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APD Takes Action to Prevent Elimination of Services

The Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD)and the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)

Today submitted an emergency plan to reduce provider payment rates by 15 percent for the next three months. This emergency action is to address APD’s more than $170 million deficit in the Medicaid waiver program.

Florida law (Chapter 393.0661(7) and (8) Florida Statutes) requires these agencies to take action when it is determined that APD is spending more money than was allocated by the legislature. APD received $805 million for waiver services this year. The plan will also eliminate the differential between agency and solo rates. In addition, the agency will not increase cost plans through Prior Service Authorizations or annual reviews without review and approval by the director of APD.

In the case of an emergency affecting an individual’s health and safety,APD will review a request for additional services using the criteria applied to crisis determinations. The emergency rule will be in effect until the end of the fiscal year which is June 30. APD Chief of Staff Vaughan said, “These actions are necessary to comply with statutory obligations so that we are not forced to eliminate services to this vulnerable population. APD is committed to protecting the health and safety of Floridians with developmental disabilities while living within our budget.â€

 

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APD Takes Action to Prevent Elimination of Services

 

The Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD)

and the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)

 

Today submitted an emergency plan to reduce provider payment rates by 15 percent for the next three months. This emergency action is to address APD’s more than $170 million deficit in the Medicaid waiver program.

Florida law (Chapter 393.0661(7) and (8) Florida Statutes) requires these agencies to take action when it is determined that APD is spending more money than was allocated by the legislature. APD received $805 million for waiver services this year. The plan will also eliminate the differential between agency and solo rates. In addition, the agency will not increase cost plans through Prior Service Authorizations or annual reviews without review and approval by the director of APD.

In the case of an emergency affecting an individual’s health and safety,

APD will review a request for additional services using the criteria applied to crisis determinations. The emergency rule will be in effect until the end of the fiscal year which is June 30. APD Chief of Staff Vaughan said, “These actions are necessary to comply with statutory obligations so that we are not forced to eliminate services to this vulnerable population. APD is committed to protecting the health and safety of Floridians with developmental disabilities while living within our budget.”

Below are many links to important

information that you need to know.

The first link is a letter from APD to: The Executive Office of Governor Rick Senator J.D. , Chair, Senate Budget Committee

Representative Grimsley, Chair, House Appropriation Committee.

http://apd.myflorida.com/news/news/2011/emergency-plan.pdf

Click here to read more about this and see new APD rates

Click here to read more about what AHCA wrote about this.

 

If you can only see this in a text format you can copy and past the

following link into your browser to read the full story.

This link is information from APD

http://apd.myflorida.com/news/news/2011/provider-memo.pdf

This link is information from AHCA

http://apd.myflorida.com/news/news/2011/emergency-rule-filing.pdf

 

If you have questions call your local APD area administrator.

Area 1. Walt Wooten

Area 2. Lynne C. Daw

Area 3. Jim

Area 4. Gayle Granger

Area 23. Sun Coast Geri , Acting Administrator

Area 7. Merari

Area 8. Marsha Vollmar

Area 9. Gerry Driscoll

Area 10. Martha L. ez

Area 11. Alvarez

Area 12. Edwin De Bardeleben or

Area 13. Clarence

Area 14. Monteath

Area 15. Karlan

 

 

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