Federal authorities released details of what they call a scheme at WellCare Health Plans Inc. to defraud Florida health agencies of more than $20 million. ...more

October 7, 2008

The state of the economy is the uppermost concern of all Americans. ...more

October 6, 2008

A Leon County Circuit Court judge placed a Tampa-based Medicare Advantage plan with 16,000 members into receivership for the purpose of liquidation late Monday night. ...more

September 30, 2008

WellCare Health Plans Inc. will lay off 100 marketing and sales employees across Florida, company officials said Wednesday. ...more

September 11, 2008

TAMPA - WellCare Health Plans Inc. will lay off 100 marketing and sales employees across Florida, according to company officials. ...more

September 10, 2008

TAMPA - The former director of Adoption by Choice defrauded dozens of adoptive parents, overcharging them for unnecessary birthmother medical and living expenses, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. ...more

August 29, 2008

WellCare Health Plans Inc. and several other health care companies have notified Florida that they will pull out of a pilot program aimed at providing HMO-style health coverage for Medicaid recipients in two Florida counties outside the Tampa Bay area, state officials said Thursday. ...more

August 28, 2008

Medicare's top officials said in 2006 that they had reduced the number of fraudulent and improper claims paid by the agency, keeping billions of dollars out of the hands of people trying to game the system. ...more

August 21, 2008

The Bush administration is backing down from a threat to penalize states enrolling middle-class children in a health program intended for the poor. ...more

August 15, 2008

As families start putting together their back-to-school to-do lists, the Pasco County Health Department has joined Florida KidCare to remind parents to add one more item: health insurance for their children. Florida KidCare is the state's health insurance program for uninsured children under age 19. The program offers working families access to high-quality doctors and preventative care for their children at a low cost. Started in 1998, KidCare now covers more than 250,000 children statewide. ...more

August 6, 2008