Agency for Health Care Administration, Medicaid

 

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

Medicaid

State Plan Amendment

The Agency for Health Care Administration is requesting an amendment to the Medicaid State Plan for the Long Term Care Reimbursement Plan. The amendment updates buy-back provisions as authorized in the General Appropriation’s Act for State Fiscal Year 2018-2019, makes changes to correspond to the statutory updates in 409.908, F.S. to implement a prospective payment system, and makes technical and editorial changes. This amendment to the State Plan will have a federal fiscal impact with an expected decrease of ($419,171) in federal funds for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2017-18 and an expected increase of $9,207,044 in federal funds for FFY 2018-19.  The effective date for this amendment will be October 1, 2018.

Interested parties may contact the following staff for further information: Zainab Day, Medicaid Program Finance, located at 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 23, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5407; by telephone at: [phone] or by e-mail at:[e-mail].