High-ranking Florida Medicaid official resigns post
One of Florida’s top Medicaid officials has resigned.
Deputy Secretary for Data and Finance Tom Wallace stepped down Thursday afternoon, Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) Secretary Jason Weida announced in an email Friday morning.
Weida advised agency staff to work with Matt Cooper, now Acting Deputy Secretary for Data and Finance. Weida said Wallace is on annual leave for “the next few weeks,” meaning he will continue to draw his salary.
Wallace, hired in 1999, made $183,855 annually, according to state records.
“I thank Tom for his many years of service to Florida’s Medicaid program, the agency and the state of Florida, and wish him all the best in his future endeavors,” Weida w...
