3 managed care plans challenge Florida Medicaid procurement

3 managed care plans challenge Florida Medicaid procurement

Florida’s decision to award Medicaid-managed care contracts to health plans following a massive re-procurement is being challenged in state administrative court by three spurned providers.

Florida Politics has confirmed that Sentara, AmeriHealth Caritas and ImagineCare notified the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) of their intent to challenge the July 18 decision and another one from April.

The parties have 10 days from filing the Notice of Intent to file amended complaints. AHCA will likely refer the cases to the state Division of Administrative Hearings soon thereafter and a hearing should be held within 30 days.

In a release to Florida Politics, Sentara said the company was di...

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