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Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 12, 2015

It’s being called “The Right Place, The Right Time” bill by its supporters. Opponents think the measure, SB 784, is the wrong bill at the wrong time. Either way, it will be one of the most contested health care battles of the session and pits — once again — Florida’s largest physicians association against some […]

Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 6, 2015

What charges are appropriate when insured patients appear in hospital emergency rooms? What if the hospital is under contract with the insurance company but not the doctors who work there–such as anesthesiologists -because they generally are never employees. An “all star” panel of health care industry experts discussed the issue with members of the Senate […]

Christine Jordan SextonNovember 17, 2014

Florida’s sweeping experiment to overhaul its Medicaid program is fast approaching its next big step. And that’s trying to explain to those seeking health care coverage how well managed care plans are performing on a number of health care indicators. Agency for Health Care Administration officials on Friday unveiled the first glimpse of a report card […]

Christine Jordan SextonNovember 17, 2014

A proposed rule outlining how the poor, elderly and disabled will qualify for community-based services in a new Medicaid managed-care environment is getting a chilly review from some advocates, as well as the managed-care plans that will serve them. The proposal — 59G-4.193 — lays out how the state will assign people to the statewide […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 8, 2014

The Florida Association of Health Plans (FAHP), which represents billion-dollar HMOs, is pulling a bait-and-switch on the health of Florida’s most vulnerable children. They oppose important legislation designed to protect the oral health of underserved kids. At issue is roughly $200 million annually in taxpayer dollars that today provide care to kids through the “carved-out” […]

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Right place, right time or wrong bill at any time? SB 784 likely to spur doctors vs. health plans battle

Costs for emergency and out-of-network care eyed by Senate panel

Managed care “report cards” will be released in early 2015

Proposed long-term-care rule causes concerns

Sen. Flores & Rep. Diaz: Protect dental health of underserved kids