Florida Medicaid

A group of lawmakers in the state House of Representatives from both parties stood together and said they want to extend the 60 days of Medicaid coverage after birth.

It would allow for mothers to receive Medicaid coverage for a full year, rather than the current two months.

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan would cover 90% of the cost to enroll an estimated 800,000 Floridians in Medicaid and increase the federal pay rate for all Medicaid enrollees for the next two years.

A report from the Florida Policy Institute found that Medicaid expansion could save the state $200 million while extending health care coverage to over 900,000 residents.

Florida lawmakers are facing a $2 billion budget shortfall. To fill that gap, Senate President Wilton Simpson says “everything is on the table.”

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The audit involves as many as 36,411 claims totaling $5.45 million.

Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed more than $140.5 million in health care spending from the state’s new budget Monday as he brought the spending plan in line with…

Insurance regulators in Florida and 16 other states have approved a proposed merger between Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans and Centene Corp., the...

State economists are struggling to come up with estimates of how much it would cost the state and how it would affect Florida’s economy if voters...

Managed care organizations that want to challenge the award of upward of $90 billion in Medicaid contracts to nine health plans across the state have...

Proposed changes to Florida’s Medicaid eligibility requirements would make it harder for people to get coverage after they become sick.