. Our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts may extend over a number of years, particularly in circumstances where we are delivering extensive and complex DDI services, such as the initial design, development and implementation of a complete MMIS. For example, the terms of our most recently implemented Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts (in Idaho and Maine) were each seven years in total, consisting of two years allocated for the delivery of DDI services, followed by five years for the performance of BPO services. We receive progress payments from the state during the performance of DDI services based upon the attainment of predetermined milestones. We receive a flat monthly payment for BPO services under our Idaho and Maine contracts. The terms of our other Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts – which primarily involve the delivery of BPO services with only minimal DDI activity (consisting of system enhancements) – are shorter in duration than our Idaho and Maine contracts.

We have evaluated our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts to determine if such arrangements include a software element. Based on this evaluation, we have concluded that these arrangements do not include a software element. As such, we have concluded that our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts are multiple-element service arrangements under the scope of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 605-25, Revenue Recognition –– Multiple–Element Arrangements, and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 13, Revenue Recognition.

Effective January 1, 2011, we adopted a new accounting standard that amends the guidance on the accounting for multiple-element arrangements. Pursuant to the new standard, each required deliverable is evaluated to determine whether it qualifies as a separate unit of accounting which is generally based on whether the deliverable has standalone value to the customer. In addition to standalone value, previous guidance also required objective and reliable evidence of fair value of a deliverable in order to treat the deliverable as a separate unit of accounting. The arrangement’s consideration that is fixed or determinable is then allocated to each separate unit of accounting based on the relative selling price of each deliverable. In general, the consideration allocated to each unit of accounting is recognized as the related goods or services are delivered, limited to the consideration that is not contingent. We have adopted this guidance on a prospective basis for all new or materially modified revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables entered into on or after January 1, 2011. Our adoption of this guidance has not impacted the timing or pattern of our revenue recognition in 2011. Also, there would have been no change in revenue recognized relating to multiple-element arrangements if we had adopted this guidance retrospectively for contracts entered into prior to January 1, 2011.

We have concluded that the various service elements in our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts represent a single unit of accounting due to the fact that DDI, which is the only service performed in advance of the other services (all other services are performed over an identical period), does not have standalone value because our DDI services are not sold separately by any vendor and the customer could not resell our DDI services. Further, we have no objective and reliable evidence of fair value for any of the individual elements in these contracts, and at no point in the contract will we have objective and reliable evidence of fair value for the undelivered elements in the contracts. For contracts entered into prior to January 1, 2011, objective and reliable evidence of fair value would be required, in addition to DDI standalone value which we do not have, in order to treat DDI as a separate unit of accounting. We lack objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the individual elements of our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts for the following reasons:

• Each contract calls for the provision of its own specific set of services. While all contracts support the system of record for state MMIS, the actual services we provide vary significantly between contracts; and

• The nature of the MMIS installed varies significantly between our older contracts (proprietary mainframe systems) and our new contracts (commercial off-the-shelf technology solutions).

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Because we have determined the services provided under our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts represent a single unit of accounting and because we are unable to determine a pattern of performance of services during the contract period, we recognize all revenue (both the DDI and BPO elements) associated with such contracts on a straight-line basis over the period during which BPO, hosting, and support and maintenance services are delivered. As noted above, the period of performance of BPO services under our Idaho and Maine contracts is five years. Therefore, absent any contingencies as discussed in the following paragraph, we would recognize all revenue associated with those contracts over a period of five years. In cases where there is no DDI element associated with our contracts, BPO revenue is recognized on a monthly basis as specified in the applicable contract or contract extension.

Provisions specific to each contract may, however, lead us to modify this general principle. In those circumstances, the right of the state to refuse acceptance of services, as well as the related obligation to compensate us, may require us to delay recognition of all or part of our revenue until that contingency (the right of the state to refuse acceptance) has been removed. In those circumstances we defer recognition of any contingent revenue (whether DDI, BPO services, hosting, and support and maintenance services) until the contingency has been removed. These types of contingency features are present in our Maine and Idaho contracts. We began to recognize revenue associated with our Maine contract upon state acceptance in September 2010. In Idaho, we will begin recognition of revenue upon state acceptance.

Costs associated with our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts include software related costs and other costs. With respect to software related costs, we apply the guidance for internal-use software and capitalize external direct costs of materials and services consumed in developing or obtaining the software, and payroll and payroll-related costs associated with employees who are directly associated with and who devote time to the computer software project. With respect to all other direct costs, such costs are expensed as incurred, unless corresponding revenue is being deferred. If revenue is being deferred, direct costs relating to delivered service elements are deferred as well and are recognized on a straight-line basis over the period of revenue recognition, in a manner consistent with our recognition of revenue that has been deferred. Such direct costs can include:

• Transaction processing costs

• Employee costs incurred in performing transaction services

• Vendor costs incurred in performing transaction services

• Costs incurred in performing required monitoring of and reporting on contract performance

• Costs incurred in maintaining and processing member and provider eligibility

• Costs incurred in communicating with members and providers

The recoverability of deferred contract costs associated with a particular contract is analyzed on a periodic basis using the undiscounted estimated cash flows of the whole contract over its remaining contract term. If such undiscounted cash flows are insufficient to recover the long-lived assets and deferred contract costs, the deferred contract costs are written down by the amount of the cash flow deficiency. If a cash flow deficiency remains after reducing the balance of the deferred contract costs to zero, any remaining long-lived assets are evaluated for impairment. Any such impairment recognized would equal the amount by which the carrying value of the long-lived assets exceeds the fair value of those assets.

We are currently deferring recognition of all revenue as well as all direct costs (to the extent that such costs are estimated to be recoverable) in Idaho until the MMIS in that state receives certification from CMS.

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Medical Claims and Benefits Payable — Health Plans Segment

The following table provides the details of our medical claims and benefits payable as of the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011		March 31, 2011
	(In thousands)
Fee-for-service claims incurred but not paid (IBNP)	$	347,307	$	301,020	$	273,378
Capitation payable		37,289		53,532		43,738
Pharmacy		38,443		26,178		16,953
Other		32,794		21,746		17,313
	$	455,833	$	402,476	$	351,382

The determination of our liability for claims and medical benefits payable is particularly important to the determination of our financial position and results of operations in any given period. Such determination of our liability requires the application of a significant degree of judgment by our management.

As a result, the determination of our liability for claims and medical benefits payable is subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty. Our medical care costs include amounts that have been paid by us through the reporting date, as well as estimated liabilities for medical care costs incurred but not paid by us as of the reporting date. Such medical care cost liabilities include, among other items, unpaid fee-for-service claims, capitation payments owed providers, unpaid pharmacy invoices, and various medically related administrative costs that have been incurred but not paid. We use judgment to determine the appropriate assumptions for determining the required estimates.

The most important element in estimating our medical care costs is our estimate for fee-for-service claims which have been incurred but not paid by us. These fee-for-service costs that have been incurred but have not been paid at the reporting date are collectively referred to as medical costs that are “Incurred But Not Paid,” or IBNP. Our IBNP, as reported on our balance sheet, represents our best estimate of the total amount of claims we will ultimately pay with respect to claims that we have incurred as of the balance sheet date. We estimate our IBNP monthly using actuarial methods based on a number of factors. As indicated in the table above, our estimated IBNP liability represented $347.3 million of our total medical claims and benefits payable of $455.8 million as of March 31, 2012. Excluding amounts that we anticipate paying on behalf of a capitated provider in Ohio (which we will subsequently withhold from that provider’s monthly capitation payment), our IBNP liability at March 31, 2012, was $340.4 million.

The factors we consider when estimating our IBNP include, without limitation, claims receipt and payment experience (and variations in that experience), changes in membership, provider billing practices, health care service utilization trends, cost trends, product mix, seasonality, prior authorization of medical services, benefit changes, known outbreaks of disease or increased incidence of illness such as influenza, provider contract changes, changes to Medicaid fee schedules, and the incidence of high dollar or catastrophic claims. Our assessment of these factors is then translated into an estimate of our IBNP liability at the relevant measuring point through the calculation of a base estimate of IBNP, a further reserve for adverse claims development, and an estimate of the administrative costs of settling all claims incurred through the reporting date. The base estimate of IBNP is derived through application of claims payment completion factors and trended PMPM cost estimates.

For the fifth month of service prior to the reporting date and earlier, we estimate our outstanding claims liability based on actual claims paid, adjusted for estimated completion factors. Completion factors seek to measure the cumulative percentage of claims expense that will have been paid for a given month of service as of the reporting date, based on historical payment patterns.

The following table reflects the change in our estimate of claims liability as of March 31, 2012 that would have resulted had we changed our completion factors for the fifth through the twelfth months preceding March 31, 2012, by the percentages indicated. A reduction in the completion factor results in an increase in medical claims liabilities. Dollar amounts are in thousands.

(Decrease) Increase in Estimated Completion Factors	Increase (Decrease) in Medical Claims and Benefits Payable
(6%)	$	120,683
(4%)		80,456
(2%)		40,228
2%		(40,228	)
4%		(80,456	)
6%		(120,683	)

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For the four months of service immediately prior to the reporting date, actual claims paid are not a reliable measure of our ultimate liability, given the inherent delay between the patient/physician encounter and the actual submission of a claim for payment. For these months of service, we estimate our claims liability based on trended PMPM cost estimates. These estimates are designed to reflect recent trends in payments and expense, utilization patterns, authorized services, and other relevant factors. The following table reflects the change in our estimate of claims liability as of March 31, 2012 that would have resulted had we altered our trend factors by the percentages indicated. An increase in the PMPM costs results in an increase in medical claims liabilities. Dollar amounts are in thousands.

(Decrease) Increase in Trended Per member Per Month Cost Estimates	Increase (Decrease) in Medical Claims and Benefits Payable
(6%)	$	(83,846	)
(4%)		(55,897	)
(2%)		(27,949	)
2%		27,949
4%		55,897
6%		83,846

The following per-share amounts are based on a combined federal and state statutory tax rate of 37.5%, and 46.9 million diluted shares outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Assuming a hypothetical 1% change in completion factors from those used in our calculation of IBNP at March 31, 2012, net income for the three months ended March 31, 2012 would increase or decrease by approximately $12.6 million, or $0.27 per diluted share. Assuming a hypothetical 1% change in PMPM cost estimates from those used in our calculation of IBNP at March 31, 2012, net income for the three months ended March 31, 2012 would increase or decrease by approximately $8.7 million, or $0.19 per diluted share. The corresponding figures for a 5% change in completion factors and PMPM cost estimates would be $62.9 million, or $1.34 per diluted share, and $43.7 million, or $0.93 per diluted share, respectively.

It is important to note that any change in the estimate of either completion factors or trended PMPM costs would usually be accompanied by a change in the estimate of the other component, and that a change in one component would almost always compound rather than offset the resulting distortion to net income. When completion factors are overestimated, trended PMPM costs tend to be underestimated. Both circumstances will create an overstatement of net income. Likewise, when completion factors are underestimated, trended PMPM costs tend to be overestimated, creating an understatement of net income. In other words, errors in estimates involving both completion factors and trended PMPM costs will usually act to drive estimates of claims liabilities and medical care costs in the same direction. If completion factors were overestimated by 1%, resulting in an overstatement of net income by approximately $12.6 million, it is likely that trended PMPM costs would be underestimated, resulting in an additional overstatement of net income.

After we have established our base IBNP reserve through the application of completion factors and trended PMPM cost estimates, we then compute an additional liability, once again using actuarial techniques, to account for adverse developments in our claims payments which the base actuarial model is not intended to and does not account for. We refer to this additional liability as the provision for adverse claims development. The provision for adverse claims development is a component of our overall determination of the adequacy of our IBNP. It is intended to capture the potential inadequacy of our IBNP estimate as a result of our inability to adequately assess the impact of factors such as changes in the speed of claims receipt and payment, the relative magnitude or severity of claims, known outbreaks of disease such as influenza, our entry into new geographical markets, our provision of services to new populations such as the aged, blind or disabled (ABD), changes to state-controlled fee schedules upon which a large proportion of our provider payments are based, modifications and upgrades to our claims processing systems and practices, and increasing medical costs. Because of the complexity of our business, the number of states in which we operate, and the need to account for different health care benefit packages among those states, we make an overall assessment of IBNP after considering the base actuarial model reserves and the provision for adverse claims development. We also include in our IBNP liability an estimate of the administrative costs of settling all claims incurred through the reporting date. The development of IBNP is a continuous process that we monitor and refine on a monthly basis as additional claims payment information becomes available. As additional information becomes known to us, we adjust our actuarial model accordingly to establish IBNP.

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On a monthly basis, we review and update our estimated IBNP and the methods used to determine that liability. Any adjustments, if appropriate, are reflected in the period known. While we believe our current estimates are adequate, we have in the past been required to increase significantly our claims reserves for periods previously reported, and may be required to do so again in the future. Any significant increases to prior period claims reserves would materially decrease reported earnings for the period in which the adjustment is made.

In our judgment, the estimates for completion factors will likely prove to be more accurate than trended PMPM cost estimates because estimated completion factors are subject to fewer variables in their determination. Specifically, completion factors are developed over long periods of time, and are most likely to be affected by changes in claims receipt and payment experience and by provider billing practices. Trended PMPM cost estimates, while affected by the same factors, will also be influenced by health care service utilization trends, cost trends, product mix, seasonality, prior authorization of medical services, benefit changes, outbreaks of disease or increased incidence of illness, provider contract changes, changes to Medicaid fee schedules, and the incidence of high dollar or catastrophic claims. As discussed above, however, errors in estimates involving trended PMPM costs will almost always be accompanied by errors in estimates involving completion factors, and vice versa. In such circumstances, errors in estimation involving both completion factors and trended PMPM costs will act to drive estimates of claims liabilities (and therefore medical care costs) in the same direction.

Assuming that base reserves have been adequately set, we believe that amounts ultimately paid out should generally be between 8% and 10% less than the liability recorded at the end of the period as a result of the inclusion in that liability of the allowance for adverse claims development and the accrued cost of settling those claims. However, there can be no assurance that amounts ultimately paid out will not be higher or lower than this 8% to 10% range, as shown by our results for the year ended December 31, 2011, when the amounts ultimately paid out were less than the amount of the reserves we had established as of the beginning of that year by 14.6%.

As shown in greater detail in the table below, the amounts ultimately paid out on our liabilities in fiscal years 2012 and 2011 were less than what we had expected when we had established our reserves. While the specific reasons for the overestimation of our liabilities were different in each of the periods presented, in general the overestimations were tied to our assessment of specific circumstances at our individual health plans which were unique to those reporting periods.

We recognized a benefit from prior period claims development in the amount of $36.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. This amount represents our estimate as of March 31, 2012 of the extent to which our initial estimate of medical claims and benefits payable at December 31, 2011 exceeded the amount that will ultimately be paid out in satisfaction of that liability. The overestimation of claims liability at December 31, 2011 was due primarily to the following factors:

• For our Washington health plan, we underestimated the amount of recoveries we would collect for certain high-cost newborn claims, resulting in an overestimation of reserves at year end.

• For our Texas health plan, we overestimated the cost of new members in STAR+ (the name of our ABD program in Texas), in the Dallas region.

• In early 2011, the state of Michigan was delayed in the enrollment of newborns in managed care plans; the delay was resolved by mid-2011. This caused a large number of claims with older dates of service to be paid during late 2011, resulting in an artificial increase in the lag time for claims payment at our Michigan health plan. We adjusted reserves downward for this issue at December 31, 2011, but the adjustment did not capture all of the claims overestimation.

• Offsetting some of the overestimation items described above, our Missouri health plan reserves were underestimated as a result of an unusually large number of premature infants during the fourth quarter.

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We recognized a benefit from prior period claims development in the amount of $44.4 million and $51.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, and the year ended December 31, 2011, respectively. This was primarily caused by the overestimation of our liability for claims and medical benefits payable at December 31, 2010, as a result of the following factors:

• We overestimated the impact of a buildup in claims inventory in Ohio.

• We overestimated the impact of the settlement of disputed provider claims in California.

• We underestimated the reduction in outpatient facility claims costs as a result of a fee schedule reduction in New Mexico effective November 2010, partially offsetting the impact of the two items above.

In estimating our claims liability at March 31, 2012, we adjusted our base calculation to take account of the following factors which we believe are reasonably likely to change our final claims liability amount:

• Our Texas health plan membership nearly doubled in March 2012. In addition, effective March 1, 2012, we have assumed inpatient medical liability for STAR+ (an area of coverage that was previously carved out). Reserves for new coverage and new regions are based on the state’s pricing estimates.

• Our California health plan is enrolling about 2,000 new ABD members per month as a result of the mandatory assignment of ABD members to managed care plans effective July 1, 2011. These new members are converting from fee-for-service and are higher cost than our base ABD members

• Our Michigan health plan’s billed charges of claims in inventory at March 31, 2012 were about 2.5 times higher than the amount at December 31, 2011. This was due in part to approximately 6,000 new dual-eligible members that were enrolled for Medicaid benefits only in December 2011. As we are responsible only for the Medicaid portion of these benefits, the ratio of paid to billed claims for dual eligible members is very small, and this inventory buildup may not represent a large increase in liability.

