Tallahassee, Fla – Today, Florida TaxWatch (FTW) released its latest report, Addressing the Medicaid Funding Gap Through a Directed Payment Program (DPP), which evaluates the impact of COVID-19 on Florida’s Medicaid program and explores the use of Medicaid DPP as an option to minimize the gap between a hospital’s cost of care for Medicaid patients and the reimbursement the hospital actually receives.

Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Florida TaxWatch (FTW) released Beyond the Pandemic: Long Term Changes and Challenges for Health in Florida, which addresses a unique confluence of factors that are contributing to important outcomes for the state’s health care system and consequently, the economy.