Medicaid

One executive order opens a special enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act from Feb. 15 to May 15.

The budget proposal would increase funding for public schools and target environmental projects, including Everglades restoration, despite shortfalls from the coronavirus pandemic.

FBI agents raided WellCare's Tampa headquarters in 2007 as part of the investigation. A statement issued by the White House said the prosecution has been “widely cited as a case study in overcriminalization.”

Advocates say redaction fees make it difficult for Medicaid recipients to access records that could help them with benefits appeals.

The pandemic was the dominant — but not the only — health policy story of 2020. In this Kaiser Health News podcast, panelists look at some of the year's biggest non-coronavirus stories.

State economists say a $342 million current-year surplus will turn into a nearly $1.25 billion shortfall in the 2021-22 fiscal year, “primarily caused by the end of the supplementary federal funding.”

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.

A high-ranking Medicaid official conceded that the state is experiencing some of the biggest increases in the program.

The Trump administration has given states ways to restrict spending on the government insurance program for low-income Americans. A Biden administration would expand Medicaid coverage.

Medicaid enrollment will balloon by more than 14 percent during the state’s current fiscal year, with economists predicting an average monthly enrollment…