A lawmaker has filed a bill seeking to limit the state's authority to operate a Medicaid privatization experiment ...more

March 2, 2009

A Medicaid privatization program former Gov. Jeb Bush touted as a national model for improving care while limiting state costs is foundering, with nearly a quarter of the participating doctors leaving over payments and the inability to treat patients as they see fit. ...more

January 29, 2009

Thirty percent of Floridians enrolled in Medicaid reform said they didn't realize it, and more than half didn't know they could opt out, a new report says. ...more

October 14, 2008

Like it or hate it, Medicaid reform probably isn't in Tampa's near future. ...more

December 7, 2007

As its share price continued to slide, WellCare Health Plans dealt Tuesday with a flurry of other problems, led by a halt to its expansion plans in Florida. ...more

October 31, 2007

Shares in WellCare Health Plans were hammered on Wall Street on Thursday, falling more than 60 percent in response to a massive raid Wednesday at its headquarters by federal and state agents. ...more

October 26, 2007

About 200 agents from the FBI and other federal and state agencies descended on the headquarters of WellCare Health Plans on Wednesday morning in a raid, seizing laptop computers, files and boxes of documents. ...more

October 25, 2007

TAMPA - A national insurance company's local office is the subject of an FBI raid today, authorities said. WellCare Health Plans Inc. issued a brief statement Wednesday afternoon acknowledging that state and federal officials executed a search warrant at the company's Tampa headquarters earlier in the day. ...more

October 24, 2007