• Our Wisconsin health plan converted from its legacy claims processing system to the Company’s single managed care platform, or QNXT, effective February 1, 2012.

The use of a consistent methodology in estimating our liability for claims and medical benefits payable minimizes the degree to which the under- or overestimation of that liability at the close of one period may affect consolidated results of operations in subsequent periods. Facts and circumstances unique to the estimation process at any single date, however, may still lead to a material impact on consolidated results of operations in subsequent periods. Any absence of adverse claims development (as well as the expensing through general and administrative expense of the costs to settle claims held at the start of the period) will lead to the recognition of a benefit from prior period claims development in the period subsequent to the date of the original estimate. In 2011 and through March 31, 2012, the absence of adverse development of the liability for claims and medical benefits payable at the close of the previous period resulted in the recognition of substantial favorable prior period development. In both years, however, the recognition of a benefit from prior period claims development did not have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations because the amount of benefit recognized in each year was roughly consistent with that recognized in the previous year.

The following table presents the components of the change in our medical claims and benefits payable for the periods presented. The negative amounts displayed for “Components of medical care costs related to: Prior year” represent the amount by which our original estimate of claims and benefits payable at the beginning of the period exceeded the actual amount of the liability based on information (principally the payment of claims) developed since that liability was first reported.

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	Three Months Ended March 31,						Year Ended
	2012			2011			Dec. 31, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands, except
	per-member amounts)
Balances at beginning of period	$	402,476		$	354,356		$	354,356
Components of medical care costs related to:
Current period		1,167,580			957,909			3,911,803
Prior periods		(36,592	)		(44,377	)		(51,809	)
Total medical care costs		1,130,988			913,532			3,859,994
Payments for medical care costs related to:
Current period		750,994			646,428			3,516,994
Prior periods		326,637			270,078			294,880
Total paid		1,077,631			916,506			3,811,874
Balances at end of period	$	455,833		$	351,382		$	402,476
Benefit from prior period as a percentage of:
Balance at beginning of period		9.1	%		12.5	%		14.6	%
Premium revenue		2.8	%		4.1	%		1.1	%
Total medical care costs		3.2	%		4.9	%		1.3	%
Claims Data:
Days in claims payable, fee for service		44	(1)		41			40
Number of members at end of period		1,825,000			1,647,000			1,697,000
Number of claims in inventory at end of period		260,800			185,300			111,100
Billed charges of claims in inventory at end of period	$	403,800		$	250,600		$	207,600
Claims in inventory per member at end of period		0.14			0.11			0.07
Billed charges of claims in inventory per member at end of period	$	221.26		$	152.16		$	122.33
Number of claims received during the period		4,855,600			4,342,200			17,207,500
Billed charges of claims received during the period	$	4,337,000		$	3,386,600		$	14,306,500

(1) The increase in the days in claims payable is primarily the result of the increased membership in the Texas health plan and the rise in medical claims reserves associated with that increased membership in the first quarter of 2012. Absent the increased Texas health plan membership, the days in claims payable would have been approximately 41 days.

Inflation

We use various strategies to mitigate the negative effects of health care cost inflation. Specifically, our health plans try to control medical and hospital costs through contracts with independent providers of health care services. Through these contracted providers, our health plans emphasize preventive health care and appropriate use of specialty and hospital services. There can be no assurance, however, that our strategies to mitigate health care cost inflation will be successful. Competitive pressures, new health care and pharmaceutical product introductions, demands from health care providers and customers, applicable regulations, or other factors may affect our ability to control health care costs.

Compliance Costs

Our health plans are regulated by both state and federal government agencies. Regulation of managed care products and health care services is an evolving area of law that varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Regulatory agencies generally have discretion to issue regulations and interpret and enforce laws and rules. Changes in applicable laws and rules occur frequently. Compliance with such laws and rules may lead to additional costs related to the implementation of additional systems, procedures and programs that we have not yet identified.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, investments, receivables, and restricted investments. We invest a substantial portion of our cash in the PFM Fund Prime Series — Institutional Class, and the PFM Fund Government Series. These funds represent a portfolio of highly liquid money market securities that are managed by PFM Asset Management LLC (PFM), a Virginia business trust registered as an open-end management investment fund. Our investments and a portion of our cash equivalents are managed by professional portfolio managers operating under documented investment guidelines. No investment that is in a loss position can be sold by our managers without our prior approval. Our investments consist solely of investment grade debt securities with a maximum maturity of five years and an average duration of two years or less. Restricted investments are invested principally in certificates of deposit and U.S. treasury securities. Concentration of credit risk with respect to accounts receivable is limited due to payors consisting principally of the governments of each state in which our Health Plans segment and our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment operate.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures: Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, has concluded, based upon its evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this report, that the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting: There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2012 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

The health care and business process outsourcing industries are subject to numerous laws and regulations of federal, state, and local governments. Compliance with these laws and regulations can be subject to government review and interpretation, as well as regulatory actions unknown and unasserted at this time. Penalties associated with violations of these laws and regulations include significant fines and penalties, exclusion from participating in publicly funded programs, and the repayment of previously billed and collected revenues.

We are involved in legal actions in the ordinary course of business, some of which seek monetary damages, including claims for punitive damages, which are not covered by insurance. We have accrued liabilities for certain matters for which we deem the loss to be both probable and estimable. Although we believe that our estimates of such losses are reasonable, these estimates could change as a result of further developments of these matters. The outcome of legal actions is inherently uncertain and such pending matters for which accruals have not been established have not progressed sufficiently through discovery and/or development of important factual information and legal issues to enable us to estimate a range of possible loss, if any. While it is not possible to accurately predict or determine the eventual outcomes of these items, an adverse determination in one or more of these pending matters could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the risk factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A — Risk Factors, in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which risk factors could materially affect our business, financial condition, cash flows, or results of operations. The risks described in our 2011 Form 10-K are not the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, cash flows, or results of operations.

There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our 2011 Form 10-K.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Effective as of October 26, 2011, our board of directors has authorized the repurchase of $75 million in aggregate of either our common stock or our convertible senior notes due 2014. The repurchase program will be funded with working capital or draws under our credit facility, and repurchases may be made from time to time on the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. The repurchase program extends through October 25, 2012, but the Company reserves the right to suspend or discontinue the program at any time. No securities were purchased under this program as of March 31, 2012.

Purchases of common stock made by or on behalf of the Company during the quarter ended March 31, 2012, including shares withheld by the Company to satisfy our employees’ income tax obligations, are set forth below:

	Total Number of Shares Purchased (a)		Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (b)		Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (b)
January 1 — January 31		4,213	$	22.95		—	$	—
February 1 — February 29		2,240	$	31.85		—	$	—
March 1 — March 31		256,485	$	33.53		—	$	—
Total		262,938	$	33.35		—

(a) During the three months ended March 31, 2012, we did not repurchase any shares of our common stock outside of our publicly announced stock repurchase program. During the quarter we withheld 262,938 shares of common stock under our 2011 Equity Incentive Plan to settle our employees’ income tax obligations.

(b) Effective as of October 26, 2011, our board of directors has authorized the repurchase of $75 million in aggregate of either our common stock or our convertible senior notes due 2014. The repurchase program extends through October 25, 2012, but the Company reserves the right to suspend or discontinue the program at any time. No repurchases have been made by the Company pursuant to this repurchase plan during the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

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Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Title
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS (1)	XBRL Taxonomy Instance Document.
101.SCH (1)	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL (1)	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF (1)	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB (1)	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE (1)	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.

(1) Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. (Registrant)
Dated: May 9, 2012	/s/ JOSEPH M. MOLINA, M.D.
	Joseph M. Molina, M.D. Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

Dated: May 9, 2012	/s/ JOHN C. MOLINA, J.D.
	John C. Molina, J.D. Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Title
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS (1)	XBRL Taxonomy Instance Document.
101.SCH (1)	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL (1)	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF (1)	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB (1)	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE (1)	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.

(1) Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.

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EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULES 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE

ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED

I, Joseph M. Molina, M.D., certify that:

1. I have reviewed the report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2012 of Molina Healthcare, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, the report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in the report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in the report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period for which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in the report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by the report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in the report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and to the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: May 9, 2012	/s/ Joseph M. Molina, M.D.
	Joseph M. Molina, M.D. Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULES 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE

ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED

I, John C. Molina, J.D., certify that:

1. I have reviewed the report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2012 of Molina Healthcare, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, the report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in the report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in the report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period for which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in the report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by the report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in the report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and to the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: May 9, 2012	/s/ John C. Molina, J.D.
	John C. Molina, J.D. Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the report of Molina Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2012 (the “Report”), I, Joseph M. Molina, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: May 9, 2012	/s/ Joseph M. Molina, M.D.
	Joseph M. Molina, M.D. Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President

EX-32.2

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the report of Molina Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2012 (the “Report”), I, John C. Molina, J.D., Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: May 9, 2012	/s/ John C. Molina, J.D.
	John C. Molina, J.D. Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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Share-Based Compensation (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012 Y
Stock option activity
Stock options outstanding, Shares Beginning of period	553,049
Stock options outstanding, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Beginning of period	$ 20.91
Stock options outstanding, Average Intrinsic Value, Beginning of period
Stock options outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual term, Beginning of period
Granted, shares	15,000
Granted, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 34.82
Exercised, Shares	(109,929)
Exercised, Weighted Average Grant date fair Value	$ 19.30
Stock options outstanding, Shares Ending balance	458,120
Stock options outstanding, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Ending of Period	$ 21.75
Stock options outstanding, Average Intrinsic Value, Ending of period	5,458
Stock options outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual term, Ending balance	3.9
Stock options exercisable and expected to vest, Shares	458,120
Stock options exercisable and expected to vest, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 21.75
Stock options exercisable and expected to vest, Average Intrinsic Value	5,458
Stock options exercisable and expected to vest, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual term	3.9
Exercisable, Shares	443,120
Exercisable, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 21.31
Exercisable, Average Intrinsic Value	$ 5,458
Exercisable, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual term	3.7

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Long-Term Debt (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Details of the liability component:
Principal amount	$ 187,000	$ 187,000
Unamortized discount	(16,031)	(17,474)
Net carrying amount	$ 170,969	$ 169,526

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Investments (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Investments (Textual) [Abstract]
Total proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities	$ 65,800,000	$ 61,300,000
Realized Investment Gains (Losses)	$ 64,000	$ 157,000

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Long-Term Debt (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Interest cost recognized for the period relating to the:
Contractual interest coupon rate of 3.75%	$ 1,753	$ 1,753
Amortization of the discount on the liability component	1,443	1,340
Total interest cost recognized	$ 3,196	$ 3,093

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Investments (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2012
Contractual maturities of investments
Due in one year or less, Amortized Cost	$ 193,996
Due one year through five years, Amortized Cost	163,552
Due after ten years, Amortized Cost	18,350
Total, Amortized Cost	375,898
Due in one year or less, Estimated Fair Value	194,299
Due one year through five years, Estimated Fair Value	164,118
Due after ten years, Estimated Fair value	15,693
Total, Estimated fair value	$ 374,110

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Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Quality incentive premium revenue recognized
Maximum Available Quality Incentive Premium-Current Year	$ 9,399	$ 4,220
Amount of Current Year Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized	8,764	1,794
Amount of Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized from Prior Year	994	1,655
Total Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized	9,758	3,449
Total Revenue Recognized	1,327,449	1,081,438
New Mexico Health Plan [Member]
Quality incentive premium revenue recognized
Maximum Available Quality Incentive Premium-Current Year	555	581
Amount of Current Year Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized	336	444
Amount of Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized from Prior Year	28	(168)
Total Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized	364	276
Total Revenue Recognized	83,261	84,606
Ohio Health Plan [Member]
Quality incentive premium revenue recognized
Maximum Available Quality Incentive Premium-Current Year	2,678	2,662
Amount of Current Year Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized	2,678	1,350
Amount of Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized from Prior Year	966	1,823
Total Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized	3,644	3,173
Total Revenue Recognized	293,525	230,340
Texas Health Plan [Member]
Quality incentive premium revenue recognized
Maximum Available Quality Incentive Premium-Current Year	5,750
Amount of Current Year Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized	5,750
Total Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized	5,750
Total Revenue Recognized	198,236
Wisconsin Health Plan [Member]
Quality incentive premium revenue recognized
Maximum Available Quality Incentive Premium-Current Year	416	416
Total Revenue Recognized	$ 17,142	$ 16,417

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Stockholders' Equity (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 26, 2011	Mar. 31, 2012
Stockholders' Equity (Textual) [Abstract]
Approved amount related to stock repurchase program	$ 75
Number of securities purchased under securities repurchase program		0
Issuance of common stock		531,000
Increase to additional paid-in capital		$ 1.9

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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]

Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis

Our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2012, were as follows:

	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	235,759	$	—	$	235,759	$	—
Government-sponsored enterprise securities (GSEs)		36,618		36,618		—		—
Municipal securities		52,240		—		52,240		—
U.S. treasury notes		30,990		30,990		—		—
Certificates of deposit		2,374		—		2,374		—
Auction rate securities		16,129		—		—		16,129
	$	374,110	$	67,608	$	290,373	$	16,129

Our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2011, were as follows:

	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	231,634	$	—	$	231,634	$	—
GSEs		33,949		33,949		—		—
Municipal securities		47,313		—		47,313		—
U.S. treasury notes		21,748		21,748		—		—
Certificates of deposit		2,272		—		2,272		—
Auction rate securities		16,134		—		—		16,134
	$	353,050	$	55,697	$	281,219	$	16,134

Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis using unobservable inputs

	(Level 3)
	(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	16,134
Total gains (unrealized only):
Included in other comprehensive income		145
Settlements		(150	)
Balance at March 31, 2012	$	16,129
The amount of total unrealized gains for the period included in other comprehensive income attributable to the change in accumulated other comprehensive losses relating to assets still held at March 31, 2012	$	115

Details of long-term debt

	Carrying		Estimated		Fair Value
	Value		Fair Value		Level Hierarchy
Credit facility	$	10,000	$	10,000		Level 3
Term loan		48,299		48,299		Level 3
Convertible senior notes		170,969		239,117		Level 2
	$	229,268	$	297,416

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Restricted Investments (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Summary of restricted investments by health plan
Restricted investments by health plan	$ 41,947	$ 46,164
California Health Plan [Member]
Summary of restricted investments by health plan
Restricted investments by health plan	373	372
Florida Health Plan [Member]
Summary of restricted investments by health plan
Restricted investments by health plan	5,200	5,198
Insurance Company [Member]
Summary of restricted investments by health plan
Restricted investments by health plan		4,711
Michigan Health Plan [Member]
Summary of restricted investments by health plan
Restricted investments by health plan	1,000	1,000
Missouri Health Plan [Member]
Summary of restricted investments by health plan
Restricted investments by health plan	503	504
New Mexico Health Plan [Member]
Summary of restricted investments by health plan
Restricted investments by health plan	15,907	15,905
Ohio Health Plan [Member]
Summary of restricted investments by health plan
Restricted investments by health plan	9,078	9,078
Texas Health Plan [Member]
Summary of restricted investments by health plan
Restricted investments by health plan	3,514	3,518
Utah Health Plan [Member]
Summary of restricted investments by health plan
Restricted investments by health plan	2,990	2,895
Washington Health Plan [Member]
Summary of restricted investments by health plan
Restricted investments by health plan	151	151
Other Health Plan [Member]
Summary of restricted investments by health plan
Restricted investments by health plan	$ 3,231	$ 2,832

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Fair Value Measurements (Details 1) (Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member], Level 3 [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Assets measured at fair value on recurring basis using unobservable inputs
Balance at December 31, 2011	$ 16,134
Total gains (unrealized only):
Included in other comprehensive income	145
Settlements	(150)
Balance at March 31, 2012	16,129
The amount of total unrealized gains for the period included in other comprehensive income attributable to the change in accumulated other comprehensive losses relating to assets still held at March 31, 2012	$ 115

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Share-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Stock based compensation expense
Total stock-based compensation expense	$ 4,666	$ 4,064
Restricted stock awards [Member]
Stock based compensation expense
Total stock-based compensation expense	4,398	3,806
Stock options [Member]
Stock based compensation expense
Total stock-based compensation expense	$ 268	$ 258

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Medical Claims and Benefits Payable (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Components of medical claims and benefits payable activity
Balances at beginning of period	$ 402,476	$ 354,356	$ 354,356
Components of medical care costs related to:
Current period	1,167,580		3,911,803
Prior periods	(36,592)		(51,809)
Total medical care costs	1,130,988	913,532	3,859,994
Payments for medical care costs related to:
Current period	750,994		3,516,994
Prior periods	326,637		294,880
Total paid	1,077,631		3,811,874
Balances at end of period	$ 455,833		$ 402,476
Benefit from prior period as a percentage of:
Balance at beginning of period	9.10%		14.60%
Premium Revenue	2.80%		1.10%
Total medical care costs	3.20%		1.30%

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Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Related Party Transactions (Textual) [Abstract]
Equity investment with related party	$ 3.9		$ 3.9
Payments for medical services fees to related party	$ 6.6	$ 5.4

