HIPAA Audits – Phase 2: On-Site Audits Scheduled for First Quarter of 2017
Covered Entities and Business Associates may be ringing in the New Year with the prospect of responding to on-site HIPAA audits by federal regulators. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
View ArticleState Releases Medicaid Managed Care Invitation to Negotiate
Last Friday, July 14, 2017, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) released its long awaited Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) for State Wide Medicaid Managed Care services. The ITN, one...
View ArticleIssues and Analysis of the State’s Medicaid Managed Assistance ITN
The recently released Invitations to Negotiate (ITN) for Florida’s Statewide Medicaid Managed Care program (SMMC) parallels in large part the State’s initial procurements that were released in 2012 and...
View ArticleUncertainty Surrounds Low Income Pool (LIP) Funding
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in an August 3, 2017 letter to Florida’s Medicaid Director, approved a five-year extension of the State’s 1115 demonstration project, the Managed...
View ArticleFlorida Nursing Home Deaths Have Ripple Effects for Facilities Statewide
Hurricane Irma’s wrath knocked out power to much of Florida. At one South Florida senior rehabilitation center left in the dark, the generator was not powerful enough to sustain the air conditioning...
View Article2018 Legislative Session –A Sampling of Health Related Bills Filed
The 2018 Florida Legislative Session began its 60 day trek to completion on Tuesday, January 9, 2018. Both House and Senate will be debating various health related bills which may be of interest to...
View ArticleThe 2018 SMMC Proposed Contract Awards: Where Do You Go From Here?
On April 24 the Agency for Health Care Administration (“AHCA”) released its proposed contract awards for the Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (“SMMC”) Program. The determinations that AHCA made for...
View ArticleYear in Review/Year Ahead: Medicaid Expansion: An Unanswered Call in 2018
The Akerman Healthcare Practice Group, as part of its ongoing informational blogs and Practice Updates, will be publishing a series of articles, each outlining a significant healthcare industry issue...
View Article2019 Legislative Session – The Passage of Telehealth (HB 23)
In the closing days of this year’s legislative session, the Florida House and Senate came to agreement on statutory language that adopts the parameters for telehealth for Florida. HB 23, sponsored by...
View Article2020 Legislative Session –A Sampling of Health Related Bills Filed
The 2020 Legislative Session will begin its 60-day trek to completion on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. The following is a sample of bills that have been filed. We encourage you to review these bills, and...
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