Florida Medicaid

Seeking to improve care and lower costs, Florida this month became the first state to offer a Medicaid health plan designed exclusively for people with…

Florida Medicaid’s aim to enroll virtually all program beneficiaries into private managed care plans begins its greatest challenge today. The transition…

Ninety-three organizations in the state that are working in coalition under the title Health Care for Florida Now are asking Floridians to sign a petition…

Two nursing home executives have accepted a plea deal that would ban them from ever taking Florida Medicaid or any federally funded health care payments,…

Florida Medicaid officials have decided to give an extra payment to managed-care plans to cover the unexpected cost of a new treatment for a common viral…

(Editor's note: This article contains two corrections.)Florida's Medicaid agency has set up guidelines for use of hepatitis C drugs that will limit their…

Florida pediatricians say they are worried about what will happen to young special-needs patients as the state privatizes the Children's Medical Services…

It’s May 1, and a host of counties are now part of a new Florida Medicaid program that includes almost all recipients. That has led to a lot of confusion,…

Thousands of former foster youth are gaining health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.The new law extends Medicaid coverage for former foster youth…

A panel that makes decisions about which drugs Florida Medicaid should cover has added the new hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, which costs over $80,000 for one…