CEO SUMMARY: Start with a flawed idea: Medicaid lab testing costs in Florida can be cut by awarding an exclusive statewide contract to one laboratory company. Compound that bad idea by designing a contract awards process that guarantees the state will pay twice for a number of tests while at the same time reducing patient […]
Florida Medicaid Contract Is On-Again, Off-Again
Bidding process was restarted last month, then stopped following a written protest
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XII No. 1 - January 3, 2005 Issue
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