Medicaid

The waivers aim to reduce the risk of eligible families losing Medicaid coverage due to procedural errors.

Eighty-two percent of people lost coverage for procedural reasons, also known as "red tape" reasons, such as not having responded to mail, having outdated contact info, or computer glitches.

The Agency for Health Care Administration oversees a Medicaid program that had grown to more than 5.53 million beneficiaries, as well as hospitals, nursing homes and most other health care facilities in Florida.

The women, both with disabilities, claim Florida's Medicaid program improperly denies coverage for incontinence supplies such as briefs, diapers and underpads.

National and state legal and LGBTQ-advocacy groups are preparing to fight a move by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to deny Medicaid coverage for treatments such as hormone therapy and puberty-blocking medication for transgender people.

Florida failed for nearly three months to pay tens of thousands of health-care claims for the state's sickest and neediest children due to software glitches blamed on the corporate merger of its two largest payment vendors, officials and executives said.

Opponents say the managed care revamp could make dentists less likely to treat Medicaid patients. But Rep. Sam Garrison argues the changes would make the system more comprehensive at less cost.

W.B., a 1-year-old boy with a rare genetic disorder called CHARGE syndrome, has spent much of his young life in Jacksonville-area hospitals. His doctors…

Florida is getting another boost in federal money after the Biden administration extended a public-health emergency, but it’s unclear if the…

A report from the Florida Policy Institute found that Medicaid expansion could save the state $200 million while extending health care coverage to over 900,000 residents.