New bill revises AHCA Medicaid practices Nicole Pasia | Jun 22, 2021
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Medicaid, the second largest single program in the state after education, currently serves about 4.5 million low-income Floridians and makes up roughly one third of the FY 2020-2021 state budget. According to the bill analysis, some of the information in some progress reports are already published online, or only apply to a small portion of recipients, and are therefore unnecessary.
The list of reports eliminated includes:
Medicaid Managed Care Transition Report
Pharmaceutical Expense Assistance Program Report
Medicaid Drug Spending Control Program Report
The quarterly published Medicaid Managed Care Transition Report detailed the AHCA’s progress as it transitioned from traditional Medicaid programming to Medicaid managed care. According to the analysis:
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