The Florida House of Representatives has approved legislation that would shift the state's 2.9 million Medicaid recipients in "HMO-style plans," according to an Orlando Sentinel report.
Under the legislation, Medicaid recipients would be assigned to one of eight regional HMOs or provider-service networks.
The state's Senate Health Regulation Committee passed a similar measure earlier this week. However, the Senate's plan would exempt developmentally disabled recipients from the HMO/network plans. The Senate measure also proposed a different number of Medicaid regions, according to the report.
The measure would need approval by both the House and Senate as well as approval by the Gov. Rick Scott to become law.
Read the Orlando Sentinel report on Florida Medicaid.
Read more coverage on Florida healthcare:
- Florida Gov. Rick Scott Starts Probe of Public Hospitals
Under the legislation, Medicaid recipients would be assigned to one of eight regional HMOs or provider-service networks.
The state's Senate Health Regulation Committee passed a similar measure earlier this week. However, the Senate's plan would exempt developmentally disabled recipients from the HMO/network plans. The Senate measure also proposed a different number of Medicaid regions, according to the report.
The measure would need approval by both the House and Senate as well as approval by the Gov. Rick Scott to become law.
Read the Orlando Sentinel report on Florida Medicaid.
Read more coverage on Florida healthcare:
- Florida Gov. Rick Scott Starts Probe of Public Hospitals