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Tampa-based U.S. District Judge William Jung issued an injunction in July to halt the rule, which was designed to help prevent discrimination in health care programs that receive federal money.
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The settlement had been in the works for more than a year, including AHCA going through a rule-making process to provide “medically necessary” incontinence supplies to adults, according to court documents.
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All three plans filed the challenges after getting shut out of receiving contracts to manage care for Medicaid beneficiaries.
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As Florida and other states wait for Deloitte to make fixes in computer systems, Medicaid beneficiaries risk losing access to health care and food.
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Florida KidCare, a childhood insurance option for some parents who lost coverage, is failing to offset the coverage gap left by the Medicaid unwinding.
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The health plans AmeriHealth Caritas Florida and Sentara Care Alliance are challenging decisions by AHCA to deny them contracts to manage care for Medicaid beneficiaries.
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More facilities are partnering with private equity-backed firms to offer combined emergency and urgent care. But patients may not realize prices vary between the two services — often by a lot.
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The program had nearly 5.78 million beneficiaries in April 2023, but enrollment has steadily decreased since the end of the federal public health emergency.
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With billions of dollars on the line, three protests about Medicaid managed care contracts have been sent to a state administrative law judge by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.
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A losing bidder has filed a lawsuit arguing that Florida health officials should be barred from moving forward with new Medicaid managed care contracts until its fight for a contract is resolved.