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House minority leader says there’s a chance for Medicaid expansion this year

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There may be hope this year for Medicaid expansion in the Florida House of Representatives. House Minority Leader Mark Pafford said at a press conference on Thursday that he believes House Speaker Steve Crisafulli may agree to a healthcare plan that would tap into federal Medicaid dollars to craft a plan for Florida. Why? “He is a never type of never type of guy,” said Pafford. “I think we all need to be optimists. I think there is a way…

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No supplemental Medicaid dollars? Then no tax breaks or member projects, says Senate budget chief

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Budget chief state Sen. Tom Lee said on Wednesday that tax cuts and member projects will be put on hold in the Senate until there is some resolution of whether Florida will receive additional Medicaid supplemental dollars to help pay hospitals, federally qualified health centers and Medicaid HMOs. After a marathon seven-plus-hour meeting where the committee tackled everything from Medicaid expansion, to land-buying, to education reforms, Lee said in a press availability with reporters that the $800 million in tax…

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How do hospitals fare under new Senate plan? Check and see

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In hopes of hanging on to a $2 billion pool of supplemental Medicaid dollars the state uses to help fund hospitals, federally qualified health centers, HMOs and other parts of Florida’s healthcare delivery system, the Florida Senate late last week proposed a new plan that it hopes the federal government will approve. So, just how much can hospitals expect to get under a redesigned Low Income Pool, or LIP  formula?  A spreadsheet released by the Senate late Friday showed that, if…

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Bill Day’s latest: The widening budget gap over Medicaid expansion

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Both the Florida House and Senate released spending plans for the upcoming fiscal year, providing funding for everything from education and transportation to the newly passed Amendment 1 land-conservation measure. Beyond that, however, the two budgets could not be further apart; almost $5 billion, to be exact. Bill Day’s latest takes aim at this fiscal chasm, which rests on a single issue – Medicaid expansion. The Senate proposal includes a portion of the $50 billion in federal money for expanding…

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Senate unveils alternative LIP model that increases base rates for all hospitals

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The Senate on Thursday will propose an alternative “Low Income Pool” model that would use supplemental Medicaid dollars to increase the base rates all hospitals are paid to treat the poor, elderly disabled, uninsured and underinsured. The new modified LIP plan would still give the major local contributors to the LIP program a healthy return on investment because the plan also calls on modifying Diagnostic Related Group payments for inpatient care to critical Medicaid providers, or those with trauma centers, neurological…

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Medicaid expansion and LIP alternative both in Senate budget, says Tom Lee

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The Senate budget will include nearly $3 billion in Medicaid dollars to expand coverage to roughly 800,000 people as well as an alternative plan to draw down supplemental Medicaid dollars to help pay hospitals and other providers for treating uninsured patients. That means the Senate and House budgets could be billions apart – a fact that could drag out the negotiations that usually occur between the two chambers. Sen Tom Lee said it would be “untenable” for the Senate to pass…

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House releases health care budget with no supplemental funds and deep staff cuts at Dept. of Health

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The House released a health care budget on March 17 that contains no supplemental Medicaid dollars traditionally used to help pay hospitals, federally qualified health centers, graduate medical education and even prepaid health plans. House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Matt Hudson said it would be “premature” for the House to include supplemental, or Low Income Pool, dollars in the budget given the fact the federal government has not approved the continuation of the program beyond June 30. Nevertheless,…

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