Tag: Audrey Brown

Christine Jordan SextonNovember 3, 2021
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7min1020
The state’s Medicaid managed dental care program draws few complaints about the care it provides and users are highly satisfied, a high ranking health care official in the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis contends. Still, Florida Medicaid Director Tom Wallace says he would prefer the delivery of health care and dental care not be split […]

Ryan NicolDecember 12, 2018
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7min393
Part of the transition team for Governor-elect Ron DeSantis met Wednesday to discuss ways to lower health care costs. The Transition Advisory Committee on Health and Wellness gathered at the Turnbull Conference Center at Florida State University Wednesday afternoon. That committee is chaired by Lieutenant Governor-elect Jeanette Nuñez and co-chaired by Alan Levine, the former Secretary of Florida’s […]

Drew WilsonMarch 9, 2017
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2min497
The Florida Association of Health Plans will release a series of videos during the 2017 Legislative Session to highlight how help plans help Floridians. “As the 2017 Legislative Session gets underway and discussion and debate on the health care environment in our state continues, FAHP is launching the ‘Florida Patients Matter’ campaign and video series […]

Mitch PerryDecember 14, 2016
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4min584
After years of Medicaid reform experiments, the state of Florida rolled out managed care for more than 3.6 million Floridians in the summer of 2014. But at a hearing of the Florida Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services on Wednesday, the reviews were poor from  long term health care providers about lengthy delays in receiving Medicaid payments. […]

Staff ReportsFebruary 17, 2016
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9min290
The Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday voted 5-3 to approve a bill that targets funding for family planning and women’s health. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Kelli Stargel, says clinics that offer abortion services, like Planned Parenthood, are prohibited from receiving state funding. Laura Goodhue, executive director of the Florida Alliance […]

Ryan RayFebruary 16, 2016
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3min536
The Senate Health Policy Committee on Tuesday heard a workshop about changes to the state’s managed-care plans as they relate to pharmacists. The state Agency for Health Care Administration’s Deputy Secretary for Medicaid Justin Senior said the current plan works just fine, with providers abiding by strict time and distance standards: the maximum time from a pharmacy […]

Staff ReportsFebruary 16, 2016
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The Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved a proposal (SB 1442) that bans the practice of balance billing. The proposal, sponsored by Sen. Rene Garcia, is backed by CFO Jeff Atwater, who has said he wants consumers to pay no more than that what they would pay had they been in-network. Audrey Brown, president […]


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