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Rick Scott: ‘It took a lawsuit’ to get LIP agreement

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Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday claimed victory after the federal government notified the state of an “agreement in principle” that lays the framework for how Florida can spend $1.6 billion in supplemental Medicaid spending over the next four years. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Director Vikki Wachino‘s coveted agreement letter for the Low Income Pool came just hours after Scott signed the 2015-16 budget into law, putting to rest the debate over appropriate healthcare funding and how much federal money…

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Budget signed, LIP deal formalized (sort of), health care done for now

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Just hours after Gov. Rick Scott quietly signed a state spending plan into effect, the federal government gave Florida a long-awaited “agreement in principle” letter that all but formalizes an agreement between Florida and the federal government on hospital funding for the next year. The coveted agreement, which the state had hoped to secure in April so the Legislature could draft a budget before the end of the 2015 regular legislative session, lays out a two-year agreement that expires in June…

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Gov. Scott slashes $461 million in special projects

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Rick Scott vetoed  $461.4 million in special projects when he signed the fiscal year 2015-16 budget  early Tuesday morning, in his office and not in the public. No governor has vetoed more in cash projects than Scott did early this morning, his staff claims in a prepared statement. Included in the  veto list: $15 million for a University of Central Florida building; $13.65 million for Dispersed Water Management; $9.5 million for Florida Association of Free and Charitable Clinics; $3 million for…

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Richard Corcoran to Rick Scott: ‘Go forth boldly and veto’

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House budget chief Richard Corcoran has a message for Gov. Rick Scott. “I would tell the governor to go forth boldly and veto,” Corcoran, said paraphrasing Martin Luther. Corcoran worked with Senate budget chief Tom Lee to hammer out a nearly $79 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2015-16. Addressing a group of reporters outside the House chambers minutes after the Legislature agreed to sine die, Corcoran said Florida governors have line-item veto authority.  Despite legislative attempts to protect portions…

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Lawmakers building a veto-proof healthcare budget

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Florida’s legislative leaders are trying to make the healthcare financing decisions they made during the June special session veto-proof. The Florida House and Senate were at odds throughout the 2015 regular legislative session on health care spending and policy. Indeed, the inability to agree on how much additional Medicaid funding to include the budget was the reason the chamber’s didn’t pass a budget on time. But that was then and this is now. House and Senate leaders not only agreed…

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Patrick Murphy lashes out at Legislature on Obamacare

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As lawmakers prepared to pass the  near $79 billion budget that will guide state spending for the next year, U.S. Senate hopeful Patrick Murphy joined a group of Democratic lawmakers outside the Old Capitol on Friday chastising the Florida Legislature for not passing a bill to take advantage of federal Medicaid dollars. U.S. Rep. Murphy not only criticized the state for not tapping into the federal dollars, he said Florida should have been working on a plan that would safeguard…

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Molina Healthcare points to acquisitions, accounting practices for its impaired net worth

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A managed-care plan that fell below statutory surplus requirements is citing, among other things, acquisitions and state reporting requirements for the dip in net worth. The Office of Insurance Regulation entered into a consent order (see below) with Molina Healthcare of Florida on May 15. The consent orders allow the Florida plan to continue to accept new enrollment and requires the parent company to assure its financial stability. Leigh Woodward of Molina Healthcare of Florida attributed the company’s impaired net worth for…

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