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.

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Agency News

November 18, 2019
Governor DeSantis Continues to Transform Florida’s Health Care System to Improve Health Outcomes [405KB PDF]

October 24, 2019
AHCA and DOH Recognize 19 Hospitals in Florida for Achieving the Healthy People 2020 Low-risk, Primary C-section Goal [214KB PDF]

October 07, 2019
Secretary Mayhew Recognizes Mental Illness Awareness Week [468KB PDF]

September 23, 2019
Secretary Mayhew Recognizes the Impact Health IT has on Florida Patients [630KB PDF]

September 13, 2019
AHCA Secretary Mayhew Attends First National HHS Quality Summit Meeting [214KB PDF]

August 19, 2019
AHCA Secretary Mayhew Applauds Gov. DeSantis & President Trump’s Unprecedented Efforts to Improve Health Care Pricing [476KB PDF]

August 8, 2019
June Monthly Actions: Agency Took Licensure Action against Six Providers, 13 Additional Providers Suspended or Terminated from the Medicaid Program [361KB PDF]

July 18, 2019
May Monthly Actions: Agency Took Licensure Action against Eight Providers, Four Additional Providers Suspended from the Medicaid Program [357KB PDF]

June 21, 2019
Secretary Mayhew’s Statement on the Governor’s Budget [400KB PDF]

June 04, 2019
April Monthly Actions: Agency Took Licensure Action against Eight Providers, 18 Additional Providers Suspended or Terminated from the Medicaid Program [364KB PDF]

May 09, 2019
Secretary Mayhew Recognizes National Nurses Week [334KB PDF]

May 06, 2019
Secretary Mayhew’s Statement on the Passage of SB 1528/HB 19: Prescription Drug Importation Programs [419KB PDF]

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Agency Alerts

• The Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation Invites Public Comment on AHCA’s Office of the Inspector General’s Investigations Unit [132KB PDF]
• Important Message from Secretary Mayhew on the Importance of Reporting to the Emergency Status System [245KB PDF]
• Guidelines for the Surveillance, Investigation, and Control of Legionnaires’ Disease in Florida [365KB PDF]
• Reportable Diseases/Conditions in Florida [344KB 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