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Investments (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Available-for-sale investments
In a Continuous Loss Position for Less than 12 Months, Estimated Fair Value	$ 56,376	$ 96,292
In a Continuous Loss Position for Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	141	242
In a Continuous Loss Position for 12 Months or More, Estimated Fair value	16,129	16,134
In a Continuous Loss Position for 12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	2,721	2,866
Total, Estimated Fair Value	72,505	112,426
Total, Unrealized Losses	2,862	3,108
Corporate debt securities [Member]
Available-for-sale investments
In a Continuous Loss Position for Less than 12 Months, Estimated Fair Value	32,085	72,766
In a Continuous Loss Position for Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	103	215
In a Continuous Loss Position for 12 Months or More, Estimated Fair value
Total, Estimated Fair Value	32,085	72,766
Total, Unrealized Losses	103	215
GSEs [Member]
Available-for-sale investments
In a Continuous Loss Position for Less than 12 Months, Estimated Fair Value	4,674	11,493
In a Continuous Loss Position for Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	6	9
In a Continuous Loss Position for 12 Months or More, Estimated Fair value
Total, Estimated Fair Value	4,674	11,493
Total, Unrealized Losses	6	9
Municipal securities [Member]
Available-for-sale investments
In a Continuous Loss Position for Less than 12 Months, Estimated Fair Value	12,565	12,033
In a Continuous Loss Position for Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	28	18
In a Continuous Loss Position for 12 Months or More, Estimated Fair value
Total, Estimated Fair Value	12,565	12,033
Total, Unrealized Losses	28	18
Auction rate securities [Member]
Available-for-sale investments
In a Continuous Loss Position for Less than 12 Months, Estimated Fair Value
In a Continuous Loss Position for Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses
In a Continuous Loss Position for 12 Months or More, Estimated Fair value	16,129	16,134
In a Continuous Loss Position for 12 Months or More, Unrealized Losses	2,721	2,866
Total, Estimated Fair Value	16,129	16,134
Total, Unrealized Losses	2,721	2,866
U.S. treasury notes [Member]
Available-for-sale investments
In a Continuous Loss Position for Less than 12 Months, Estimated Fair Value	7,052
In a Continuous Loss Position for Less than 12 Months, Unrealized Losses	4
In a Continuous Loss Position for 12 Months or More, Estimated Fair value
Total, Estimated Fair Value	7,052
Total, Unrealized Losses	$ 4

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Earnings per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per Share

3. Earnings per Share

The denominators for the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share were calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2012		2011 (2)
	(In thousands)
Shares outstanding at the beginning of the period		45,815		45,463
Weighted-average number of shares issued		183		125
Denominator for basic earnings per share		45,998		45,588
Dilutive effect of employee stock options and stock grants (1)		857		669
Dilutive effect of convertible senior notes		32		—
Denominator for diluted earnings per share		46,887		46,257

(1) Restricted shares are included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share when their grant date fair values are below the average fair value of the common shares for each of the periods presented. For the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, there were approximately 199,700 and 112,500 antidilutive weighted restricted shares, respectively. Options to purchase common shares are included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share when their exercise prices are below the average fair value of the common shares for each of the periods presented. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, and 2011, there were approximately 7,900 and 138,000 antidilutive weighted options, respectively.

(2) Potentially dilutive shares issuable pursuant to our convertible senior notes were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2011 because to do so would have been anti-dilutive.

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Fair Value Measurements (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2012
Details of long-term debt
Carrying Value	$ 229,268
Estimated Fair Value	297,416
Credit Facility [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Details of long-term debt
Carrying Value	10,000
Estimated Fair Value	10,000
Term loan [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Details of long-term debt
Carrying Value	48,299
Estimated Fair Value	48,299
Convertible Senior Notes [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Details of long-term debt
Carrying Value	170,969
Estimated Fair Value	$ 239,117

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Medical Claims and Benefits Payable (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Medical Claims and Benefits Payable [Abstract]

Components of change in medical claims and benefits payable

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2012			Year Ended December 31, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Balances at beginning of period	$	402,476		$	354,356
Components of medical care costs related to:
Current period		1,167,580			3,911,803
Prior periods		(36,592	)		(51,809	)
Total medical care costs		1,130,988			3,859,994
Payments for medical care costs related to:
Current period		750,994			3,516,994
Prior periods		326,637			294,880
Total paid		1,077,631			3,811,874
Balances at end of period	$	455,833		$	402,476
Benefit from prior period as a percentage of:
Balance at beginning of period		9.1	%		14.6	%
Premium revenue		2.8	%		1.1	%
Total medical care costs		3.2	%		1.3	%

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Restricted Investments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Investments [Abstract]

Summary of restricted investments by health plan

	March 31,		December 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
California	$	373	$	372
Florida		5,200		5,198
Insurance Company		—		4,711
Michigan		1,000		1,000
Missouri		503		504
New Mexico		15,907		15,905
Ohio		9,078		9,078
Texas		3,514		3,518
Utah		2,990		2,895
Washington		151		151
Other		3,231		2,832
	$	41,947	$	46,164

Contractual maturities of our held-to-maturity restricted investments

	Amortized		Estimated
	Cost		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	40,906	$	40,912
Due one year through five years		1,041		1,047
	$	41,947	$	41,959

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Long-Term Debt (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012 M	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 09, 2011
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 187,000,000	$ 187,000,000
Percentage of contractual interest rate	3.75%
Debt instrument amortization period	25 years
Long Term Debt (Textual) [Abstract]
Maximum borrowing capacity under the revolving credit facility			170,000,000
Minimum fixed charge coverage ratio	1.75
Line of credit facility basis spread on euro dollar rate	1.00%
Number of letter of credit issued	2
Line of credit facility description variable rate basis	The base rate is, for any day, a rate of interest per annum equal to the highest of (i) the prime rate of interest announced from time to time by U.S. Bank or its parent, (ii) the sum of the federal funds rate for such day plus 0.50% per annum and (iii) the Eurodollar rate (without giving effect to the applicable margin) for a one month interest period on such day (or if such day is not a business day, the immediately preceding business day) plus 1.00%.
Ratio of debt to EBITDA	2.75
Line of credit facility basis spread on federal fund rate	0.50%
Line of credit principal outstanding	10,000,000
Line of credit facility debt default minimum amount	20,000,000
Purchase price for acquisition of property	81,000,000
Line of credit facility interest rate period	5 years
Increase in line of credit facility current borrowing capacity	195,000,000
Area covered by property	460,000
Euro Dollar interest rate terms	The Eurodollar rate is a per annum rate of interest equal to the greater of (a) the rate that is published in the Wall Street Journal as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in United States dollars, for a period of one month, two business days prior to the commencement of an Interest Period, multiplied by a statutory reserve rate established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or (b) 4.25%.
Senior notes conversion ratio	31.9601
Debt instrument conversion price	$ 31.29
Senior note effective interest rate	7.50%
Senior notes debt maturity date	Oct. 01, 2014
Senior notes amortization period	30
Amount of equity component of notes net of deferred taxes	24,000,000
Term loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	48,600,000
Percentage of contractual interest rate	4.25%
Debt instrument increase in interest rate in case of default	5.00%
Convertible senior notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	187,000,000
Percentage of contractual interest rate	3.75%
Aggregate principal amount of letter of credit	$ 10,300,000
Maturity period based on US government securities	7 years
Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility commitment fee percentage	0.25%
Line of credit facility applicable margin on base rate loan	0.75%
Line of credit facility applicable margin on Euro dollar loan	1.75%
Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility commitment fee percentage	0.50%
Line of credit facility applicable margin on base rate loan	1.75%
Line of credit facility applicable margin on Euro dollar loan	2.75%

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Fair Value Measurements (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2008	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2012 Auction rate securities [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Maximum [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Fair value of investments					$ 16,100,000
Pretax unrealized gains	82,100,000	1,074,000	841,000	300,000	100,000
Maturity period of securities						3 years	35 years
Par value of investments					18,800,000
Fair Value Measurements (Textual) [Abstract]
Par value of auction rate securities sold	$ 63,300,000

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Long-Term Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Long-Term Debt [Abstract]

Long term debt

	As of			As of
	March 31,			December 31,
	2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Details of the liability component:
Principal amount	$	187,000		$	187,000
Unamortized discount		(16,031	)		(17,474	)
Net carrying amount	$	170,969		$	169,526

Debt instruments interest cost recognized

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Interest cost for the period relating to the:
Contractual interest coupon rate of 3.75%	$	1,753	$	1,753
Amortization of the discount on the liability component		1,443		1,340
Total interest cost recognized	$	3,196	$	3,093

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Segment Reporting (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Operating segment information

Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Revenue:
Health Plans:
Premium revenue	$	1,327,449	$	1,081,438
Investment income		1,717		1,594
Rental income		2,209		—
		1,331,375		1,083,032
Molina Medicaid Solutions:
Service revenue		42,205		36,674
	$	1,373,580	$	1,119,706
Depreciation and amortization:
Health Plans	$	13,743	$	11,385
Molina Medicaid Solutions		4,596		6,709
	$	18,339	$	18,094
Operating Income:
Health Plans	$	25,011	$	29,606
Molina Medicaid Solutions		8,409		1,694
Total operating income		33,420		31,300
Interest expense		4,298		3,603
Income before income taxes	$	29,122	$	27,697

	March 31,		December 31,
	2012		2011
Goodwill and intangible assets, net:
Health Plans	$	152,826	$	159,963
Molina Medicaid Solutions		94,352		95,787
	$	247,178	$	255,750
Total assets:
Health Plans	$	1,501,964	$	1,425,764
Molina Medicaid Solutions		238,040		226,382
	$	1,740,004	$	1,652,146

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Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Significant Accounting Policies

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Revenue Recognition

Premium Revenue — Health Plans Segment

Premium revenue is fixed in advance of the periods covered and, except as described below, is not generally subject to significant accounting estimates. Premium revenues are recognized in the month that members are entitled to receive health care services.

Certain components of premium revenue are subject to accounting estimates. The components of premium revenue subject to estimation fall into two categories:

Contractual provisions that may limit revenue based upon the costs incurred or the profits realized under a specific contract. These are contractual provisions that require the health plan to return premiums to the extent that certain thresholds are not met. In some instances premiums are returned when medical costs fall below a certain percentage of gross premiums; or when administrative costs or profits exceed a certain percentage of gross premiums. In other instances, premiums are partially determined by the acuity of care provided to members (risk adjustment). To the extent that our expenses and profits change from the amounts previously reported (due to changes in estimates) our revenue earned for those periods will also change. In all of these instances our revenue is only subject to estimate due to the fact that the thresholds themselves contain elements (expense or profit) that are subject to estimate. While we have adequate experience and data to make sound estimates of our expenses or profits, changes to those estimates may be necessary, which in turn will lead to changes in our estimates of revenue. In general, a change in estimate relating to expense or profit would offset any related change in estimate to premium, resulting in no or small impact to net income. The following contractual provisions fall into this category:

California Health Plan Medical Cost Floors (Minimums): A portion of certain premiums received by our California health plan may be returned to the state if certain minimum amounts are not spent on defined medical care costs. At both March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we recorded a liability of $1.0 million under the terms of these contract provisions.

Florida Health Plan Medical Cost Floor (Minimum) for Behavioral Health: A portion of premiums received by our Florida health plan may be returned to the state if certain minimum amounts are not spent on defined behavioral health care costs. At both March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we had not recorded any liability under the terms of this contract provision since behavioral health expenses are not less than the contractual floor.

New Mexico Health Plan Medical Cost Floors (Minimums) and Administrative Cost and Profit Ceilings (Maximums): A portion of premiums received by our New Mexico health plan may be returned to the state if certain minimum amounts are not spent on defined medical care costs, or if administrative costs or profit (as defined) exceed certain amounts. Our contract with the state of New Mexico requires that we spend a minimum percentage of premium revenue on certain explicitly defined medical care costs (the medical cost floor). The New Mexico health plan contract also contains certain limits on the amount our New Mexico health plan can: (a) expend on administrative costs; and (b) retain as profit. At both March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we had not recorded any liability under the terms of these contract provisions. In the fourth quarter of 2011, our New Mexico health plan entered into a contract amendment that more closely aligns the calculation of revenue with the methodology adopted under the Affordable Care Act. The contract amendment changed the calculation of the amount of revenue that may be recognized relative to medical costs.

Texas Health Plan Profit Sharing: Under our contract with the state of Texas, there is a profit-sharing agreement under which we pay a rebate to the state of Texas if our Texas health plan generates pretax income, as defined in the contract, above a certain specified percentage, as determined in accordance with a tiered rebate schedule. We are limited in the amount of administrative costs that we may deduct in calculating the rebate, if any. As a result of profits in excess of the amount we are allowed to fully retain, we had accrued an aggregate liability of approximately $2.0 million and $0.7 million pursuant to our profit-sharing agreement with the state of Texas at March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, respectively.

Medicare Revenue Risk Adjustment: Based on member encounter data that we submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, our Medicare premiums are subject to retroactive adjustment for both member risk scores and member pharmacy cost experience for up to two years after the original year of service. This adjustment takes into account the acuity of each member's medical needs relative to what was anticipated when premiums were originally set for that member. In the event that a member requires less acute medical care than was anticipated by the original premium amount, CMS may recover premium from us. In the event that a member requires more acute medical care than was anticipated by the original premium amount, CMS may pay us additional retroactive premium. A similar retroactive reconciliation is undertaken by CMS for our Medicare members' pharmacy utilization. We estimate the amount of Medicare revenue that will ultimately be realized for the periods presented based on our knowledge of our members' heath care utilization patterns and CMS practices. Based on our knowledge of member health care utilization patterns and expenses we have recorded a net receivable of approximately $8.0 million for anticipated Medicare risk adjustment premiums at March 31, 2012. We recorded a net receivable of $5.0 million for anticipated Medicare risk adjustment premiums at December 31, 2011.

Quality incentives that allow us to recognize incremental revenue if certain quality standards are met. These are contract provisions that allow us to earn additional premium revenue in certain states if we achieve certain quality-of-care or administrative measures. We estimate the amount of revenue that will ultimately be realized for the periods presented based on our experience and expertise in meeting the quality and administrative measures as well as our ongoing and current monitoring of our progress in meeting those measures. The amount of the revenue that we will realize under these contractual provisions is determinable based upon that experience. The following contractual provisions fall into this category:

New Mexico Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Under our contract with the state of New Mexico, incremental revenue of up to 0.75% of our total premium is earned if certain performance measures are met. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care and administrative measures dictated by the state.

Ohio Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Under our contract with the state of Ohio, incremental revenue of up to 1% of our total premium is earned if certain performance measures are met. Effective February 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, we were eligible to earn additional incremental revenue of up to 0.25% of our total premium if we met certain pharmacy specific performance measures. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care measures dictated by the state.

Texas Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Effective March 1, 2012, under our contract with the state of Texas, incremental revenue of up to 5% of our total premium may be earned if certain performance measures are met. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care measures established by the state.

Wisconsin Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Under our contract with the state of Wisconsin, effective beginning in 2011, up to 3.25% of the premium is withheld by the state. The withheld premiums can be earned by the health plan by meeting certain performance measures. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care measures dictated by the state.

The following table quantifies the quality incentive premium revenue recognized for the periods presented, including the amounts earned in the period presented and prior periods. Although the reasonably possible effects of a change in estimate related to quality incentive premium revenue as of March 31, 2012 are not known, we have no reason to believe that the adjustments to prior years noted below are not indicative of the potential future changes in our estimates as of March 31, 2012.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
	Maximum Available Quality Incentive Premium - Current Year		Amount of Current Year Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Amount of Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized from Prior Year		Total Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Total Revenue Recognized
	(In thousands)
New Mexico	$	555	$	336	$	28	$	364	$	83,261
Ohio		2,678		2,678		966		3,644		293,525
Texas		5,750		5,750		—		5,750		198,236
Wisconsin		416		—		—		—		17,142
	$	9,399	$	8,764	$	994	$	9,758	$	592,164

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
	Maximum Available Quality Incentive Premium - Current Year		Amount of Current Year Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Amount of Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized from Prior Year			Total Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Total Revenue Recognized
	(In thousands)
New Mexico	$	581	$	444	$	(168	)	$	276	$	84,606
Ohio		2,662		1,350		1,823			3,173		230,340
Wisconsin		416		—		—			—		16,417
	$	4,220	$	1,794	$	1,655		$	3,449	$	412,174

Service Revenue and Cost of Service Revenue — Molina Medicaid Solutions Segment

The payments received by our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment under its state contracts are based on the performance of multiple services. The first of these is the design, development and implementation, or DDI, of a Medicaid Management Information System, or MMIS. An additional service, following completion of DDI, is the operation of the MMIS under a business process outsourcing, or BPO arrangement. While providing BPO services (which include claims payment and eligibility processing) we also provide the state with other services including both hosting and support and maintenance. Our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts may extend over a number of years, particularly in circumstances where we are delivering extensive and complex DDI services, such as the initial design, development and implementation of a complete MMIS. For example, the terms of our most recently implemented Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts (in Idaho and Maine) were each seven years in total, consisting of two years allocated for the delivery of DDI services, followed by five years for the performance of BPO services. We receive progress payments from the state during the performance of DDI services based upon the attainment of predetermined milestones. We receive a flat monthly payment for BPO services under our Idaho and Maine contracts. The terms of our other Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts – which primarily involve the delivery of BPO services with only minimal DDI activity (consisting of system enhancements) – are shorter in duration than our Idaho and Maine contracts.

