Florida Eliminating ‘Low Priority’ Consumers From Medicaid Long-Term Care Waitlist, Cutting List from 59,259 to 1,562

Florida is planning to remove low-priority consumers from its Medicaid waitlist for long-term care waiver services, as called for by House Bill No. 1373, which went into effect on July 1, 2020. The legislation directed the Florida Department of Elder Affairs (DOEA), which maintains the waiver waitlist, to include only those consumers screened as high risk of nursing home placement. On September 17, 2020, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) began developing proposed rules to implement House Bill No. 1373. The laws is expected to reduce the number of people on the waitlist from the current . . .