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WellCare selected to continue participating in the Florida Healthy Kids program

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WellCare Health Plans, Inc. announced today that its Staywell Health Plan has been selected by the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation (FHKC) to continue to provide managed-care services for children 5-18 years of age, as part of the Florida Healthy Kids (FHK) program. Pending execution, the two-year contract will begin on Oct. 1, 2015, and may be extended for two additional years at FHKC’s discretion. Staywell will have an opportunity to serve children in the FHK program who live in Regions 1,…

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Gov. Scott announces eight state board appointments

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On Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott announced eight appointments, including four reappointments, to a variety of state regulatory boards. Florida Healthy Kids Corporation Board of Directors Scott named two and reappointed two others to the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation Board of Directors, the organization that collaborates with Florida KidCare to provide health coverage for children ages 5-18. Dr. Jose Armas, 31, of Coral Gables, is a physician for MCCI. He succeeds Dr. Judith Schaechter for a term ending June 30, 2017.…

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If Florida Health Choices is a gift, Richard Corcoran will return it

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Health Policy Committee Chairman and Vice Chairman Aaron Bean and Eleanor Sobel are working together on a Senate Medicaid expansion plan. But the two are at odds over how it should be administered, with Bean championing a little-known program called Florida Health Choices and Sobel throwing her weight behind the better known Florida Healthy Kids Corp, which administered the popular state children’s health insurance program. Sobel withdrew an amendment that would have carved the Florida Health Choices out of the mix in the development…

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Senate Health Policy Committee to decide how Medicaid expansion would be handled

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The Florida Senate is considering a Medicaid expansion and wants to create a new program to administer the expansion called the Florida Health Insurance Affordability Exchange. Senate Health policy committee members will not only debate the merits of tapping into available Medicaid dollars under the federal health-care law, often called Obamacare, but will also debate the merits of what organization should administer the new program. Senate Health Policy Committee chairman state Sen. Aaron Bean wants the Florida Health Choices Program…

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