Public Meetings Public Records Contact Us Site Map search Home About Us Medicaid Licensure & Regulation Find a Facility Report Fraud 1 2 3 4 Welcome to the website for the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. Our mission is "Better Health Care for All Floridians." As champions of that mission, we are responsible for the administration of the Florida Medicaid program, licensure and regulation of Florida’s health facilities and for providing information to Floridians about the quality of care they receive. Every day, we look for ways to improve health care in Florida. We’ve built strong partnerships with other agencies and continue to develop relationships with stakeholders at all levels in communities around the state. The Agency for Health Care Administration would not be able to effectively carry out its mission without your help. Thank you for your partnership and for the opportunity to serve you. The Agency places the utmost importance on the safe and secure handling of all protected health information. For more information, please review our Notice of Privacy Practices. View boards and committees with AHCA involvement Agency News November 24, 2021 Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Awarded National Association of Medicaid Directors Spotlight Award for Vaccination Efforts (161KB PDF) November 23, 2021 Secretary Marstiller Statement on Florida’s Challenge Against the Biden Administration’s Vaccine Mandate (175KB PDF) November 18, 2021 Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation to Protect Florida Jobs (flgov.com) November 15, 2021 DeSantis Administration Investing $1.1 Billion to Support Home and Community-Based Services for Floridians[225KB PDF] October 28, 2021 Florida Reaches Lowest Case Rate in the Nation (flgov.com) October 19, 2021 The Agency for Health Care Administration Announces Superior Performance Results Awarded from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [214KB PDF] October 14, 2021 Governor Ron DeSantis Highlights Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Success in Florida (flgov.com) October 6, 2021 Florida Was Right: The Federal Government Admits Governor DeSantis’ Decision to Put Seniors First Was the Correct Approach to Vaccine Distribution (flgov.com) More Agency News... Agency Alerts Be Aware of Current Hospital and Physician COVID-19 Testing Criteria for Elderly and Medically Vulnerable Individuals [196KB PDF] Guidance for Senior Living Communities (Independent Living) [171KB PDF] Hospital and Physician COVID-19 Testing Criteria for Elderly and Medically Frail [159KB PDF] Medicaid Coverage of Services During the State of Emergency Related to COVID-19 [580KB PDF] Emergency Order Visitation Limits at Residential, Skilled Nursing and Long-term Care Facilities [108KB PDF] COVID-19 Transfer Communication Tool COVID-19 Facility Visitor Screening Toolkit CDC Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines [169KB PDF] Novel Coronavirus Update for Health Care Facilities and Providers [160KB PDF] New ICD-10-CM code for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) [89KB PDF] ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines – Supplement Coding encounters related to COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak [76KB PDF] Information for Healthcare Facilities Concerning 2019 Novel Coronavirus Illness [111KB PDF] UPDATED: Detection and Reporting of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) [196KB PDF] Guidelines for the Surveillance, Investigation, and Control of Legionnaires’ Disease in Florida [365KB PDF] The Agency’s Long Range Program Plan and Legislative Budget Requests can be viewed via the Florida Fiscal Portal. Sign Up for Medicaid Health Care Alerts ∼ The Florida Medicaid program has an e-mail alert system to supplement the present method of receiving Provider Alerts information and to notify registered providers or interested parties of "late-breaking" health care information. Division of Emergency Management Florida Natural Hazards Annual Report [999KB PDF] Health Care Alerts - Register to receive information pertaining to licensure, managed care, and other health topics by email Privacy Policy Doing Business with AHCA Refund Policy Disclaimer Contact Webmaster Find a Facility Download Adobe Reader Notice of Nondiscrimination Policy © 2021 Florida Agency for Health Care Administration