This meeting is being held to afford interested persons the opportunity to express their views concerning the development of Choice Counseling as a part of Florida Senior Care. Section 409.912(5), Florida Statutes, mandates the Agency for Health ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS
Federal Aging Programs

The Agency for Health Care Administration, in conjunction with the Department of Elder Affairs, announces the following public meeting to which all interested persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: Monday, November 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

PLACE: Marks Street Senior Recreation Center, Ballroom, 99 East Marks Street, Orlando, FL 32803

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: This meeting is being held to afford interested persons the opportunity to express their views concerning the development of Choice Counseling as a part of Florida Senior Care. Section 409.912(5), Florida Statutes, mandates the Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the Department of Elder Affairs, to create an “integrated, fixed-payment delivery system for Medicaid recipients who are 60 years of age or older. The Agency for Health Care Administration shall implement the integrated system initially on a pilot basis in two areas of the state.” The Agency for Health Care Administration submitted waiver applications to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on January 26, 2006 and received Federal approval on September 13, 2006. This managed integrated long-term care program will be implemented in the following areas upon Legislative approval: The Panhandle Pilot Area – Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton Counties; and the Central Florida Pilot Area – Seminole, Orange, Brevard and Osceola Counties.

In accordance with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in these meetings should advise the Agency at least seven (7) days before the meeting by contacting: Sarala Hermes, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 20, Tallahassee, FL 32308, [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]