Articles in Category: 'HMO'

Medicaid Shift Could Face Unexpected Delay

By: Jim Saunders News Service of Florida | Posted: March 15, 2012 3:55 AM

TAGS: AHCA, Business, HMO, Medicaid, News

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Weekly Roundup: Worries -- Drug Test Problems, Granny Dumping

By: Jim Saunders News Service of Florida | Posted: June 18, 2011 3:55 AM

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Scott Says He's Been Trying to Sell Solantic

By: Brandon Larrabee and David Royse News Service of Florida | Posted: April 13, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: Brian Burgess, HMO, Karen Bowling, Medicaid, News, Palm Beach Post, Rick Scott, Solantic, St. Petersburg Times, Government

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Sick Call

By: Kenric Ward | Posted: March 18, 2010 12:53 AM

Medicaid is sick, and it's giving Florida a case of budget consumption.

Gobbling up nearly a third of the state's revenues, the medical program for the indigent and disabled is projected to cost Floridians $19 billion this year -- a billion more than last year.

What's worse, patients are unhappy about the level of care they receive, and some providers flat-out refuse to serve them.

TAGS: Alex Sink, budget, Don Gaetz, fraud, Health Care, HMO, Jeff Atwater, Joe Negron, legislature, McCollum, Medicaid, News, Politics, Government

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Attorney General, Sen. Negron rally against HMO fraud

Posted: March 9, 2010 6:22 PM

Sen. Joe Negron, R-Palm City, and Attorney General Bill McCollum, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, advocated Tuesday for a plan that will allow the state to crack down on Medicaid fraud and also give it new potential to come down hard on HMO fraud.

TAGS: Bill McCollum, Don Gaetz, HMO, Joe Negron, Medicaid, News, SB 8, Politics, Government

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