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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...
Currently, Amerigroup offers health care services through three government programs that target different segments of the country's low-income population: Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicare.
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".
A Florida rule excluding gender-affirming health care from Medicaid coverage is unlawful and unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, adding that the policy, enacted last year under...
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.
TALLAHASSEE, FL — A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Florida rules championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis restricting Medicaid coverage for gender dysphoria treatments for potentially...
“We do have a sign-on letter, calling for the governor to present a plan on how the state will determine eligibility for Medicaid recipients. As of Jan. 10, the state hasn’t released a...
Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with low income in the United States, providing free health insurance to 85 million low-income and disabled people as of 2022; in 2019, the program paid for half of all U.S. births.
In May, Gov. Ron DeSantis had this to say, after signing one of the toughest abortion bans in the nation: “One of the things I’m most proud of is that the state of Florida stands unequivocally ...