We have evaluated our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts to determine if such arrangements include a software element. Based on this evaluation, we have concluded that these arrangements do not include a software element. As such, we have concluded that our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts are multiple-element service arrangements under the scope of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 605-25, Revenue Recognition –– Multiple–Element Arrangements, and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 13, Revenue Recognition.

Effective January 1, 2011, we adopted a new accounting standard that amends the guidance on the accounting for multiple-element arrangements. Pursuant to the new standard, each required deliverable is evaluated to determine whether it qualifies as a separate unit of accounting which is generally based on whether the deliverable has standalone value to the customer. In addition to standalone value, previous guidance also required objective and reliable evidence of fair value of a deliverable in order to treat the deliverable as a separate unit of accounting. The arrangement's consideration that is fixed or determinable is then allocated to each separate unit of accounting based on the relative selling price of each deliverable. In general, the consideration allocated to each unit of accounting is recognized as the related goods or services are delivered, limited to the consideration that is not contingent. We have adopted this guidance on a prospective basis for all new or materially modified revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables entered into on or after January 1, 2011. Our adoption of this guidance has not impacted the timing or pattern of our revenue recognition in 2011. Also, there would have been no change in revenue recognized relating to multiple-element arrangements if we had adopted this guidance retrospectively for contracts entered into prior to January 1, 2011.

We have concluded that the various service elements in our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts represent a single unit of accounting due to the fact that DDI, which is the only service performed in advance of the other services (all other services are performed over an identical period), does not have standalone value because our DDI services are not sold separately by any vendor and the customer could not resell our DDI services. Further, we have no objective and reliable evidence of fair value for any of the individual elements in these contracts, and at no point in the contract will we have objective and reliable evidence of fair value for the undelivered elements in the contracts. For contracts entered into prior to January 1, 2011, objective and reliable evidence of fair value would be required, in addition to DDI standalone value which we do not have, in order to treat DDI as a separate unit of accounting. We lack objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the individual elements of our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts for the following reasons:

• Each contract calls for the provision of its own specific set of services. While all contracts support the system of record for state MMIS, the actual services we provide vary significantly between contracts; and

• The nature of the MMIS installed varies significantly between our older contracts (proprietary mainframe systems) and our new contracts (commercial off-the-shelf technology solutions).

Because we have determined the services provided under our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts represent a single unit of accounting and because we are unable to determine a pattern of performance of services during the contract period, we recognize all revenue (both the DDI and BPO elements) associated with such contracts on a straight-line basis over the period during which BPO, hosting, and support and maintenance services are delivered. As noted above, the period of performance of BPO services under our Idaho and Maine contracts is five years. Therefore, absent any contingencies as discussed in the following paragraph, we would recognize all revenue associated with those contracts over a period of five years. In cases where there is no DDI element associated with our contracts, BPO revenue is recognized on a monthly basis as specified in the applicable contract or contract extension.

Provisions specific to each contract may, however, lead us to modify this general principle. In those circumstances, the right of the state to refuse acceptance of services, as well as the related obligation to compensate us, may require us to delay recognition of all or part of our revenue until that contingency (the right of the state to refuse acceptance) has been removed. In those circumstances we defer recognition of any contingent revenue (whether DDI, BPO services, hosting, and support and maintenance services) until the contingency has been removed. These types of contingency features are present in our Maine and Idaho contracts. We began to recognize revenue associated with our Maine contract upon state acceptance in September 2010. In Idaho, we will begin recognition of revenue upon state acceptance.

Costs associated with our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts include software related costs and other costs. With respect to software related costs, we apply the guidance for internal-use software and capitalize external direct costs of materials and services consumed in developing or obtaining the software, and payroll and payroll-related costs associated with employees who are directly associated with and who devote time to the computer software project. With respect to all other direct costs, such costs are expensed as incurred, unless corresponding revenue is being deferred. If revenue is being deferred, direct costs relating to delivered service elements are deferred as well and are recognized on a straight-line basis over the period of revenue recognition, in a manner consistent with our recognition of revenue that has been deferred. Such direct costs can include:

• Transaction processing costs

• Employee costs incurred in performing transaction services

• Vendor costs incurred in performing transaction services

• Costs incurred in performing required monitoring of and reporting on contract performance

• Costs incurred in maintaining and processing member and provider eligibility

• Costs incurred in communicating with members and providers

The recoverability of deferred contract costs associated with a particular contract is analyzed on a periodic basis using the undiscounted estimated cash flows of the whole contract over its remaining contract term. If such undiscounted cash flows are insufficient to recover the long-lived assets and deferred contract costs, the deferred contract costs are written down by the amount of the cash flow deficiency. If a cash flow deficiency remains after reducing the balance of the deferred contract costs to zero, any remaining long-lived assets are evaluated for impairment. Any such impairment recognized would equal the amount by which the carrying value of the long-lived assets exceeds the fair value of those assets.

We are currently deferring recognition of all revenue as well as all direct costs (to the extent that such costs are estimated to be recoverable) in Idaho until the MMIS in that state receives certification from CMS.

Premium Deficiency Charges

We assess the profitability of each contract by state for providing medical care services to our members and identify any contracts where current operating results or forecasts indicate probable future losses. Anticipated future premiums are compared to anticipated medical care costs, including the cost of processing claims. If the anticipated future costs exceed the premiums, a loss contract accrual is recognized. In the first quarter of 2011, our Wisconsin health plan recorded a premium deficiency charge in the amount of $3.35 million to medical claims and benefits payable. No premium deficiency charges were recorded in the first quarter of 2012.

Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes is determined using an estimated annual effective tax rate, which is generally greater than the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily because of non-deductible compensation and state taxes. The effective tax rate may be subject to fluctuations during the year as new information is obtained. Such information may affect the assumptions used to estimate the annual effective tax rate, including factors such as the mix of pretax earnings in the various tax jurisdictions in which we operate, valuation allowances against deferred tax assets, the recognition or derecognition of tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions, and changes in or the interpretation of tax laws in jurisdictions where we conduct business. We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of our assets and liabilities, along with net operating loss and tax credit carryovers.

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits was $10.7 million as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Approximately $8.4 million of the unrecognized tax benefits recorded at March 31, 2012, relate to a tax position claimed on a state refund claim that will not result in a cash payment for income taxes if our claim is denied. The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate was $7.4 million as of March 31, 2012. We expect that during the next 12 months it is reasonably possible that unrecognized tax benefit liabilities may decrease by as much as $8.9 million due to the expiration of statute of limitations and the resolution to the state refund claim described above.

Our continuing practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. As of March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we had accrued $70,000 and $65,000, respectively, for the payment of interest and penalties.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

On May 12, 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") ratified Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2011-04, "Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRS." This ASU establishes a global standard for measuring amounts at fair value, and although it did not have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations, it did change our disclosure policies for fair value. This ASU became effective for reporting periods (including interim periods) beginning after December 15, 2011, and we adopted this ASU for the interim period ending March 31, 2012.

On June 16, 2011, the FASB ratified ASU No. 2011-05, "Presentation of Comprehensive Income." This ASU eliminates the previous option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity. Upon adoption, other comprehensive income must be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. We adopted this ASU for the interim period ending March 31, 2012, which is the period for which it became effective for calendar year-end entities, and have elected to utilize 'two separate but consecutive statements' disclosure for this interim presentation.

On September 15, 2011, the FASB ratified ASU No. 2011-08, "Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment." This ASU permits an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not (a likelihood of more than 50 percent) that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. After assessing qualitative factors, if an entity determines that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, no further testing is necessary. If an entity determines that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value, then the traditional two-step goodwill impairment test must be performed. This ASU became effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011, but early adoption was permitted. Although we did not early-adopt ASU No. 2011-08 during 2011, we will evaluate the standard when performing our future goodwill impairment tests.

Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or AICPA, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, did not have, or are not believed by management to have, a material impact on our present or future consolidated financial statements.

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Basis of Presentation (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	May 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2012 customer	Mar. 31, 2011 customer	Mar. 31, 2012 Missouri Health Plan [Member] customer	Mar. 31, 2012 Ohio Health Plan [Member] customer	Mar. 31, 2011 Ohio Health Plan [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Texas Health Plan [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 Texas Health Plan [Member] customer	Mar. 31, 2011 Texas Health Plan [Member] customer
Percentage of total premium revenue		29.30%		4.30%	22.10%
Total percentage of health plans segment membership				4.40%	13.60%
Premium revenue		$ 1,327,449,000	$ 1,081,438,000	$ 56,600,000	$ 293,525,000	$ 230,340,000	$ 198,236,000
Number of members								300,000
Number of members in Health Care Plan			76,000	81,000	249,000
Number of members increase decrease									172,000
Statutory net worth					121,000,000
Basis of Presentation (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of members eligible for the health care programs		1,800,000
Number of membership for aged blind or disabled			57,800
Number of membership for children's Health Insurance Program			18,000
Approximate revenue under plan		12,300,000
Revenue expected to recognize, minimum		45,000,000
Revenue expected to recognize, maximum		$ 50,000,000
Stock split in the form of a stock dividend	three-for-two
Minimum Medicaid contract term		1 year
Maximum Medicaid contract term		2 years

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Share-Based Compensation (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 22,000,000
Share-Based Compensation (Textual) [Abstract]
Minimum operating revenue for vesting of awards	5,500,000,000
Weighted average period	2.8
Restricted stock awards [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Total fair value of restricted shares granted	19,800,000	15,600,000
Total fair value of restricted shares vested	22,800,000	8,600,000
Restricted stock units with performance conditions [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 5,900,000
Restricted stock units with performance conditions [Member] | Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Shares awarded	94,050
Restricted stock units with performance conditions [Member] | Chief Financial Officer [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Shares awarded	53,236
Restricted stock units with performance conditions [Member] | Chief Operating Officer [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Shares awarded	30,167
Restricted stock units subject to certification of Idaho MMIS by CMS [Member] | Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Shares awarded	8,000
Restricted stock units subject to certification of Idaho MMIS by CMS [Member] | Chief Financial Officer [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Shares awarded	8,000
Restricted stock units subject to certification of Idaho MMIS by CMS [Member] | Chief Operating Officer [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Shares awarded	8,000
Restricted stock units subject to certification of Idaho MMIS by CMS [Member] | Chief Accounting Officer [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Shares awarded	3,000

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Medical Claims and Benefits Payable (Details Textual) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Jul. 31, 2011 California Health Plan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Michigan Health Plan [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Michigan Health Plan [Member] claim
Increase in number of health plan members per month				2,000	6,000
Number of times higher charged claims in inventory						2.5
Medical claims and benefits payable (Textual) [Abstract]
Benefit from prior period claims development	$ 36.6	$ 44.4	$ 51.8

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 517,723	$ 493,827
Investments	357,981	336,916
Receivables	222,254	167,898
Income tax refundable	15,315	11,679
Deferred income taxes	14,025	18,327
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	24,715	19,435
Total current assets	1,152,013	1,048,082
Property, equipment, and capitalized software, net	198,564	190,934
Deferred contract costs	64,414	54,582
Intangible assets, net	96,090	101,796
Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets	151,088	153,954
Auction rate securities	16,129	16,134
Restricted investments	41,947	46,164
Receivable for ceded life and annuity contracts		23,401
Other assets	19,759	17,099
Total assets	1,740,004	1,652,146
Current liabilities:
Medical claims and benefits payable	455,833	402,476
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	124,649	147,214
Deferred revenue	95,490	50,947
Current maturities of long-term debt	1,118	1,197
Total current liabilities	677,090	601,834
Long-term debt	228,150	216,929
Deferred income taxes	37,209	33,127
Liability for ceded life and annuity contracts		23,401
Other long-term liabilities	22,243	21,782
Total liabilities	964,692	897,073
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 80,000 shares authorized; outstanding: 46,347 shares at March 31, 2012 and 45,815 shares at December 31, 2011	46	46
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 20,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding
Additional paid-in capital	267,876	266,022
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,109)	(1,405)
Retained earnings	508,499	490,410
Total stockholders' equity	775,312	755,073
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 1,740,004	$ 1,652,146

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Investments (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2008
Investments
Amortized Cost	$ 375,898	$ 355,317
Gross Unrealized Gains	1,074	841	300	82,100
Gross Unrealized Losses	2,862	3,108
Estimated Fair Value	374,110	353,050
Corporate debt securities [Member]
Investments
Amortized Cost	235,184	231,407
Gross Unrealized Gains	678	442
Gross Unrealized Losses	103	215
Estimated Fair Value	235,759	231,634
GSEs [Member]
Investments
Amortized Cost	36,574	33,912
Gross Unrealized Gains	50	46
Gross Unrealized Losses	6	9
Estimated Fair Value	36,618	33,949
Municipal securities [Member]
Investments
Amortized Cost	51,963	47,099
Gross Unrealized Gains	305	232
Gross Unrealized Losses	28	18
Estimated Fair Value	52,240	47,313
U.S. treasury notes [Member]
Investments
Amortized Cost	30,953	21,627
Gross Unrealized Gains	41	121
Gross Unrealized Losses	4
Estimated Fair Value	30,990	21,748
Certificates of deposit [Member]
Investments
Amortized Cost	2,374	2,272
Estimated Fair Value	2,374	2,272
Auction rate securities [Member]
Investments
Amortized Cost	18,850	19,000
Gross Unrealized Losses	2,721	2,866
Estimated Fair Value	$ 16,129	$ 16,134

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Operating activities:
Net income	$ 18,089	$ 17,388
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	18,339	18,094
Deferred income taxes	8,906	1,619
Stock-based compensation	4,666	4,064
Gain on sale of subsidiary	(2,390)
Non-cash interest on convertible senior notes	1,443	1,340
Amortization of premium/discount on investments	1,850	1,644
Amortization of deferred financing costs	258	503
Tax deficiency from employee stock compensation	(31)	(264)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables	(54,356)	19,388
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	(5,287)	(8,069)
Medical claims and benefits payable	53,357	(2,974)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(35,149)	(25,796)
Deferred revenue	44,543	62,616
Income taxes	(3,663)	(5,430)
Net cash provided by operating activities	50,575	84,123
Investing activities:
Purchases of equipment	(13,505)	(14,941)
Purchases of investments	(88,199)	(104,984)
Sales and maturities of investments	65,767	61,275
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary, net of cash surrendered	9,162
Net cash paid in business combinations		(3,253)
Increase in deferred contract costs	(12,993)	(9,635)
Increase in restricted investments	(493)	(7,207)
Change in other noncurrent assets and liabilities	(2,457)	(1,010)
Net cash used in investing activities	(42,718)	(79,755)
Financing activities:
Amount borrowed under credit facility	10,000
Principal payments on term loan	(301)
Proceeds from employee stock plans	2,748	2,462
Excess tax benefits from employee stock compensation	3,592	1,076
Net cash provided by financing activities	16,039	3,538
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	23,896	7,906
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	493,827	455,886
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	517,723	463,792
Supplemental cash flow information:
Income taxes	1,057	14,068
Interest	799	269
Schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Common stock used for stock-based compensation	9,121	3,161
Details of sale of subsidiary:
Decrease in fair value of assets	30,942
Decrease in fair value of liabilities	(24,170)
Gain on sale	2,390
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary, net of cash surrendered		$ (3,253)

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Segment Reporting (Details Textual)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012 segment
Segment Reporting (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments	2

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Earnings per Share (Details) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Summary of denominators for the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share
Shares outstanding at the beginning of the period			45,815	45,463
Weighted-average number of shares issued	183	125
Denominator for basic earnings per share	45,998	45,588
Dilutive effect of employee stock options and stock grants	857	669
Dilutive effect of convertible senior notes	32
Denominator for diluted earnings per share	46,887	46,257

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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Quality incentive premium revenue recognized

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
	Maximum Available Quality Incentive Premium - Current Year		Amount of Current Year Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Amount of Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized from Prior Year		Total Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Total Revenue Recognized
	(In thousands)
New Mexico	$	555	$	336	$	28	$	364	$	83,261
Ohio		2,678		2,678		966		3,644		293,525
Texas		5,750		5,750		—		5,750		198,236
Wisconsin		416		—		—		—		17,142
	$	9,399	$	8,764	$	994	$	9,758	$	592,164

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
	Maximum Available Quality Incentive Premium - Current Year		Amount of Current Year Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Amount of Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized from Prior Year			Total Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Total Revenue Recognized
	(In thousands)
New Mexico	$	581	$	444	$	(168	)	$	276	$	84,606
Ohio		2,662		1,350		1,823			3,173		230,340
Wisconsin		416		—		—			—		16,417
	$	3,659	$	1,794	$	1,655		$	3,449	$	331,363

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Earnings per Share (Details Textual)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Earnings per Share (Textual) [Abstract]
Antidilutive weighted restricted shares	199,700	112,500
Stock options [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities	7,900	138,000

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Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Share-Based Compensation [Abstract]

Stock based compensation expense

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Restricted stock/unit awards	$	4,398	$	3,806
Stock options (including shares issued under our employee stock purchase plan)		268		258
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	4,666	$	4,064

Unvested restricted stock and restricted stock activity

				Weighted
				Average
				Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value
Unvested balance as of December 31, 2011		1,435,882		$	18.97
Restricted stock awards granted		385,457			33.54
Restricted stock units with performance conditions granted		204,453			33.53
Vested		(683,649	)		20.24
Forfeited		(23,026	)		20.38
Unvested balance as of March 31, 2012		1,319,117			24.80

Stock option activity

								Weighted
				Weighted				Average
				Average		Average		Remaining
				Grant Date		Intrinsic		Contractual
	Shares			Fair Value		Value		term
						(In thousands)		(Years)
Stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2011		553,049		$	20.91
Granted		15,000			34.82
Exercised		(109,929	)		19.30
Stock options outstanding as of March 31, 2012		458,120			21.75	$	5,458		3.9
Stock options exercisable and expected to vest as of March 31, 2012		458,120			21.75	$	5,458		3.9
Exercisable as of March 31, 2012		443,120			21.31	$	5,458		3.7

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Basis of Presentation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Basis of Presentation [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

1. Basis of Presentation

Organization and Operation

Molina Healthcare, Inc. provides quality and cost-effective Medicaid-related solutions to meet the health care needs of low-income families and individuals and to assist state agencies in their administration of the Medicaid program.

