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Florida Health Insurance Study Phase II Project Overview and
Progress Report
Roundtable Discussion
Winter Park Health Foundation, Florida
Mel Chang, MPAAHC Administrator
Office of Medicaid Research and PolicyBureau of Medicaid Quality ManagementAgency for Health Care Administration
March 3, 2006
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Florida Health Insurance Study Phase II Project Overview and
Progress Report Overview
FHIS Phase II is funded by the HRSA State Planning Grant Program.
The project explores the ability of ambulatory care safety-net providers, in particular, community health centers, to organize into ‘health plans’ in order to participate in coverage expansion efforts for low-income, uninsured Floridians as well as to accommodate changes to the Medicaid program.
The overarching goal of the project is to explore the feasibility of developing a health insurance program or option that can be implemented and offered by the ambulatory safety-net.
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Florida Health Insurance Study Phase II Project Overview and
Progress Report FHIS Phase II Project Objectives
– To document and describe the characteristics of the ambulatory care safety-net in Florida;
– To understand the kinds of services the ambulatory care safety-net provide to their uninsured patients and identify the gaps in care;
– To assess coverage expansion options available to strengthen the
safety net and improve coverage for the uninsured population; and
– To provide a statewide strategic plan that includes preliminary set of guidelines for community health centers, other ambulatory care safety net providers and stakeholders.
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Florida Health Insurance Study Phase II Project Overview and
Progress Report FHIS Phase II TasksSpecific tasks include:
– Survey of safety-net ambulatory care providers in selected locations throughout the state in order to assess the infrastructure and capacity;
– Site visits;
– Assessment of consumer interest in health plans offered by ambulatory care providers; and
– Statewide strategic plan to design and implement a pilot.
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Major Task:Establish the Florida Health
Insurance Study Phase II Steering Committee
Major Task:Summarize Existing
Information/ Administrative data analysis
Major Task:Key Informant Interviews
Focus GroupsSite Visits
Major Task:Develop Strategic Plan
for a Pilot
Major Task:Report Findings and Link findings to strategic plan development of
pilot
Major Task:CHC and CHD
surveys
FHIS Phase II Project Flow Chart
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Florida Health Insurance Study Phase II Project Overview and
Progress ReportPrevious Efforts
FHIS 1999;Health Flex Program;Pooled Purchasing initiatives;Locally financed and administered programs for uninsured;Governor’s Task Force and House Select Committee, HB1629;FHIS 2004;Limited Benefit Plans (Chapter 641, Part II).
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Florida Health Insurance Study Phase II Project Overview and
Progress ReportLead Agency and Collaborating Project Partners
The lead agency is the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA);
Current Collaborating Project Partners
University of Florida Center for Medicaid and the Uninsured;Health Management Associates, Inc.; Florida Association of Community Health Centers;Community Health Centers Inc. of Central Florida;Department of Health/County Health Departments; Winter Park Health Foundation .
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Florida Health Insurance Study Phase II Project Overview and
Progress Report
Project Time Frame:
January 2005 to November 2006
Website:
http://ahca.myflorida.com/Medicaid/quality_management/mrp/Projects/fhis2004/index.shtml