Posts Tagged ‘Agency for Health Care Administration’
AHCA to Conduct Virtual Site Reviews of Behavior Analysis Lead Analysts
Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has announced that effective Sept. 8, it will begin virtual site reviews of behavior analysis lead analysts who enrolled in Florida Medicaid as a behavior analysis lead analyst on or after Dec. 25, 2019, the effective date of the Agency’s promulgated Medicaid Provider Enrollment Policy. AHCA conducts Medicaid…
Read MoreAHCA Postpones BA Therapy Cuts
Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has decided to postpone planned cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates for behavioral health therapists, many of whom work with children on the autism spectrum. In March, AHCA proposed payment reductions for a variety of services as outlined below: Payments for Behavior Analysis Assessment to decrease from $385.19 to…
Read MoreOIG Report Critical of AHCA’s Nursing Home Violation Verifications
Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) is under fire for failing to ensure that nursing homes followed through and properly corrected deficiencies for which they were cited in 2015. A recently released report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reviewed 100 deficiencies at nursing homes…
Read MoreHME providers take hit following Univita collapse
Late last month, Univita Health Inc. filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The move came shortly after the Miramar-based home health services provider shuttered its doors and terminated its Florida Medicaid contracts. Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (ACHA) has told providers they must continue to provide services to patients for services that were previously authorized…
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