tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 43

MEDICAID: Florida Medicaid Getting Experimental

New plan aims at lower costs for benes.Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt approved on Oct. 19 a landmark Medicaid reform plan that will allow Florida beneficiaries to choose health care plans that best suit their needs--for the first time introducing competition and consumer choice to the government-funded health care program. And there's already talk of expanding the project nationwide.Enrollees will play a more active role in deciding how they will receive health care by selecting from a group of state-approved managed care plans that will compete for their business. Benes will have up to 30...

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