Heartland

Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Florida’s Medicaid Program

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...
Politifact

Gov. Rick Scott kept his promise on Medicaid waivers

Rick Scott, a former health care company CEO, campaigned on promises in 2010 to fight to repeal Obamacare and reform Medicaid with a waiver. Florida first received a waiver for the program in 2005 ...
American Hospital Association

CMS finalizes changes to Medicaid provider tax waiver rules

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Jan. 29 issued a final rule regarding states non-uniform or non-broad-based ...
JD Supra

Proposed Rule on Medicaid Tax Waivers: CMS Moves to Close a Loophole Shifting Costs to the Federal Government

On May 15, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule, entitled “Preserving Medicaid Funding for Vulnerable Populations – Closing a Health Care-Related Tax ...
WVXU

FSSA says changes to key eligibility assessment for Medicaid waiver services take effect July 1

Holly Wimsatt, director of the Bureau of Disabilities Services within FSSA, said the agency is introducing new evaluation tools specifically designed for children and infants. She also said a ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Florida Gov. Rick Scott Expands Medicaid

Florida Gov. Rick Scott became the seventh Republican governor to agree to accept federal funds in exchange for expanded eligibility for the state’s Medicaid program. The governor’s announcement took ...