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The state Agency for Health Care Administration website reports that 4.79 million people were enrolled in January, down from 4.86 million in December.
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The Biden administration is requiring states give CHIP beneficiaries 12 months of continuous coverage, even if families don't pay monthly premiums. State lawyers say premiums are needed for expansion of coverage signed into law last year.
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The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration says A Hialeah Women Center did not comply with a law requiring information to be provided to patients at least 24 hours before procedures.
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The decision does not end the case, as the revised lawsuit with additional plaintiffs will continue. But it will push back consideration of an injunction and class certification.
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Florida Hospital Association president Mary Mayhew tells "The Florida Roundup" that she hopes people can start benefitting from the program within the year.
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AHCA Secretary Jason Weida told a state House panel he is “cautiously optimistic” the FDA will approve the plan, which the state has been pursuing since 2019.
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More than 670,000 people in Florida were dropped from the program after the end of a federal public health emergency.
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As Medicaid programs across the country review enrollees’ status in the wake of the pandemic, patients struggle to navigate the upheaval.
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A federal judge will hear arguments in Jacksonville on a request for a preliminary injunction that would require Medicaid officials to reinstate coverage to people dropped during the "unwinding."
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AHCA lawyers argued the state is not enforcing the rule as a “categorical ban” on coverage because Medicaid patients could seek variances or waivers through an administrative process.