Agency for Health Care Administration, Medicaid

 

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Medicaid

State Plan Amendment

The Agency for Health Care Administration is submitting an amendment to the Medicaid State Plan, to implement the primary care rate increases according to the requirements published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Federal Register on November 6, 2012. Section 1202 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires state Medicaid agencies to pay primary care physicians a fee that is at the level of the Medicare rate for certain services during calendar years 2013 and 2014. The federal government will match at 100% the increased cost between 2009 Medicaid fee levels and the required Medicare level during this 24 month period. The fee increase is required in both FFS payments and capitated managed care programs. The effective date of this fee increase will be January 1, 2013.

For information on the primary rate increase, Interested parties may contact the following staff for further information: Eleanor Cofer, Medicaid Services, located at 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 20, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5407; by telephone at: [phone] or by e-mail at: [e-mail].