Expert guides about medicaid in Florida from Brevy Care.
Many families lose Florida Medicaid not because they became ineligible, but because they missed a renewal packet.
If your Florida Medicaid was denied, cut, or terminated, you have the right to appeal and request a fair hearing, and you can often keep your benefits during the appeal.
Yes, Florida's Medicaid program pays for nursing home care, through the Institutional Care Program and the Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Long-Term Care program.
If you have Medicare and a limited income, Florida's Medicare Savings Programs can erase the $202.90 monthly Part B premium.
Florida Medicaid spousal impoverishment rules protect the at-home spouse when one partner needs nursing home care, shielding a substantial portion of the couple's assets and income.
A Florida Medicaid resident in a nursing home gets to keep $160 a month of their own income as a Personal Needs Allowance, more than five times the $30 federal floor.
Florida Medicaid delivers nearly all care through Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC), and it runs across three separate agencies, a structure that trips up most families applying for the first
Florida Medicaid covers doctor visits, hospital care, prescriptions (usually at $0), mental health treatment, dental, vision, hearing, and transportation to appointments.
Florida Medicaid dental runs through a separate prepaid dental plan, either DentaQuest or Liberty Dental, not your Managed Medical Assistance (MMA) medical card.
Florida Medicaid HCBS waivers are the most fragmented home and community-based services (HCBS) system in the nation.
The Florida Medicaid income limit is not one number.
Florida Medicaid estate recovery arrives as a filing: the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) files a statement of claim in probate against a deceased recipient's estate.
Applying for Florida Medicaid is not one process but six, and the pathway you pick decides which agency handles your case and how long you wait.
The Florida LTC waiver decides who gets in by frailty, not by who applied first.
Florida's Medicaid managed care plans were rebuilt on February 1, 2025.
Medicare is federal health insurance you get at 65 with no income test; Florida Medicaid is an income- and asset-based program that pays for the long-term care Medicare won't.
If you have been told "Florida Medicaid" will pay for your mother's care, the honest first answer is that there is no single thing called "Florida Medicaid" for seniors.