Settlement Agreement In Florida Pediatric Society et al., v . Dudek, et al.

On April 5, 2016, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) announced it had reached a settlement agreement with the Florida Pediatric Society and other plaintiffs regarding the state’s pediatric Medicaid rates. The state agreed to implement a series of strategies to ensure that rates for physicians serving children and expectant mothers, pediatric specialists, and dentists serving children pose no barrier to beneficiary access to care. The state will set performance measures for its Medicaid managed care plans to ensure that rates are adequate . . .