Our Health Plans segment comprises health plans in California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. As of March 31, 2012, these health plans served approximately 1.8 million members eligible for Medicaid, Medicare, and other government-sponsored health care programs for low-income families and individuals. The health plans are operated by our respective wholly owned subsidiaries in those states, each of which is licensed as a health maintenance organization, or HMO.

Our health plans' state Medicaid contracts generally have a term of one- to two-years and are renewable on an annual or biannual basis at the discretion of the state. Additionally, our state health plans submit proposals for additional membership opportunities that arise from time to time. For example, our Texas health plan has added significant membership since the first quarter of 2011, including approximately 76,000 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, members, 57,800 ABD members, and 18,000 Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, members. At April 30, 2012, the Company's health plan's Texas enrollment was approximately 300,000 members, an increase of 172,000 members since March 31, 2011. Our health plan subsidiaries have often been successful in obtaining the renewal by amendment of their contracts in each state prior to the actual expiration of their contracts. For example, in January 2012 our Washington health plan was named as a successful bidder in the request for proposal, or RFP, process for Medicaid and Basic Health coverage in the state of Washington through 2013. However, there can be no assurance that these contracts will continue to be renewed as in the case of our Ohio and Missouri health plans, described below.

On April 6, 2012, the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services notified our Ohio health plan that it had not been selected to participate under the recently issued Ohio Medicaid Managed Care Plan Request for Applications, or RFA. As a result, the Ohio health plan's existing Medicaid contract with the state is scheduled to expire without renewal on December 31, 2012. We appealed the outcome of the RFA process on April 16, 2012. The Ohio health plan's Medicaid contract comprises nearly all of its revenue and expenses; therefore should the appeal be unsuccessful most of its business activities will be suspended effective January 1, 2013. We intend to continue serving members under our Medicare Advantage contract in Ohio subsequent to December 31, 2012, and will also pursue other business opportunities. With statutory net worth in excess of $121 million at March 31, 2012, we believe our Ohio health plan has adequate resources to operate indefinitely in the absence of its Medicaid contract. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our Ohio health plan contributed premium revenue of $293.5 million, or 22.1% of total premium revenue, and comprised 249,000 members, or 13.6% of total Health Plans segment membership.

On February 17, 2012, the Division of Purchasing of the Missouri Office of Administration notified us that our Missouri health plan was not awarded a contract under the Missouri HealthNet Managed Care Request for Proposal; therefore, our Missouri health plan's existing contract with the state is scheduled to expire without renewal on June 30, 2012. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our Missouri health plan contributed premium revenue of $56.6 million, or 4.3% of total premium revenue, and comprised 81,000 members, or 4.4% of total Health Plans segment membership.

Our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment provides business processing and information technology development and administrative services to Medicaid agencies in Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, and West Virginia, and drug rebate administration services in Florida.

On June 9, 2011, Molina Medicaid Solutions received notice from the state of Louisiana that the state intends to award the contract for a replacement Medicaid Management Information System, or MMIS, to another firm. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our revenue under the Louisiana MMIS contract was approximately $12.3 million, or 29.3% of total service revenue. We expect that we will continue to perform under this contract through implementation and acceptance of the successor MMIS. Based upon our past experience and our knowledge of the Louisiana MMIS bid process, we believe that implementation and acceptance of the successor MMIS will not occur until 2014 at the earliest. Through implementation and acceptance of the successor MMIS we expect to recognize between $45 million and $50 million in revenue annually under our Louisiana MMIS contract.

Consolidation and Interim Financial Information

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Molina Healthcare, Inc., its subsidiaries and variable interest entities in which Molina Healthcare, Inc. is considered to be the primary beneficiary. Such variable interest entities are insignificant to our consolidated financial position and results of operations. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results as of the date and for the interim periods presented have been included; such adjustments consist of normal recurring adjustments. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The consolidated results of operations for the current interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year ending December 31, 2012. Financial information related to subsidiaries acquired during any year is included only for periods subsequent to their acquisition.

The unaudited consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared under the assumption that users of the interim financial data have either read or have access to our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. Accordingly, certain disclosures that would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the December 31, 2011 audited consolidated financial statements have been omitted. These unaudited consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with our December 31, 2011 audited financial statements.

Adjustments

We have adjusted all applicable share and per-share amounts to reflect the retroactive effects of the three-for-two stock split in the form of a stock dividend that was effective May 20, 2011

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Consolidated Balance Sheets [Abstract]
Common stock, par value	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common stock, shares authorized	80,000	80,000
Common stock, shares outstanding	46,347	45,815
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Preferred stock, shares authorized	20,000	20,000
Preferred stock, shares issued
Preferred stock, shares outstanding

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Stockholders' Equity

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity

11. Stockholders' Equity

Securities Repurchase Program. Effective as of October 26, 2011, our board of directors has authorized the repurchase of $75 million in aggregate of either our common stock or our convertible senior notes due 2014 (see Note 10, "Long-Term Debt"). The repurchase program will be funded with working capital or the Company's credit facility, and repurchases may be made from time to time on the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. The repurchase program extends through October 25, 2012, but the Company reserves the right to suspend or discontinue the program at any time. No securities were purchased under this program in the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Stock Plans. In connection with the plans described in Note 4, "Share-Based Compensation," we issued approximately 531,000 shares of common stock, net of shares used to settle employees' income tax obligations, for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Stock plan activity resulted in a $1.9 million increase to additional paid-in capital for the same period.

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Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Apr. 30, 2012
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC
Entity Central Index Key	0001179929
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2012
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		46,350,000

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Segment Reporting

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting

12. Segment Reporting

We report our financial performance based on two reportable segments: Health Plans and Molina Medicaid Solutions. Our reportable segments are consistent with how we manage the business and view the markets we serve. Our Health Plans segment consists of our state health plans which serve Medicaid populations in ten states, and also includes our smaller direct delivery line of business. Our state health plans represent operating segments that have been aggregated for reporting purposes because they share similar economic characteristics.

Our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment provides business processing and information technology development and administrative services to Medicaid agencies in an additional five states.

We rely on an internal management reporting process that provides segment information to the operating income level for purposes of making financial decisions and allocating resources. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 2, "Significant Accounting Policies." The cost of services shared between the Health Plans and Molina Medicaid Solutions segments is charged to the Health Plans segment.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Revenue:
Health Plans:
Premium revenue	$	1,327,449	$	1,081,438
Investment income		1,717		1,594
Rental income		2,209		—
		1,331,375		1,083,032
Molina Medicaid Solutions:
Service revenue		42,205		36,674
	$	1,373,580	$	1,119,706
Depreciation and amortization:
Health Plans	$	13,743	$	11,385
Molina Medicaid Solutions		4,596		6,709
	$	18,339	$	18,094
Operating Income:
Health Plans	$	25,011	$	29,606
Molina Medicaid Solutions		8,409		1,694
Total operating income		33,420		31,300
Interest expense		4,298		3,603
Income before income taxes	$	29,122	$	27,697

	March 31,		December 31,
	2012		2011
Goodwill and intangible assets, net:
Health Plans	$	152,826	$	159,963
Molina Medicaid Solutions		94,352		95,787
	$	247,178	$	255,750
Total assets:
Health Plans	$	1,501,964	$	1,425,764
Molina Medicaid Solutions		238,040		226,382
	$	1,740,004	$	1,652,146

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Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012		Mar. 31, 2011
Revenue:
Premium revenue	$ 1,327,449		$ 1,081,438
Service revenue	42,205		36,674
Investment income	1,717		1,594
Rental income	2,209
Total revenue	1,373,580		1,119,706
Expenses:
Medical care costs	1,130,988		913,532
Cost of service revenue	30,494		31,221
General and administrative expenses	120,223		94,436
Premium tax expenses	43,430		36,550
Depreciation and amortization	15,025		12,667
Total expenses	1,340,160		1,088,406
Operating income	33,420		31,300
Interest expense	4,298		3,603
Income before income taxes	29,122		27,697
Provision for income taxes	11,033		10,309
Net income	$ 18,089		$ 17,388
Net income per share:
Basic	$ 0.39	[1]	$ 0.38	[1]
Diluted	$ 0.39	[1]	$ 0.38	[1]
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic	45,998	[1]	45,588	[1]
Diluted	46,887	[1]	46,257	[1]

[1] All applicable share and per-share amounts reflect the retroactive effects of the three-for-two common stock split in the form of a stock dividend that was effective May 20, 2011.

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Investments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Investments [Abstract]

Investments

6. Investments

The following tables summarize our investments as of the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2012
			Gross				Estimated
	Amortized		Unrealized				Fair
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	235,184	$	678	$	103	$	235,759
GSEs		36,574		50		6		36,618
Municipal securities		51,963		305		28		52,240
U.S. treasury notes		30,953		41		4		30,990
Certificates of deposit		2,374		—		—		2,374
Auction rate securities		18,850		—		2,721		16,129
	$	375,898	$	1,074	$	2,862	$	374,110

	December 31, 2011
			Gross				Estimated
	Amortized		Unrealized				Fair
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	231,407	$	442	$	215	$	231,634
GSEs		33,912		46		9		33,949
Municipal securities		47,099		232		18		47,313
U.S. treasury notes		21,627		121		—		21,748
Certificates of deposit		2,272		—		—		2,272
Auction rate securities		19,000		—		2,866		16,134
	$	355,317	$	841	$	3,108	$	353,050

The contractual maturities of our investments as of March 31, 2012 are summarized below:

			Estimated
	Cost		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	193,996	$	194,299
Due one year through five years		163,552		164,118
Due after ten years		18,350		15,693
	$	375,898	$	374,110

Gross realized gains and gross realized losses from sales of available-for-sale securities are calculated under the specific identification method and are included in investment income. Total proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities were $65.8 million and $61.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012, and 2011, respectively. Net realized investment gains for the three months ended March 31, 2012, and 2011 were $64,000 and $157,000 respectively.

We monitor our investments for other-than-temporary impairment. For investments other than our auction rate securities discussed in Note 5, "Fair Value Measurements," we have determined that unrealized gains and losses at March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, are temporary in nature, because the change in market value for these securities has resulted from fluctuating interest rates, rather than a deterioration of the credit worthiness of the issuers. So long as we hold these securities to maturity, we are unlikely to experience gains or losses. In the event that we dispose of these securities before maturity, we expect that realized gains or losses, if any, will be immaterial.

The following tables segregate those available-for-sale investments that have been in a continuous loss position for less than 12 months, and those that have been in a loss position for 12 months or more as of March 31, 2012.

	In a Continuous Loss				In a Continuous Loss
	Position				Position
	for Less than 12 Months				for 12 Months or More				Total
	Estimated				Estimated				Estimated
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
	Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Value		Losses
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	32,085	$	103	$	—	$	—	$	32,085	$	103
GSEs		4,674		6		—		—		4,674		6
Municipal securities		12,565		28		—		—		12,565		28
Auction rate securities		—		—		16,129		2,721		16,129		2,721
U.S. treasury notes		7,052		4		—		—		7,052		4
	$	56,376	$	141	$	16,129	$	2,721	$	72,505	$	2,862

The following table segregates those available-for-sale investments that have been in a continuous loss position for less than 12 months, and those that have been in a loss position for 12 months or more as of December 31, 2011.

	In a Continuous Loss				In a Continuous Loss
	Position				Position
	for Less than 12 Months				for 12 Months or More				Total
	Estimated				Estimated				Estimated
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
	Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Value		Losses
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	72,766	$	215	$	—	$	—	$	72,766	$	215
GSEs		11,493		9		—		—		11,493		9
Municipal securities		12,033		18		—		—		12,033		18
Auction rate securities		—		—		16,134		2,866		16,134		2,866
	$	96,292	$	242	$	16,134	$	2,866	$	112,426	$	3,108

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Fair Value Measurements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

5. Fair Value Measurements

Our consolidated balance sheets include the following financial instruments: cash and cash equivalents, investments, receivables, trade accounts payable, medical claims and benefits payable, long-term debt, and other liabilities. We consider the carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, other current assets and current liabilities to approximate their fair value because of the relatively short period of time between the origination of these instruments and their expected realization or payment. For our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis, we prioritize the inputs used in measuring fair value according to a three-tier fair value hierarchy as follows:

• Level 1 — Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets: Our Level 1 financial instruments consist of investments including government-sponsored enterprise securities (GSEs) and U.S. treasury notes. Level 1 financial instruments are classified as current investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. These financial instruments are actively traded and therefore the fair value for these securities is based on quoted market prices on one or more securities exchanges.

• Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable: Our Level 2 financial instruments consist of investments including corporate debt securities, municipal securities, and certificates of deposit, which are classified as current investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Our financial instruments classified as Level 2 are traded frequently though not necessarily daily. Fair value for these securities is determined using a market approach based on quoted prices for similar securities in active markets or quoted prices for identical securities in inactive markets.

• Level 3 — Unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions: Our Level 3 financial instruments consist of auction rate securities which are designated as available-for-sale, and are reported at fair value of $16.1 million (par value of $18.8 million) as of March 31, 2012. To estimate the fair value of these securities, we use valuations from third-party pricing models that include factors such as the collateral underlying the securities, the creditworthiness of the counterparty, the timing of expected future cash flows, and the expectation of the next time the security would have a successful auction. To validate the reasonableness of these valuations, we compare such valuations to other third party valuations that provide a range of price representing indicative bids from potential buyers. We have concluded that these estimates, given the lack of market available pricing, provide a reasonable basis for determining the fair value of the auction rate securities as of March 31, 2012.

Due to events in the credit markets, the auction rate securities held by us experienced failed auctions beginning in the first quarter of 2008. As such, quoted prices in active markets were not readily available during the majority of 2008, 2009 through 2011, and continued to be unavailable as of March 31, 2012. Our investments in auction rate securities are collateralized by student loan portfolios guaranteed by the U.S. government, and the range of maturities for such securities is from 3 years to 35 years. Considering the relative insignificance of these securities in comparison to our liquid assets and other sources of liquidity, we have no current intention of selling these securities nor do we expect to be required to sell these securities before a recovery in their cost basis. For this reason, and because the decline in the fair value of the auction securities was not due to the credit quality of the issuers, we do not consider the auction rate securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired at March 31, 2012. At the time of the first failed auctions during first quarter 2008, we held a total of $82.1 million in auction rate securities at par value; since that time, we have sold $63.3 million of these instruments at par value.

For three months ended March 31, 2012, and 2011, we recorded pretax unrealized gains of $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, to accumulated other comprehensive income for the changes in their fair value. Any future fluctuation in fair value related to these instruments that we deem to be temporary, including any recoveries of previous write-downs, would be recorded to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). If we determine that any future valuation adjustment was other-than-temporary, we would record a charge to earnings as appropriate

Our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2012, were as follows:

	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	235,759	$	—	$	235,759	$	—
Government-sponsored enterprise securities (GSEs)		36,618		36,618		—		—
Municipal securities		52,240		—		52,240		—
U.S. treasury notes		30,990		30,990		—		—
Certificates of deposit		2,374		—		2,374		—
Auction rate securities		16,129		—		—		16,129
	$	374,110	$	67,608	$	290,373	$	16,129

Our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2011, were as follows:

	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	231,634	$	—	$	231,634	$	—
GSEs		33,949		33,949		—		—
Municipal securities		47,313		—		47,313		—
U.S. treasury notes		21,748		21,748		—		—
Certificates of deposit		2,272		—		2,272		—
Auction rate securities		16,134		—		—		16,134
	$	353,050	$	55,697	$	281,219	$	16,134

.The following table presents our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3):

	(Level 3)
	(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	16,134
Total gains (unrealized only):
Included in other comprehensive income		145
Settlements		(150	)
Balance at March 31, 2012	$	16,129
The amount of total unrealized gains for the period included in other comprehensive income attributable to the change in accumulated other comprehensive losses relating to assets still held at March 31, 2012	$	115

The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of our long-term debt as well as the applicable fair value hierarchy tier, at March 31, 2012, are contained in the table below. Our convertible senior notes are classified as Level 2 financial instruments. Fair value for these securities is determined using a market approach based on quoted prices for similar securities in active markets or quoted prices for identical securities in inactive markets. Borrowings under our credit facility and our term loan are classified as Level 3 financial instruments, because certain inputs used to determine the fair value of these agreements are unobservable. The carrying value of the credit facility and the term loan at March 31, 2012 approximates fair value because of the short period of time between the borrowing under the credit facility in the first quarter of 2012, and the term loan's origination date of December 7, 2011, and March 31, 2012, respectively.

