Medicaid

The Florida House on Friday began moving forward with its version of a plan aimed at boosting the number of physicians in the state and taking other steps to expand access to health care.

With the deadline of 11:59 p.m. Tuesday approaching, Florida has more than 4 million Obamacare enrollees. Nationally, the ACA added 3.7 million for a record tally of about 20 million.

The U.S. Department of Justice said it involved submitted improper claims to Medicare, Medicaid and the TRICARE military health-care program from 2024 to 2020.

Attorneys for the state say records that the state requested in August were improperly withheld.

As enrollment numbers continue to drop, Health and Human Services wrote to Florida and eight other states asking them to work with federal authorities to find solutions and get people insured again.

Kathleen Passidomo, who's making her "Live Healthy" initiative a priority during the session, discussed this and other issues on The Florida Roundup.

In a decade-long battle about kids with complex medical needs receiving care in nursing homes, the state describes a key part of the ruling as an “arbitrary and unachievable” goal.

Roughly 8 million people 65 and older have dementia or need help with two or more activities of basic daily life, like getting out of bed. Facing a severe shortage of aides and high costs, caregivers often cobble together a patchwork of relatives and friends to help.

The hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday, but U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard approved a continuance until Dec. 13 because the state’s lead lawyer was diagnosed this weekend with pneumonia.

Florida's MYACCESS website is keeping its name but changing its portal, meaning millions of Floridians will have to create a new account — many are in the middle of Medicaid redetermination.

The bottleneck caused by states’ reevaluation of Medicaid enrollees has swept up low-income families that rely on other safety-net services.

Ron DeSantis’ record as Florida governor provides some clues to how he would change the health care landscape if elected president.