Acentra Health Awarded 5-Year Contract Extension To Oversee Utilization Management Services For Florida Medicaid  

Acentra Health received a new five-year contract from Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration, extending its 12 years of oversight of Medicaid utilization management. The contract covers services provided to beneficiaries enrolled in the state’s fee-for-service (FFS) Medicaid program and those receiving select Medicaid managed care carve-out services. The carve-out services include behavior analysis and prescribed pediatric extended care. 

The contract began in 2011 under eQHealth, which was acquired by Kepro and is now Acentra Health. Its services include 18 areas of utilization review in FFS Medicaid covering one million Florida beneficiaries, including . . .