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Disability Rights Florida guide to Medicaid fair hearings
A step-by-step explanation of how to challenge a denial or reduction of Medicaid services in Florida, from notice to petition to hearing. For people with disabilities. Florida only.
Know before you go
The page explains that your denial notice is your guide to requesting a hearing, and that your request is usually made in writing, called a petition. It says that, generally, to keep receiving existing services until the hearing you must request one within 10 days of the date of the notice, or within the time your notice gives; check the date on your notice, which controls. A new service that was denied cannot be received during the appeal. The page is about Florida Medicaid services, not other states or other coverage.
- Cost
- Not stated
- Where
- Florida
- How to start
- Read the page, then send your written request to the address on your notice. You can also download the Advocacy 101 booklet it links. Call 800-342-0823 for help.
- Phone
- 800-342-0823, as printed on the provider's page
- Have ready
- The denial notice or the Notice of Plan Appeal Resolution; The deadline printed on your notice; Records showing why the service is needed
Where this comes from
- Provider
- Disability Rights Florida
- Source we read
- https://disabilityrightsflorida.org/disability-topics/disability_topic_info/advocacy_101_challenging_an_agencys_denial_or_reduction_of_your_medicaid_se
- Date we read it
- . This is not a fresh check.
- Date the provider printed
- Not displayed
- What we checked
- We read the provider's public page. We have not verified availability, eligibility or outcomes for any individual.
Other starting points
- Program or service
Form 5500 search: look up your employer plan's annual report
A Department of Labor search of the annual reports (Form 5500) that many employer plans file. A search can help you work out whether your employer plan is insured or pays claims itself.
From U.S. Department of Labor, EFAST2 filing system