retroactive eligibility

A key senator Thursday proposed keeping in place a controversial Medicaid change that reduces spending. Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations…

The Senate continues to move along a bill that would make permanent the elimination of a 90-day Medicaid retroactive eligibility period. Over the…

A new era in the Medicaid program will begin Friday when the state eliminates a long-standing policy about paying health-care bills that accumulate while…

Medicaid enrollees in Florida will have a much shorter window to apply thanks to a change approved by the federal government. But the reason given for the…

Despite fears that the move could cut access to health care for poor residents, Florida has won approval from the federal government for a change that…

Nearly $100 million the state assumed would be saved by changing a policy about patient eligibility for Medicaid won’t come to fruition this year.Tom…

A federal court decision to block a change to Kentucky’s Medicaid program could affect a similar request from Florida.Both states asked to eliminate…

A national group has asked the federal government to extend the deadline for public comment on Florida’s proposed Medicaid changes after a glitch on…

Incoming Florida Senate Minority Leader Audrey Gibson sent a letter Monday to the federal government accusing Gov. Rick Scott’s administration of…

From opioid prescription limits to an agreement on the regulation of trauma centers, it was a busy year for health care issues in the Florida…