Between March 2023 and October 2024, Florida saw a sharp drop in Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment, going from 5.1 million to 3.8 million participants. According to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DeSantis administration wants to inject Hope Florida into Medicaid program TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The DeSantis administration wants ...

The funding, reported by Stat, flows through the state's Directed Payment Program and covers care delivered between Oct. 1, ...

Florida is cracking down on Medicaid fraud, particularly among providers serving children with special needs. Over $72 ...

Jennifer Wiedmeyer used to take her 10-year-old son, Hayden, to a long list of doctors, including cardiologists, immunologists and therapists, all part of the careful routine that kept him healthy and ...

Medicaid plays an especially vital role for Hispanic families. In Florida, more than 35% of Medicaid recipients are of Hispanic descent. PAUL KITAGAKI JR. pkitagaki@sacbee.com When considering the ...

A majority of music, art and other expressive therapists approved to treat disabled and autistic children in Florida were not professionallycertified and had not undergone a comprehensive background ...

Welcome back to Diagnosis, a vertical focused on the intersection of healthcare policy and politics. ___ — Sprinkles, Part I — The Senate’s supplemental funding lists millio ...

TALLAHASSEE -(CBSMiami/NSF) -- As part of a flurry of last-minute pardons and commutations, President Donald Trump granted pardons to five former executives of WellCare Health Plans who were convicted ...

A coalition of Florida health advocates is sounding the alarm over a federal budget proposal that could make unprecedented cuts to Medicaid. A budget blueprint approved by the House this week is ...

A federal judge ruled this week that Florida violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of thousands of people it had removed from the Medicaid rolls following the end of the COVID-19 public ...

TALLAHASSEE — The DeSantis administration wants to do for Florida Medicaid recipients what it’s been trying to do for people on food stamps and welfare — use Hope Florida’s network of nonprofits to ...