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Florida’s healthcare chief Liz Dudek on hot seat as Senate considers her confirmation

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The session-long drama over health care and Medicaid expansion may peak today when a Senate panel considers the confirmation of Liz Dudek, the head of the agency that oversees Medicaid. Dudek rolled through a previous committee stop, but a flurry of finger-pointing regarding negotiations between the federal government and the state over the last two weeks, has changed all that. One big question looming from Senate leaders: What did the Agency for Health Care Administration actually do to try to…

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Andy Gardiner says Senate won’t play games with Rick Scott’s health nominees

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The Florida Senate isn’t going to play games with Gov. Rick Scott’s executive appointments in the wake of the Medicaid meltdown that is occurring in Tallahassee. Senate President Andy Gardiner on Wednesday told reporters that he holds Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Liz Dudek in high regard and doesn’t see her nomination to run the state’s Medicaid agency at risk. “I like the secretary a lot and I have a tremendous amount of respect for her,” Gardiner said. He…

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Rick Scott says feds told state, ‘Don’t call us, we’ll call you’ regarding LIP negotiations

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Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday said the state of Florida did not cut off negotiations with the federal government and put blame for the Medicaid meltdown on the federal government, instead. Scott told a group of reporters Wednesday afternoon that negotiators with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told Medicaid Deputy Director Justin Senior that they wouldn’t be able to meet with him for a few weeks and, “Don’t call us, basically, we’ll call you.” Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Liz Dudek issued a…

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Gov. Rick Scott mum on the hot issue of the 2015 session: Medicaid expansion

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As Medicaid expansion and healthcare access threatens to blow the 2015 legislative session sky high Florida Gov. Rick Scott has remained quiet on where he stands. And there are no signs so far that will change even though the ongoing stalemate over the budget could derail some of Scott’s top priorities for this year’s session. Scott’s press office did not comment on whether Scott supported a Medicaid expansion under the federal healthcare law or a modified Medicaid expansion as proposed…

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Senate Prez Andy Gardiner says it’s time to find ‘common ground’ on health care

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Senate President Andy Gardiner issued a plea to the House late Wednesday night after hearing news that the federal government has stopped negotiating with the state over the future of a $2 billion program called Low Income Pool. “The time has come to find common ground and present a unified solution that is best for Floridians,” Gardiner said in a release. “We hope others will join us at the table to discuss a way forward.” But it appears he may be sitting at…

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Feds temporarily cut off LIP talks with state, Dudek says

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The federal government has temporarily cut off Low Income Pool negotiations with Florida,  making it difficult for the Legislature to complete its budget and bring the regular legislative session to an end on time. Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Liz Dudek sent a statement to the press late Wednesday night announcing that the chief negotiator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Eliot Fishman, will not be available for at least two weeks. “This was sudden and disappointing…

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Liz Dudek gets greenlight from Senate committee to continue as AHCA secretary

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She fielded questions from the Low Income Pool to statewide Medicaid Managed Care but it was clear from the get-go that members of the Senate Health Policy Committee held Elizabeth “Liz” Dudek in high regard and her confirmation to lead the state Agency for Health Care Administration would be approved. Gov. Rick Scott reappointed Dudek on Jan. 29, 2015. She is a rarity in Tallahassee: She was an agency secretary under Gov. Charlie Crist as well as Gov. Scott. While she had…

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