AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Instructions For Submitting Provider Comments; Statewide Medicaid Managed Care
Title: Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Long Term Care Procurement Provider Comment Submission Instructions
Location: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Procurement Office, Building 2, Suite 203, Mail Stop #15, 2727 Mahan Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32308-5403
Start Time: 8/31/2012
End Time: 9/14/2012, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Description: Instructions for submitting provider comments.
AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Medicaid
The Agency for Health Care Administration (Agency) announces instructions for submission of provider comments.
In compliance with Section 409.966(2), F.S., June 29, 2012, the Agency released eleven separate (one per Medicaid Region) and simultaneous procurements for the Long-term Care component of the Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) program. (The Invitation to Negotiate (ITNs) are listed in the table below.)
GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER: Pursuant to Section 409.966(3)(a)8., F.S., the Agency shall consider comments in writing by any enrolled Medicaid provider relating to a specifically identified plan participating in the procurement in the same region as the submitting provider. Comments shall be submitted to the Agency, in writing, by the Date/Time indicated in Section C.6, Solicitation Timeline, of each ITN and as outlined on the SMMC website.
Title
Number
Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long Term Care (LTC)-Region 1
AHCA ITN 001-12/13
Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long Term Care (LTC)-Region 2
AHCA ITN 002-12/13
Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long Term Care (LTC)-Region 3
AHCA ITN 003-12/13
Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long Term Care (LTC)-Region 4
AHCA ITN 004-12/13
Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long Term Care (LTC)-Region 5
AHCA ITN 005-12/13
Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long Term Care (LTC)-Region 6
AHCA ITN 006-12/13
Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long Term Care (LTC)-Region 7
AHCA ITN 007-12/13
Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long Term Care (LTC)-Region 8
AHCA ITN 008-12/13
Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long Term Care (LTC)-Region 9
AHCA ITN 009-12/13
Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long Term Care (LTC)-Region 10
AHCA ITN 010-12/13
Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long Term Care (LTC)-Region 11
AHCA ITN 011-12/13
The ITNs and relative information about the procurement, including the anticipated timelines, can be found on the Department of Management Services’ Vendor Bid System (VBS) at: http://www.myflorida.com/apps/vbs/vbs_www.main.menu.
Within two (2) business days of the public opening of responses, the Agency shall publish a list of respondents to each ITN for provider comments on the Agency’s Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) program website: http://ahca.myflorida.com/Medicaid/statewide_mc/index.shtml.
Providers may then submit written comments to the Agency using one of the following methods:
- Mail or Hand-Delivery
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
Procurement Office
Building 2, Suite 203, Mail Stop 15
2727 Mahan Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32308-5403
- E-mail: smmc.providercomments@ahca.myflorida.com
- Fax Transmittal: (850)488-0317
Comments shall be submitted to the Agency, in writing, by September 14, 2012, 5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Choose one method of submission for each distinct comment; do not submit the same comment through more than one submission method. If a comment has been submitted via fax, the same comment shall not be submitted a second time through e-mail, mail or hand-delivery. The Agency will consider each distinct comment only once. Additionally, the Agency will only consider comments submitted by enrolled Medicaid providers within the same region as the specifically identified plan participating in the procurement.
Include the following information with each written comment: (1) Submitting Provider Name, (2) Medicaid ID Number, (3) Name of Plan the comment relates to, and (4) Solicitation Number.
