AHCA

Two families from Northeast Florida claim the state's Medicaid program is illegally applying the same criteria to infants and children with medically complex needs that it applies to adults.

More Floridians are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 than at any point in the pandemic: 22,6% of total in-patient beds on Wednesday, according to the HHS.

Gov. Ron DeSantis let an executive order declaring a public health emergency expire Saturday, and with it many regulatory flexibilities providers received during the pandemic including those related to telehealth.

New hospice programs may now be coming to seven counties, including Broward, Lee and Manatee, which were not included in a Feb. 5 list of areas that needed new programs.

Among the changes: “Wrap around” payments will go from a monthly back to a quarterly schedule and prior authorizations will resume for behavioral health services.

The state wants a 30-day extension to consider the effects of using added funds from the American Rescue Plan for home- and community-based services.

Tampa General Hospital and Adventist Health System filed challenges to the proposed organ-transplant rule, while UF Health Shands and Miami’s Jackson Memorial joined in another challenge to the rule.

This is the first time AHCA is focusing coronavirus vaccination efforts on the medically vulnerable, having first prioritized inoculations for health care workers and seniors older than 65.

Two Florida officials said foreign hackers apparently infiltrated systems for the Agency for Health Care Administration and other agencies.

The suit asks a judge to require the state to make available records that show how final Medicaid decisions are made and preclude AHCA from charging special fees on certain redactions.

The Agency for Health Care Administration will hold a public meeting Dec. 17 on the proposed rule changes.

Florida has seen a spike in Medicaid enrollment since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and the agency responsible for enrolling and disenrolling people in the health-care program is swamped.