CMS Suggests $1.6B Over Two Years To Wind Down Florida LIP Funds

CMS proposed funding Florida's Low Income Pool program at around $1.6 billion in state and federal money through June 30, 2017, in a new show of flexibility as the agency faces a lawsuit over the uncompensated care money and Florida nears its budget deadline for next fiscal year. The first $1 billion or so would mark a transitional period to return LIP money to its pre-2014 level in fiscal 2015-2016, which begins July 1, CMS Center for Medicaid and CHIP...