	Carrying		Estimated		Fair Value
	Value		Fair Value		Level Hierarchy
Credit facility	$	10,000	$	10,000		Level 3
Term loan		48,299		48,299		Level 3
Convertible senior notes		170,969		239,117		Level 2
	$	229,268	$	297,416

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Earnings per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Summary of denominators for the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2012		2011 (2)
	(In thousands)
Shares outstanding at the beginning of the period		45,815		45,463
Weighted-average number of shares issued		183		125
Denominator for basic earnings per share		45,998		45,588
Dilutive effect of employee stock options and stock grants (1)		857		669
Dilutive effect of convertible senior notes		32		—
Denominator for diluted earnings per share		46,887		46,257

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Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

13. Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Proceedings

The health care and business process outsourcing industries are subject to numerous laws and regulations of federal, state, and local governments. Compliance with these laws and regulations can be subject to government review and interpretation, as well as regulatory actions unknown and unasserted at this time. Penalties associated with violations of these laws and regulations include significant fines and penalties, exclusion from participating in publicly funded programs, and the repayment of previously billed and collected revenues.

We are involved in legal actions in the ordinary course of business, some of which seek monetary damages, including claims for punitive damages, which are not covered by insurance. We have accrued liabilities for certain matters for which we deem the loss to be both probable and estimable. Although we believe that our estimates of such losses are reasonable, these estimates could change as a result of further developments of these matters. The outcome of legal actions is inherently uncertain and such pending matters for which accruals have not been established have not progressed sufficiently through discovery and/or development of important factual information and legal issues to enable us to estimate a range of possible loss, if any. While it is not possible to accurately predict or determine the eventual outcomes of these items, an adverse determination in one or more of these pending matters could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Molina Medicaid Solutions

On April 6, 2012, Molina Medicaid Solutions received a schedule from the state of Maine purporting to represent the approximately $32.6 million in damages suffered by the state related to the delay in the "go live" date for the state's MMIS from March 1, 2010 to September 1, 2010, and for other unspecified matters. The level of detail provided in the schedule is not adequate for us to determine the specific nature of the damages claimed by the state. No formal claim has been asserted against us by the state, nor has any legal basis been asserted for any potential claims against us. To the extent that the state decides to pursue its alleged claims against us, Unisys Corporation, or Unisys, the former owner of the MMIS, has agreed to assume the defense of that portion of the claim related to the delay in the "go live" date from March 1, 2010 to August 1, 2010, since that delay had been agreed upon with the state prior to our May 1, 2010 acquisition of Molina Medicaid Solutions from Unisys. The amount of our potential liability related to this matter, if any, cannot be reasonably estimated at this time, nor can a range of such possible liability be established. Provider Claims

Many of our medical contracts are complex in nature and may be subject to differing interpretations regarding amounts due for the provision of various services. Such differing interpretations have led certain medical providers to pursue us for additional compensation. The claims made by providers in such circumstances often involve issues of contract compliance, interpretation, payment methodology, and intent. These claims often extend to services provided by the providers over a number of years.

Various providers have contacted us seeking additional compensation for claims that we believe to have been settled. These matters, when finally concluded and determined, will not, in our opinion, have a material adverse effect on our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Regulatory Capital and Dividend Restrictions

Our health plans are subject to state laws and regulations that, among other things, require the maintenance of minimum levels of statutory capital, as defined by each state, and restrict the timing, payment, and amount of dividends and other distributions that may be paid to us as the sole stockholder. To the extent the subsidiaries must comply with these regulations, they may not have the financial flexibility to transfer funds to us. The net assets in these subsidiaries (after intercompany eliminations) which may not be transferable to us in the form of loans, advances, or cash dividends was $519.5 million at March 31, 2012, and $492.4 million at December 31, 2011.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, or NAIC, adopted rules effective December 31, 1998, which, if implemented by the states, set minimum capitalization requirements for insurance companies, HMOs, and other entities bearing risk for health care coverage. The requirements take the form of risk-based capital (RBC) rules. Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin have adopted these rules, which may vary from state to state. California and Florida have not yet adopted NAIC risk-based capital requirements for HMOs and have not formally given notice of their intention to do so. Such requirements, if adopted by California and Florida, may increase the minimum capital required for those states.

As of March 31, 2012, our health plans had aggregate statutory capital and surplus of approximately $536.3 million compared with the required minimum aggregate statutory capital and surplus of approximately $265.1 million. All of our health plans were in compliance with the minimum capital requirements at March 31, 2012. We have the ability and commitment to provide additional capital to each of our health plans when necessary to ensure that statutory capital and surplus continue to meet regulatory requirements.

Receivable/Liability for Ceded Life and Annuity Contracts

Prior to February 17, 2012, we reported a 100% ceded reinsurance arrangement for life insurance policies written and held by our wholly owned insurance subsidiary, Molina Healthcare Insurance Company, by recording a non-current receivable from the reinsurer with a corresponding non-current liability for ceded life and annuity contracts. Effective February 17, 2012, we sold Molina Healthcare Insurance Company. The transaction resulted in the elimination of both the noncurrent receivable and liability for ceded life and annuity contracts, each amounting to $23.4 million as of December 31, 2011. Additionally, a gain of approximately $2.4 million was recorded upon closing of the transaction, recorded to general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated income statement.

We remain liable for benefits payable under the life insurance policies that were held by Molina Healthcare Insurance Company, in the event that both the reinsurer and the buyer of Molina Healthcare Insurance Company are unable to pay those benefits. We believe the possibility of our having to pay such benefits is remote, and no provision for the payment of such benefits is included in our consolidated financial statements.

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Medical Claims and Benefits Payable

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Medical Claims and Benefits Payable [Abstract]

Medical Claims and Benefits Payable

9. Medical Claims and Benefits Payable

The following table presents the components of the change in our medical claims and benefits payable as of and for the periods indicated. The negative amounts displayed for "Components of medical care costs related to: Prior periods" represent the amount by which our original estimate of claims and benefits payable at the beginning of the period exceeded the actual amount of the liability based on information (principally the payment of claims) developed since that liability was first reported.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2012			Year Ended December 31, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Balances at beginning of period	$	402,476		$	354,356
Components of medical care costs related to:
Current period		1,167,580			3,911,803
Prior periods		(36,592	)		(51,809	)
Total medical care costs		1,130,988			3,859,994
Payments for medical care costs related to:
Current period		750,994			3,516,994
Prior periods		326,637			294,880
Total paid		1,077,631			3,811,874
Balances at end of period	$	455,833		$	402,476
Benefit from prior period as a percentage of:
Balance at beginning of period		9.1	%		14.6	%
Premium revenue		2.8	%		1.1	%
Total medical care costs		3.2	%		1.3	%

We recognized a benefit from prior period claims development in the amount of $36.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. This amount represents our estimate as of March 31, 2012 of the extent to which our initial estimate of medical claims and benefits payable at December 31, 2011 exceeded the amount that will ultimately be paid out in satisfaction of that liability. The overestimation of claims liability at December 31, 2011 was due primarily to the following factors:

• For our Washington health plan, we underestimated the amount of recoveries we would collect for certain high-cost newborn claims, resulting in an overestimation of reserves at year end.

• For our Texas health plan, we overestimated the cost of new members in STAR+ (the name of our ABD program in Texas), in the Dallas region.

• In early 2011, the state of Michigan was delayed in the enrollment of newborns in managed care plans; the delay was resolved by mid-2011. This caused a large number of claims with older dates of service to be paid during late 2011, resulting in an artificial increase in the lag time for claims payment at our Michigan health plan. We adjusted reserves downward for this issue at December 31, 2011, but the adjustment did not capture all of the claims overestimation.

• Offsetting some of the overestimation items described above, our Missouri health plan reserves were underestimated as a result of an unusually large number of premature infants during the fourth quarter.

We recognized a benefit from prior period claims development in the amount of $44.4 million and $51.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, and the year ended December 31, 2011, respectively. This was primarily caused by the overestimation of our liability for claims and medical benefits payable at December 31, 2010, as a result of the following factors:

• We overestimated the impact of a buildup in claims inventory in Ohio.

• We overestimated the impact of the settlement of disputed provider claims in California.

• We underestimated the reduction in outpatient facility claims costs as a result of a fee schedule reduction in New Mexico effective November 2010, partially offsetting the impact of the two items above.

In estimating our claims liability at March 31, 2012, we adjusted our base calculation to take account of the following factors which we believe are reasonably likely to change our final claims liability amount:

• Our Texas health plan membership nearly doubled in March 2012. In addition, effective March 1, 2012, we have assumed inpatient medical liability for STAR+ (an area of coverage that was previously carved out). Reserves for new coverage and new regions are based on the state's pricing estimates.

• Our California health plan is enrolling about 2,000 new ABD members per month as a result of the mandatory assignment of ABD members to managed care plans effective July 1, 2011. These new members are converting from fee-for-service and are higher cost than our base ABD members

• Our Michigan health plan's billed charges of claims in inventory at March 31, 2012 were about 2.5 times higher than the amount at December 31, 2011. This was due in part to approximately 6,000 new dual-eligible members that were enrolled for Medicaid benefits only in December 2011. As we are responsible only for the Medicaid portion of these benefits, the ratio of paid to billed claims for dual eligible members is very small, and this inventory buildup may not represent a large increase in liability.

• Our Wisconsin health plan converted from its legacy claims processing system to the Company's single managed care platform, or QNXT, effective February 1, 2012.

The use of a consistent methodology in estimating our liability for claims and medical benefits payable minimizes the degree to which the under- or overestimation of that liability at the close of one period may affect consolidated results of operations in subsequent periods. Facts and circumstances unique to the estimation process at any single date, however, may still lead to a material impact on consolidated results of operations in subsequent periods. Any absence of adverse claims development (as well as the expensing through general and administrative expense of the costs to settle claims held at the start of the period) will lead to the recognition of a benefit from prior period claims development in the period subsequent to the date of the original estimate. In 2011 and through March 31, 2012, the absence of adverse development of the liability for claims and medical benefits payable at the close of the previous period resulted in the recognition of substantial favorable prior period development. In both years, however, the recognition of a benefit from prior period claims development did not have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations because the amount of benefit recognized in each year was roughly consistent with that recognized in the previous year.

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Amount of damages suffered	$ 32,600,000
Net assets of subsidiaries subject to restrictions	519,500,000	492,400,000
Aggregate statutory capital and surplus	536,300,000
Required minimum statutory capital surplus	265,100,000
Reinsurance arrangement in percentage	100.00%
Elimination of noncurrent receivable and liability resulting from sale of subsidiary		23,400,000
Gain recorded upon closing of transaction	$ 2,390,000

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Receivables

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Receivables [Abstract]

Receivables

7. Receivables

Health Plans segment receivables consist primarily of amounts due from the various states in which we operate. Such receivables are subject to potential retroactive adjustment. Because all of our receivable amounts are readily determinable and our creditors are in almost all instances state governments, our allowance for doubtful accounts is immaterial. Any amounts determined to be uncollectible are charged to expense when such determination is made. Accounts receivable were as follows:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Health Plans segment:
California	$	61,799	$	22,175
Michigan		11,362		8,864
Missouri		24,390		27,092
New Mexico		10,728		9,350
Ohio		31,655		27,458
Texas		16,335		1,608
Utah		3,886		2,825
Washington		17,014		15,006
Wisconsin		2,001		4,909
Others		2,809		2,489
Total Health Plans segment		181,979		121,776
Molina Medicaid Solutions segment		40,275		46,122
	$	222,254	$	167,898

The increase in our California health plan receivables at March 31, 2012, compared with December 31, 2011 is due to a change in premium payment timing by the state of California. The state is now paying capitation one month in arrears, so the California health plan's receivables balance at March 31, 2012 includes an additional month of premiums receivable.

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Restricted Investments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Investments [Abstract]

Restricted Investments

8. Restricted Investments

Pursuant to the regulations governing our health plan subsidiaries, we maintain statutory deposits and deposits required by state Medicaid authorities in certificates of deposit and U.S. treasury securities. Additionally, we maintain restricted investments as protection against the insolvency of certain capitated providers. The following table presents the balances of restricted investments:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
California	$	373	$	372
Florida		5,200		5,198
Insurance Company		—		4,711
Michigan		1,000		1,000
Missouri		503		504
New Mexico		15,907		15,905
Ohio		9,078		9,078
Texas		3,514		3,518
Utah		2,990		2,895
Washington		151		151
Other		3,231		2,832
	$	41,947	$	46,164

The contractual maturities of our held-to-maturity restricted investments as of March 31, 2012 are summarized below.

	Amortized		Estimated
	Cost		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	40,906	$	40,912
Due one year through five years		1,041		1,047
	$	41,947	$	41,959

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Long-Term Debt

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Long-Term Debt [Abstract]

Long-Term Debt

10. Long-Term Debt

Credit Facility

On September 9, 2011, we entered into a credit agreement for a $170 million revolving credit facility (the "Credit Facility") with various lenders and U.S. Bank National Association, as LC Issuer, Swing Line Lender, and Administrative Agent. The Credit Facility is used for general corporate purposes.

The Credit Facility has a term of five years under which all amounts outstanding will be due and payable on September 9, 2016. Subject to obtaining commitments from existing or new lenders and satisfaction of other specified conditions, we may increase the Credit Facility to up to $195 million. As of March 31, 2012 there was $10.0 million outstanding under the Credit Facility. Additionally, as of March 31, 2012, our lenders had issued two letters of credit in the aggregate principal amount of $10.3 million in connection with the Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts with the states of Maine and Idaho, which reduces the amount available under the Credit Facility.

Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest based, at our election, on the base rate plus an applicable margin or the Eurodollar rate. The base rate is, for any day, a rate of interest per annum equal to the highest of (i) the prime rate of interest announced from time to time by U.S. Bank or its parent, (ii) the sum of the federal funds rate for such day plus 0.50% per annum and (iii) the Eurodollar rate (without giving effect to the applicable margin) for a one month interest period on such day (or if such day is not a business day, the immediately preceding business day) plus 1.00%. The Eurodollar rate is a reserve adjusted rate at which Eurodollar deposits are offered in the interbank Eurodollar market plus an applicable margin. In addition to interest payable on the principal amount of indebtedness outstanding from time to time under the Credit Facility, we are required to pay a quarterly commitment fee of 0.25% to 0.50% (based upon our leverage ratio) of the unused amount of the lenders' commitments under the Credit Facility. The applicable margins range between 0.75% to 1.75% for base rate loans and 1.75% to 2.75% for Eurodollar loans, in each case, based upon our leverage ratio.

Our obligations under the Credit Facility are secured by a lien on substantially all of our assets, with the exception of certain of our real estate assets, and by a pledge of the capital stock or membership interests of our operating subsidiaries and health plans (with the exception of the California health plan).

The Credit Facility includes usual and customary covenants for credit facilities of this type, including covenants limiting liens, mergers, asset sales, other fundamental changes, debt, acquisitions, dividends and other distributions, capital expenditures, and investments. The Credit Facility also requires us to maintain a ratio of total consolidated debt to total consolidated EBITDA of not more than 2.75 to 1.00 as of the end of each fiscal quarter and a fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.75 to 1.00. At March 31, 2012, we were in compliance with all financial covenants under the Credit Facility.

In the event of a default, including cross-defaults relating to specified other debt in excess of $20 million, the lenders may terminate the commitments under the Credit Facility and declare the amounts outstanding, including all accrued interest and unpaid fees, payable immediately. In addition, the lenders may enforce any and all rights and remedies created under the Credit Facility or applicable law.

Term Loan

On December 7, 2011, our wholly owned subsidiary Molina Center LLC entered into a Term Loan Agreement with various lenders and East West Bank, as Administrative Agent (the "Administrative Agent"). Pursuant to the terms of the Term Loan Agreement, Molina Center LLC borrowed the aggregate principal amount of $48.6 million to finance a portion of the $81 million purchase price for the acquisition of the approximately 460,000 square foot office building, or Molina Center, located in Long Beach, California.

The outstanding principal amount under the Term Loan Agreement bears interest at the Eurodollar rate for each Interest Period (as defined below) commencing January 1, 2012. The Eurodollar rate is a per annum rate of interest equal to the greater of (a) the rate that is published in the Wall Street Journal as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in United States dollars, for a period of one month, two business days prior to the commencement of an Interest Period, multiplied by a statutory reserve rate established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or (b) 4.25%. The loan matures on November 30, 2018, and is subject to a 25-year amortization schedule that commenced on January 1, 2012.

The Term Loan Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and financial covenants. In the event of a default as described in the Term Loan Agreement, the outstanding principal amount under the Term Loan Agreement will bear interest at a rate 5.00% per annum higher than the otherwise applicable rate. All amounts due under the Term Loan Agreement and related loan documents are secured by a security interest in the Molina Center in favor of and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other lenders under the Term Loan Agreement.

