By JAMES CALL – The federal government has approved a long-term care waiver for the Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Program. Patients, mainly nursing home residents but some who still live in their homes, will be enrolled in private health-maintenance organizations or other types of managed-care programs. Gov. Rick Scott lobbied U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for the waiver last month on a trip to Washington. Scott says Florida’s plan to overhaul how Medicaid services are delivered will lower costs.
“The additional flexibility provided through this waiver helps improve our system,” said Scott in a news release Monday. “And HHS approval allows us to begin implementing changes to our current Medicaid program.”
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