Medicaid managed-care plans getting rate increases

Health plans that have been participating in the mandatory Medicaid managed-care program unfurled in Florida a little more than one year ago will be getting some pay increases in the coming months. A draft copy of the new rates shows that for the non-elderly population, plans wil, on average, have a 6.4 percent increase in rates over current rates, according to draft documents the Agency for Health Care Administration shared with the plans earlier this month. The average rate increase is…