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This funds home and community-based services for people age 65 and older, or disabled residents age 18 or older eligible for Florida Medicaid. These people require nursing home-type care, but ...
Since then, HEW, has been reorganized as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 1980. This consequently brought Medicare and Medicaid under the jurisdiction of the HHS. [8] In March 1977, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) was established under HEW. [9] HCFA became responsible for the coordination of Medicare and ...
The Florida Supported Living Waiver, also called the FSL Waiver or "Little" Waiver is another Florida Medicaid Waiver Program. This Waiver currently has a spending cap of $14,792.00. [5] There are eleven services on this waiver. Many people on the FSL Waiver are waiting to get on the HCBS Waiver.
Home and Community-Based Services waivers (HCBS waivers) or Section 1915(c) waivers, 42 U.S.C. Ch. 7, § 1396n §§ 1915(c), are a type of Medicaid waiver. HCBS waivers expand the types of settings in which people can receive comprehensive long-term care under Medicaid.
Of the 1.9 million people in Florida who lost Medicaid coverage, according to KFF, patient advocates estimate that thousands of disabled people like Eakin have been affected.
Between March 2020 and November 2022, Florida’s Medicaid program increased from 3.8 million enrollees to 5.5 million, according to the judge’s order establishing the lawsuit’s classes.
Medicaid is the largest revenue source for FQHCs, but Medicare offers financial incentives, such as higher per-visit fees compared to non-FQHC providers, making FQHC status attractive. Under the Affordable Care Act, Medicare transitioned to a Prospective Payment System (PPS) in 2014, offering additional payments for preventive services and new ...
In May, Gov. Ron DeSantis had this to say, after signing one of the toughest abortion bans in the nation: “One of the things I’m most proud of is that the state of Florida stands unequivocally ...