CMS Approves Five Year Extension of Florida Medicaid Managed Care Demonstration
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law
On August 3, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a five-year extension of Florida’s Managed Medical Assistance (MMA) section 1115 demonstration. It allows the state to operate a capitated Medicaid managed care program and a low-income pool (LIP) to provide continuing support for the safety net providers that furnish charity care to the uninsured.
CMS touted the approval as part of its efforts to give states more flexibility to design and tailor Medicaid programs to their specific needs.
Tools For More Effective Medicaid Programs.
This demonstration provides the state with new tools to help it meet the following goals:
• Provides necessary financial support to public teaching hospitals, children’s hospitals, and other hospitals for the care they furnish to low-income uninsured Floridians; and
• Strengthens the breadth […]
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law