Convertible Senior Notes

As of March 31, 2012, $187.0 million in aggregate principal amount of our 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2014 (the "Notes") remain outstanding. The Notes rank equally in right of payment with our existing and future senior indebtedness. The Notes are convertible into cash and, under certain circumstances, shares of our common stock. The initial conversion rate is 31.9601 shares of our common stock per one thousand dollar principal amount of the Notes. This represents an initial conversion price of approximately $31.29 per share of our common stock. In addition, if certain corporate transactions that constitute a change of control occur prior to maturity, we will increase the conversion rate in certain circumstances.

The proceeds from the issuance of the Notes have been allocated between a liability component and an equity component. We have determined that the effective interest rate of the Notes is 7.5%, principally based on the seven-year U.S. treasury note rate as of the October 2007 issuance date, plus an appropriate credit spread. The resulting debt discount is being amortized over the period the Notes are expected to be outstanding, as additional non-cash interest expense. As of March 31, 2012, we expect the Notes to be outstanding until their October 1, 2014 maturity date, for a remaining amortization period of 30 months. The Notes' if-converted value did not exceed their principal amount as of March 31, 2012. At March 31, 2012, the equity component of the Notes, net of the impact of deferred taxes, was $24.0 million. The following table provides the details of the liability amounts recorded:

	As of			As of
	March 31,			December 31,
	2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Details of the liability component:
Principal amount	$	187,000		$	187,000
Unamortized discount		(16,031	)		(17,474	)
Net carrying amount	$	170,969		$	169,526

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Interest cost for the period relating to the:
Contractual interest coupon rate of 3.75%	$	1,753	$	1,753
Amortization of the discount on the liability component		1,443		1,340
Total interest cost recognized	$	3,196	$	3,093

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Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2012 Ohio Health Plan [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 New Mexico Health Plan [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Texas Health Plan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Texas Health Plan [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Wisconsin Health Plan [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 California Health Plan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 California Health Plan [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Idaho [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Maine [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Liability recorded related to profit sharing agreement						$ 2,000,000	$ 700,000		$ 1,000,000	$ 1,000,000
Percentage of incremental revenue earned maximum				1.00%	0.75%			3.25%
Percentage of additional incremental revenue earned						5.00%
Percentage of additional incremental revenue earned, Maximum				0.25%
Period of implemented contracts											7 years	7 years
Period allocated for delivery of DDI services											2 years	2 years
Period for performance of BPO services											5 years	5 years
Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of categories for component of premium revenue	2
Anticipated Medicare risk adjustment premiums	8,000,000	5,000,000
Maximum period for member risk scores and member pharmacy cost experience after original year of service	two
Number of consecutive statements for presentation of other comprehensive income	2
Gain recorded upon closing of transaction	2,390,000
Premium deficiency reserve	0		3,350,000
Unrecognized tax benefits	10,700,000	10,700,000
Unrecognized Tax benefits State Refund Claims	8,400,000
Tax benefits fully recognized	7,400,000
Unrecognized tax benefit value decreased	8,900,000
Recognize interest and/or penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits	$ 70,000	$ 65,000
Probability percentage that fair value is less than from carrying value for impairment test	50.00%

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Restricted Investments (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2012
Contractual maturities of our held-to-maturity restricted investments
Amortized Cost, Due in one year or less	$ 40,906
Amortized Cost, Due one year through five years	1,041
Amortized Cost, Total	41,947
Estimated Fair Value, Due in one year or less	40,912
Estimated Fair Value, Due one year through five years	1,047
Estimated Fair Value, Total	$ 41,959

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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Organization and Operations

Molina Healthcare, Inc. provides quality and cost-effective Medicaid-related solutions to meet the health care needs of low-income families and individuals and to assist state agencies in their administration of the Medicaid program.

Our Health Plans segment comprises health plans in California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. As of March 31, 2012, these health plans served approximately 1.8 million members eligible for Medicaid, Medicare, and other government-sponsored health care programs for low-income families and individuals. The health plans are operated by our respective wholly owned subsidiaries in those states, each of which is licensed as a health maintenance organization, or HMO.

Our health plans' state Medicaid contracts generally have a term of one- to two-years and are renewable on an annual or biannual basis at the discretion of the state. Additionally, our state health plans submit proposals for additional membership opportunities that arise from time to time. For example, our Texas health plan has added significant membership since the first quarter of 2011, including approximately 76,000 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, members, 57,800 ABD members, and 18,000 Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, members. At April 30, 2012, the Company's health plan's Texas enrollment was approximately 300,000 members, an increase of 172,000 members since March 31, 2011. Our health plan subsidiaries have often been successful in obtaining the renewal by amendment of their contracts in each state prior to the actual expiration of their contracts. For example, in January 2012 our Washington health plan was named as a successful bidder in the request for proposal, or RFP, process for Medicaid and Basic Health coverage in the state of Washington through 2013. However, there can be no assurance that these contracts will continue to be renewed as in the case of our Ohio and Missouri health plans, described below.

On April 6, 2012, the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services notified our Ohio health plan that it had not been selected to participate under the recently issued Ohio Medicaid Managed Care Plan Request for Applications, or RFA. As a result, the Ohio health plan's existing Medicaid contract with the state is scheduled to expire without renewal on December 31, 2012. We appealed the outcome of the RFA process on April 16, 2012. The Ohio health plan's Medicaid contract comprises nearly all of its revenue and expenses; therefore should the appeal be unsuccessful most of its business activities will be suspended effective January 1, 2013. We intend to continue serving members under our Medicare Advantage contract in Ohio subsequent to December 31, 2012, and will also pursue other business opportunities. With statutory net worth in excess of $121 million at March 31, 2012, we believe our Ohio health plan has adequate resources to operate indefinitely in the absence of its Medicaid contract. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our Ohio health plan contributed premium revenue of $293.5 million, or 22.1% of total premium revenue, and comprised 249,000 members, or 13.6% of total Health Plans segment membership.

On February 17, 2012, the Division of Purchasing of the Missouri Office of Administration notified us that our Missouri health plan was not awarded a contract under the Missouri HealthNet Managed Care Request for Proposal; therefore, our Missouri health plan's existing contract with the state is scheduled to expire without renewal on June 30, 2012. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our Missouri health plan contributed premium revenue of $56.6 million, or 4.3% of total premium revenue, and comprised 81,000 members, or 4.4% of total Health Plans segment membership.

Our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment provides business processing and information technology development and administrative services to Medicaid agencies in Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, and West Virginia, and drug rebate administration services in Florida.

On June 9, 2011, Molina Medicaid Solutions received notice from the state of Louisiana that the state intends to award the contract for a replacement Medicaid Management Information System, or MMIS, to another firm. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our revenue under the Louisiana MMIS contract was approximately $12.3 million, or 29.3% of total service revenue. We expect that we will continue to perform under this contract through implementation and acceptance of the successor MMIS. Based upon our past experience and our knowledge of the Louisiana MMIS bid process, we believe that implementation and acceptance of the successor MMIS will not occur until 2014 at the earliest. Through implementation and acceptance of the successor MMIS we expect to recognize between $45 million and $50 million in revenue annually under our Louisiana MMIS contract.

Consolidation and Interim Financial Information

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Molina Healthcare, Inc., its subsidiaries and variable interest entities in which Molina Healthcare, Inc. is considered to be the primary beneficiary. Such variable interest entities are insignificant to our consolidated financial position and results of operations. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results as of the date and for the interim periods presented have been included; such adjustments consist of normal recurring adjustments. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The consolidated results of operations for the current interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year ending December 31, 2012. Financial information related to subsidiaries acquired during any year is included only for periods subsequent to their acquisition.

The unaudited consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared under the assumption that users of the interim financial data have either read or have access to our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. Accordingly, certain disclosures that would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the December 31, 2011 audited consolidated financial statements have been omitted. These unaudited consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with our December 31, 2011 audited financial statements.

Adjustments

Adjustments

We have adjusted all applicable share and per-share amounts to reflect the retroactive effects of the three-for-two stock split in the form of a stock dividend that was effective May 20, 2011

Premium Revenue - Health Plans Segment

Revenue Recognition

Premium Revenue — Health Plans Segment

Premium revenue is fixed in advance of the periods covered and, except as described below, is not generally subject to significant accounting estimates. Premium revenues are recognized in the month that members are entitled to receive health care services.

Certain components of premium revenue are subject to accounting estimates. The components of premium revenue subject to estimation fall into two categories:

Contractual provisions that may limit revenue based upon the costs incurred or the profits realized under a specific contract. These are contractual provisions that require the health plan to return premiums to the extent that certain thresholds are not met. In some instances premiums are returned when medical costs fall below a certain percentage of gross premiums; or when administrative costs or profits exceed a certain percentage of gross premiums. In other instances, premiums are partially determined by the acuity of care provided to members (risk adjustment). To the extent that our expenses and profits change from the amounts previously reported (due to changes in estimates) our revenue earned for those periods will also change. In all of these instances our revenue is only subject to estimate due to the fact that the thresholds themselves contain elements (expense or profit) that are subject to estimate. While we have adequate experience and data to make sound estimates of our expenses or profits, changes to those estimates may be necessary, which in turn will lead to changes in our estimates of revenue. In general, a change in estimate relating to expense or profit would offset any related change in estimate to premium, resulting in no or small impact to net income. The following contractual provisions fall into this category:

California Health Plan Medical Cost Floors (Minimums): A portion of certain premiums received by our California health plan may be returned to the state if certain minimum amounts are not spent on defined medical care costs. At both March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we recorded a liability of $1.0 million under the terms of these contract provisions.

Florida Health Plan Medical Cost Floor (Minimum) for Behavioral Health: A portion of premiums received by our Florida health plan may be returned to the state if certain minimum amounts are not spent on defined behavioral health care costs. At both March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we had not recorded any liability under the terms of this contract provision since behavioral health expenses are not less than the contractual floor.

New Mexico Health Plan Medical Cost Floors (Minimums) and Administrative Cost and Profit Ceilings (Maximums): A portion of premiums received by our New Mexico health plan may be returned to the state if certain minimum amounts are not spent on defined medical care costs, or if administrative costs or profit (as defined) exceed certain amounts. Our contract with the state of New Mexico requires that we spend a minimum percentage of premium revenue on certain explicitly defined medical care costs (the medical cost floor). The New Mexico health plan contract also contains certain limits on the amount our New Mexico health plan can: (a) expend on administrative costs; and (b) retain as profit. At both March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we had not recorded any liability under the terms of these contract provisions. In the fourth quarter of 2011, our New Mexico health plan entered into a contract amendment that more closely aligns the calculation of revenue with the methodology adopted under the Affordable Care Act. The contract amendment changed the calculation of the amount of revenue that may be recognized relative to medical costs.

Texas Health Plan Profit Sharing: Under our contract with the state of Texas, there is a profit-sharing agreement under which we pay a rebate to the state of Texas if our Texas health plan generates pretax income, as defined in the contract, above a certain specified percentage, as determined in accordance with a tiered rebate schedule. We are limited in the amount of administrative costs that we may deduct in calculating the rebate, if any. As a result of profits in excess of the amount we are allowed to fully retain, we had accrued an aggregate liability of approximately $2.0 million and $0.7 million pursuant to our profit-sharing agreement with the state of Texas at March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, respectively.

Medicare Revenue Risk Adjustment: Based on member encounter data that we submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, our Medicare premiums are subject to retroactive adjustment for both member risk scores and member pharmacy cost experience for up to two years after the original year of service. This adjustment takes into account the acuity of each member's medical needs relative to what was anticipated when premiums were originally set for that member. In the event that a member requires less acute medical care than was anticipated by the original premium amount, CMS may recover premium from us. In the event that a member requires more acute medical care than was anticipated by the original premium amount, CMS may pay us additional retroactive premium. A similar retroactive reconciliation is undertaken by CMS for our Medicare members' pharmacy utilization. We estimate the amount of Medicare revenue that will ultimately be realized for the periods presented based on our knowledge of our members' heath care utilization patterns and CMS practices. Based on our knowledge of member health care utilization patterns and expenses we have recorded a net receivable of approximately $8.0 million for anticipated Medicare risk adjustment premiums at March 31, 2012. We recorded a net receivable of $5.0 million for anticipated Medicare risk adjustment premiums at December 31, 2011.

Quality incentives that allow us to recognize incremental revenue if certain quality standards are met. These are contract provisions that allow us to earn additional premium revenue in certain states if we achieve certain quality-of-care or administrative measures. We estimate the amount of revenue that will ultimately be realized for the periods presented based on our experience and expertise in meeting the quality and administrative measures as well as our ongoing and current monitoring of our progress in meeting those measures. The amount of the revenue that we will realize under these contractual provisions is determinable based upon that experience. The following contractual provisions fall into this category:

New Mexico Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Under our contract with the state of New Mexico, incremental revenue of up to 0.75% of our total premium is earned if certain performance measures are met. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care and administrative measures dictated by the state.

Ohio Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Under our contract with the state of Ohio, incremental revenue of up to 1% of our total premium is earned if certain performance measures are met. Effective February 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, we were eligible to earn additional incremental revenue of up to 0.25% of our total premium if we met certain pharmacy specific performance measures. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care measures dictated by the state.

Texas Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Effective March 1, 2012, under our contract with the state of Texas, incremental revenue of up to 5% of our total premium may be earned if certain performance measures are met. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care measures established by the state.

Wisconsin Health Plan Quality Incentive Premiums: Under our contract with the state of Wisconsin, effective beginning in 2011, up to 3.25% of the premium is withheld by the state. The withheld premiums can be earned by the health plan by meeting certain performance measures. These performance measures are generally linked to various quality-of-care measures dictated by the state.

The following table quantifies the quality incentive premium revenue recognized for the periods presented, including the amounts earned in the period presented and prior periods. Although the reasonably possible effects of a change in estimate related to quality incentive premium revenue as of March 31, 2012 are not known, we have no reason to believe that the adjustments to prior years noted below are not indicative of the potential future changes in our estimates as of March 31, 2012.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
	Maximum Available Quality Incentive Premium - Current Year		Amount of Current Year Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Amount of Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized from Prior Year		Total Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Total Revenue Recognized
	(In thousands)
New Mexico	$	555	$	336	$	28	$	364	$	83,261
Ohio		2,678		2,678		966		3,644		293,525
Texas		5,750		5,750		—		5,750		198,236
Wisconsin		416		—		—		—		17,142
	$	9,399	$	8,764	$	994	$	9,758	$	592,164

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
	Maximum Available Quality Incentive Premium - Current Year		Amount of Current Year Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Amount of Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized from Prior Year			Total Quality Incentive Premium Revenue Recognized		Total Revenue Recognized
	(In thousands)
New Mexico	$	581	$	444	$	(168	)	$	276	$	84,606
Ohio		2,662		1,350		1,823			3,173		230,340
Wisconsin		416		—		—			—		16,417
	$	4,220	$	1,794	$	1,655		$	3,449	$	412,174

Service Revenue and Cost of Service Revenue - Molina Medicaid Solutions Segment

Service Revenue and Cost of Service Revenue — Molina Medicaid Solutions Segment

The payments received by our Molina Medicaid Solutions segment under its state contracts are based on the performance of multiple services. The first of these is the design, development and implementation, or DDI, of a Medicaid Management Information System, or MMIS. An additional service, following completion of DDI, is the operation of the MMIS under a business process outsourcing, or BPO arrangement. While providing BPO services (which include claims payment and eligibility processing) we also provide the state with other services including both hosting and support and maintenance. Our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts may extend over a number of years, particularly in circumstances where we are delivering extensive and complex DDI services, such as the initial design, development and implementation of a complete MMIS. For example, the terms of our most recently implemented Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts (in Idaho and Maine) were each seven years in total, consisting of two years allocated for the delivery of DDI services, followed by five years for the performance of BPO services. We receive progress payments from the state during the performance of DDI services based upon the attainment of predetermined milestones. We receive a flat monthly payment for BPO services under our Idaho and Maine contracts. The terms of our other Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts – which primarily involve the delivery of BPO services with only minimal DDI activity (consisting of system enhancements) – are shorter in duration than our Idaho and Maine contracts.

We have evaluated our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts to determine if such arrangements include a software element. Based on this evaluation, we have concluded that these arrangements do not include a software element. As such, we have concluded that our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts are multiple-element service arrangements under the scope of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 605-25, Revenue Recognition –– Multiple–Element Arrangements, and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 13, Revenue Recognition.

Effective January 1, 2011, we adopted a new accounting standard that amends the guidance on the accounting for multiple-element arrangements. Pursuant to the new standard, each required deliverable is evaluated to determine whether it qualifies as a separate unit of accounting which is generally based on whether the deliverable has standalone value to the customer. In addition to standalone value, previous guidance also required objective and reliable evidence of fair value of a deliverable in order to treat the deliverable as a separate unit of accounting. The arrangement's consideration that is fixed or determinable is then allocated to each separate unit of accounting based on the relative selling price of each deliverable. In general, the consideration allocated to each unit of accounting is recognized as the related goods or services are delivered, limited to the consideration that is not contingent. We have adopted this guidance on a prospective basis for all new or materially modified revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables entered into on or after January 1, 2011. Our adoption of this guidance has not impacted the timing or pattern of our revenue recognition in 2011. Also, there would have been no change in revenue recognized relating to multiple-element arrangements if we had adopted this guidance retrospectively for contracts entered into prior to January 1, 2011.

