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Florida's Medicaid call center is experiencing long wait times and high rates of disconnection that could be preventing families from renewing or accessing healthcare coverage, according to a...
Spanish-speaking Latino households trying to reach Florida's Medicaid call centers are facing hours of delays, new research shows, jeopardizing their ability to provide crucial information...
FLORIDA — Health advocates in Florida are warning that millions of low-income residents could soon lose Medicaid health coverage, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
The HCBS/DD medicaid waiver program helps cover the cost for things that regular medicaid does not pay for. The HCBS Waiver currently has 28 services and there is a spending cap based on the individuals needs. However, services must be "medically necessary".
Three Florida residents filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, alleging that state agencies aren't adequately notifying low-income and disabled people that their public health insurance is ending.
It has affiliated plans in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and licensees offering plans in several foreign countries; it also participates in the nationwide health insurance program for employees of the United States federal government.
Under an HCBS waiver, states can use Medicaid funds to provide a broad array of non-medical services (excluding room and board) not otherwise covered by Medicaid, if those services allow recipients to receive care in community and residential settings as an alternative to institutionalization.
While assigned to a Tampa Bay area physician’s account, the FBI said he was responsible for submitting claims to Florida Medicaid HMOs for services rendered by the doctor to Medicaid...
The Florida state Medicaid plan has recently introduced Baby Blocks, a mobile web app from UnitedHealthcare that helps pregnant women and new parents with prenatal and well-baby care.
Two consumer advocacy groups filed a lawsuit in a Florida federal court Tuesday seeking to halt the state’s termination of residents’ Medicaid benefits.