We have concluded that the various service elements in our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts represent a single unit of accounting due to the fact that DDI, which is the only service performed in advance of the other services (all other services are performed over an identical period), does not have standalone value because our DDI services are not sold separately by any vendor and the customer could not resell our DDI services. Further, we have no objective and reliable evidence of fair value for any of the individual elements in these contracts, and at no point in the contract will we have objective and reliable evidence of fair value for the undelivered elements in the contracts. For contracts entered into prior to January 1, 2011, objective and reliable evidence of fair value would be required, in addition to DDI standalone value which we do not have, in order to treat DDI as a separate unit of accounting. We lack objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the individual elements of our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts for the following reasons:

• Each contract calls for the provision of its own specific set of services. While all contracts support the system of record for state MMIS, the actual services we provide vary significantly between contracts; and

• The nature of the MMIS installed varies significantly between our older contracts (proprietary mainframe systems) and our new contracts (commercial off-the-shelf technology solutions).

Because we have determined the services provided under our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts represent a single unit of accounting and because we are unable to determine a pattern of performance of services during the contract period, we recognize all revenue (both the DDI and BPO elements) associated with such contracts on a straight-line basis over the period during which BPO, hosting, and support and maintenance services are delivered. As noted above, the period of performance of BPO services under our Idaho and Maine contracts is five years. Therefore, absent any contingencies as discussed in the following paragraph, we would recognize all revenue associated with those contracts over a period of five years. In cases where there is no DDI element associated with our contracts, BPO revenue is recognized on a monthly basis as specified in the applicable contract or contract extension.

Provisions specific to each contract may, however, lead us to modify this general principle. In those circumstances, the right of the state to refuse acceptance of services, as well as the related obligation to compensate us, may require us to delay recognition of all or part of our revenue until that contingency (the right of the state to refuse acceptance) has been removed. In those circumstances we defer recognition of any contingent revenue (whether DDI, BPO services, hosting, and support and maintenance services) until the contingency has been removed. These types of contingency features are present in our Maine and Idaho contracts. We began to recognize revenue associated with our Maine contract upon state acceptance in September 2010. In Idaho, we will begin recognition of revenue upon state acceptance.

Costs associated with our Molina Medicaid Solutions contracts include software related costs and other costs. With respect to software related costs, we apply the guidance for internal-use software and capitalize external direct costs of materials and services consumed in developing or obtaining the software, and payroll and payroll-related costs associated with employees who are directly associated with and who devote time to the computer software project. With respect to all other direct costs, such costs are expensed as incurred, unless corresponding revenue is being deferred. If revenue is being deferred, direct costs relating to delivered service elements are deferred as well and are recognized on a straight-line basis over the period of revenue recognition, in a manner consistent with our recognition of revenue that has been deferred. Such direct costs can include:

• Transaction processing costs

• Employee costs incurred in performing transaction services

• Vendor costs incurred in performing transaction services

• Costs incurred in performing required monitoring of and reporting on contract performance

• Costs incurred in maintaining and processing member and provider eligibility

• Costs incurred in communicating with members and providers

The recoverability of deferred contract costs associated with a particular contract is analyzed on a periodic basis using the undiscounted estimated cash flows of the whole contract over its remaining contract term. If such undiscounted cash flows are insufficient to recover the long-lived assets and deferred contract costs, the deferred contract costs are written down by the amount of the cash flow deficiency. If a cash flow deficiency remains after reducing the balance of the deferred contract costs to zero, any remaining long-lived assets are evaluated for impairment. Any such impairment recognized would equal the amount by which the carrying value of the long-lived assets exceeds the fair value of those assets.

We are currently deferring recognition of all revenue as well as all direct costs (to the extent that such costs are estimated to be recoverable) in Idaho until the MMIS in that state receives certification from CMS.

Premium Deficiency Charges

Premium Deficiency Charges

We assess the profitability of each contract by state for providing medical care services to our members and identify any contracts where current operating results or forecasts indicate probable future losses. Anticipated future premiums are compared to anticipated medical care costs, including the cost of processing claims. If the anticipated future costs exceed the premiums, a loss contract accrual is recognized. In the first quarter of 2011, our Wisconsin health plan recorded a premium deficiency charge in the amount of $3.35 million to medical claims and benefits payable. No premium deficiency charges were recorded in the first quarter of 2012.

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes is determined using an estimated annual effective tax rate, which is generally greater than the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily because of non-deductible compensation and state taxes. The effective tax rate may be subject to fluctuations during the year as new information is obtained. Such information may affect the assumptions used to estimate the annual effective tax rate, including factors such as the mix of pretax earnings in the various tax jurisdictions in which we operate, valuation allowances against deferred tax assets, the recognition or derecognition of tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions, and changes in or the interpretation of tax laws in jurisdictions where we conduct business. We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of our assets and liabilities, along with net operating loss and tax credit carryovers.

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits was $10.7 million as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Approximately $8.4 million of the unrecognized tax benefits recorded at March 31, 2012, relate to a tax position claimed on a state refund claim that will not result in a cash payment for income taxes if our claim is denied. The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate was $7.4 million as of March 31, 2012. We expect that during the next 12 months it is reasonably possible that unrecognized tax benefit liabilities may decrease by as much as $8.9 million due to the expiration of statute of limitations and the resolution to the state refund claim described above.

Our continuing practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. As of March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we had accrued $70,000 and $65,000, respectively, for the payment of interest and penalties.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

On May 12, 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") ratified Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2011-04, "Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRS." This ASU establishes a global standard for measuring amounts at fair value, and although it did not have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations, it did change our disclosure policies for fair value. This ASU became effective for reporting periods (including interim periods) beginning after December 15, 2011, and we adopted this ASU for the interim period ending March 31, 2012.

On June 16, 2011, the FASB ratified ASU No. 2011-05, "Presentation of Comprehensive Income." This ASU eliminates the previous option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity. Upon adoption, other comprehensive income must be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. We adopted this ASU for the interim period ending March 31, 2012, which is the period for which it became effective for calendar year-end entities, and have elected to utilize 'two separate but consecutive statements' disclosure for this interim presentation.

On September 15, 2011, the FASB ratified ASU No. 2011-08, "Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment." This ASU permits an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not (a likelihood of more than 50 percent) that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. After assessing qualitative factors, if an entity determines that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, no further testing is necessary. If an entity determines that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value, then the traditional two-step goodwill impairment test must be performed. This ASU became effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011, but early adoption was permitted. Although we did not early-adopt ASU No. 2011-08 during 2011, we will evaluate the standard when performing our future goodwill impairment tests.

Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or AICPA, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, did not have, or are not believed by management to have, a material impact on our present or future consolidated financial statements.

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Investments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Investments [Abstract]

Investments

	March 31, 2012
			Gross				Estimated
	Amortized		Unrealized				Fair
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	235,184	$	678	$	103	$	235,759
GSEs		36,574		50		6		36,618
Municipal securities		51,963		305		28		52,240
U.S. treasury notes		30,953		41		4		30,990
Certificates of deposit		2,374		—		—		2,374
Auction rate securities		18,850		—		2,721		16,129
	$	375,898	$	1,074	$	2,862	$	374,110

	December 31, 2011
			Gross				Estimated
	Amortized		Unrealized				Fair
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	231,407	$	442	$	215	$	231,634
GSEs		33,912		46		9		33,949
Municipal securities		47,099		232		18		47,313
U.S. treasury notes		21,627		121		—		21,748
Certificates of deposit		2,272		—		—		2,272
Auction rate securities		19,000		—		2,866		16,134
	$	355,317	$	841	$	3,108	$	353,050

Contractual maturities of investments

			Estimated
	Cost		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	193,996	$	194,299
Due one year through five years		163,552		164,118
Due after ten years		18,350		15,693
	$	375,898	$	374,110

Available-for-sale investments

	In a Continuous Loss				In a Continuous Loss
	Position				Position
	for Less than 12 Months				for 12 Months or More				Total
	Estimated				Estimated				Estimated
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
	Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Value		Losses
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	32,085	$	103	$	—	$	—	$	32,085	$	103
GSEs		4,674		6		—		—		4,674		6
Municipal securities		12,565		28		—		—		12,565		28
Auction rate securities		—		—		16,129		2,721		16,129		2,721
U.S. treasury notes		7,052		4		—		—		7,052		4
	$	56,376	$	141	$	16,129	$	2,721	$	72,505	$	2,862

The following table segregates those available-for-sale investments that have been in a continuous loss position for less than 12 months, and those that have been in a loss position for 12 months or more as of December 31, 2011.

	In a Continuous Loss				In a Continuous Loss
	Position				Position
	for Less than 12 Months				for 12 Months or More				Total
	Estimated				Estimated				Estimated
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
	Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Value		Losses
	(In thousands)
Corporate debt securities	$	72,766	$	215	$	—	$	—	$	72,766	$	215
GSEs		11,493		9		—		—		11,493		9
Municipal securities		12,033		18		—		—		12,033		18
Auction rate securities		—		—		16,134		2,866		16,134		2,866
	$	96,292	$	242	$	16,134	$	2,866	$	112,426	$	3,108

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Receivables (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Health Plans segment:
Total Health Plans segment	$ 181,979	$ 121,776
Total receivables	222,254	167,898
California Health Plan [Member]
Health Plans segment:
Total Health Plans segment	61,799	22,175
Michigan Health Plan [Member]
Health Plans segment:
Total Health Plans segment	11,362	8,864
Missouri Health Plan [Member]
Health Plans segment:
Total Health Plans segment	24,390	27,092
New Mexico Health Plan [Member]
Health Plans segment:
Total Health Plans segment	10,728	9,350
Ohio Health Plan [Member]
Health Plans segment:
Total Health Plans segment	31,655	27,458
Texas Health Plan [Member]
Health Plans segment:
Total Health Plans segment	16,335	1,608
Utah Health Plan [Member]
Health Plans segment:
Total Health Plans segment	3,886	2,825
Washington Health Plan [Member]
Health Plans segment:
Total Health Plans segment	17,014	15,006
Wisconsin Health Plan [Member]
Health Plans segment:
Total Health Plans segment	2,001	4,909
Other Health Plan [Member]
Health Plans segment:
Total Health Plans segment	2,809	2,489
Molina Medicaid Solutions Segment [Member]
Health Plans segment:
Total receivables	$ 40,275	$ 46,122

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Fair Value Measurements (Details) (Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	$ 374,110	$ 353,050
Level 1 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	67,608	55,697
Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	290,373	281,219
Level 3 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	16,129	16,134
Corporate debt securities [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	235,759	231,634
Corporate debt securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Corporate debt securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	235,759	231,634
Corporate debt securities [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
GSEs [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	36,618	33,949
GSEs [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	36,618	33,949
GSEs [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
GSEs [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Municipal securities [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	52,240	47,313
Municipal securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Municipal securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	52,240	47,313
Municipal securities [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
U.S. treasury notes [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	30,990	21,748
U.S. treasury notes [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	30,990	21,748
U.S. treasury notes [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
U.S. treasury notes [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Certificates of deposit [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	2,374	2,272
Certificates of deposit [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Certificates of deposit [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	2,374	2,272
Certificates of deposit [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Auction rate securities [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	16,129	16,134
Auction rate securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Auction rate securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Auction rate securities [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis
Fair value of assets measured on recurring basis	$ 16,129	$ 16,134

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income	$ 18,089	$ 17,388
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments	296	(117)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	296	(117)
Comprehensive income	$ 18,385	$ 17,271

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Share-Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Share-Based Compensation [Abstract]

Share-Based Compensation

4. Share-Based Compensation

At March 31, 2012, we had employee equity incentives outstanding under three plans: (1) the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan; (2) the 2002 Equity Incentive Plan (from which equity incentives are no longer awarded); and (3) the 2000 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (from which equity incentives are no longer awarded). On March 1, 2012, our chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and chief operating officer were awarded 94,050 shares, 53,236 shares, and 30,167 shares, respectively, of restricted units with performance and service conditions. Each of the grants shall vest on December 31, 2012, provided that: (i) the Company's total operating revenue for 2012 is equal to or greater than $5.5 billion, and (ii) the respective officer continues to be employed by the Company as of December 31, 2012. Also on March 1, 2012, our chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, and chief accounting officer were awarded 8,000 shares, 8,000 shares, 8,000 shares, and 3,000 shares, respectively, of restricted units subject to certification of our Idaho MMIS by CMS. The respective officers must also be employed by the Company when the performance conditions are met. In the event the vesting conditions are not achieved for both sets of awards, the equity compensation awards shall lapse. As of March 31, 2012, we expect both performance awards to vest in full.

Charged to general and administrative expenses, total stock-based compensation expense was as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Restricted stock/unit awards	$	4,398	$	3,806
Stock options (including shares issued under our employee stock purchase plan)		268		258
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	4,666	$	4,064

As of March 31, 2012, there was $22.0 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock awards, which we expect to recognize over a remaining weighted-average period of 2.8 years. As of March 31, 2012, there was $5.9 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted units with performance conditions, which we expect to recognize by December 31, 2012.

Unvested restricted stock and restricted stock activity for the three months ended March 31, 2012 is summarized below:

				Weighted
				Average
				Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value
Unvested balance as of December 31, 2011		1,435,882		$	18.97
Restricted stock awards granted		385,457			33.54
Restricted stock units with performance conditions granted		204,453			33.53
Vested		(683,649	)		20.24
Forfeited		(23,026	)		20.38
Unvested balance as of March 31, 2012		1,319,117			24.80

The total fair value of restricted stock and stock unit awards, including those with performance conditions, granted during the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 was $19.8 million and $15.6 million, respectively. The total fair value of restricted shares vested during the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 was $22.8 million and $8.6 million, respectively.

Stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2012 is summarized below:

								Weighted
				Weighted				Average
				Average		Average		Remaining
				Grant Date		Intrinsic		Contractual
	Shares			Fair Value		Value		term
						(In thousands)		(Years)
Stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2011		553,049		$	20.91
Granted		15,000			34.82
Exercised		(109,929	)		19.30
Stock options outstanding as of March 31, 2012		458,120			21.75	$	5,458		3.9
Stock options exercisable and expected to vest as of March 31, 2012		458,120			21.75	$	5,458		3.9
Exercisable as of March 31, 2012		443,120			21.31	$	5,458		3.7

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Segment Reporting (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Health Plans:
Premium revenue	$ 1,327,449	$ 1,081,438
Investment income	1,717	1,594
Molina Medicaid Solutions:
Service revenue	42,205	36,674
Revenue	1,373,580	1,119,706
Depreciation and amortization:
Depreciation and amortization	18,339	18,094
Operating income:
Operating income	33,420	31,300
Interest expense	4,298	3,603
Income before income taxes	29,122	27,697
Goodwill and intangible assets, net:
Goodwill and intangible assets, net	247,178		255,750
Total assets:
Total assets	1,740,004		1,652,146
Health Plans [Member]
Health Plans:
Premium revenue	1,327,449	1,081,438
Investment income	1,717	1,594
Rental income	2,209
Depreciation and amortization:
Depreciation and amortization	13,743	11,385
Operating income:
Operating income	25,011	29,606
Goodwill and intangible assets, net:
Goodwill and intangible assets, net	152,826		159,963
Total assets:
Total assets	1,501,964		1,425,764
Molina Medicaid Solutions [Member]
Molina Medicaid Solutions:
Service revenue	42,205	36,674
Depreciation and amortization:
Depreciation and amortization	4,596	6,709
Operating income:
Operating income	8,409	1,694
Goodwill and intangible assets, net:
Goodwill and intangible assets, net	94,352		95,787
Total assets:
Total assets	$ 238,040		$ 226,382

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Receivables (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Receivables [Abstract]

Summary of accounts receivable

	March 31,		December 31,
	2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Health Plans segment:
California	$	61,799	$	22,175
Michigan		11,362		8,864
Missouri		24,390		27,092
New Mexico		10,728		9,350
Ohio		31,655		27,458
Texas		16,335		1,608
Utah		3,886		2,825
Washington		17,014		15,006
Wisconsin		2,001		4,909
Others		2,809		2,489
Total Health Plans segment		181,979		121,776
Molina Medicaid Solutions segment		40,275		46,122
	$	222,254	$	167,898

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Share-Based Compensation (Details 1) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012
Unvested restricted stock and restricted stock activity
Unvested, Shares Beginning balance	1,435,882
Unvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Beginning balance	$ 18.97
Restricted stock awards and units granted, Shares	385,457
Restricted stock awards and units granted, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 33.54
Vested, Shares	(683,649)
Vested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 20.24
Forfeited, Shares	(23,026)
Forfeited, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 20.38
Unvested, Shares Ending balance	1,319,117
Unvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Ending balance	$ 24.80
Restricted stock units with performance conditions [Member]
Unvested restricted stock and restricted stock activity
Restricted stock awards and units granted, Shares	204,453
Restricted stock awards and units granted, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 33.53

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Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

14. Related Party Transactions

We have an equity investment in a medical service provider that provides certain vision services to our members. We account for this investment under the equity method of accounting because we have an ownership interest in the investee that confers significant influence over operating and financial policies of the investee. As of both March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, our carrying amount for this investment amounted to $3.9 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, we paid $6.6 million, and $5.4 million, respectively, for medical service fees to this provider.