special-needs children

Florida legislators are working to make Children's Medical Services more cost-efficient by transferring its operations to another agency. Critics think it could stymie care for kids.

Part 3 of a series: Kicked off of Medicaid, Florida children with medically complex needs are offered a state insurance program designed for healthy kids who cannot provide the care they require.

In a decade-long battle about kids with complex medical needs receiving care in nursing homes, the state describes a key part of the ruling as an “arbitrary and unachievable” goal.

Under orders from an administrative law judge, the Department of Health on Friday held a hearing on a controversial new method of determining...

A Florida Senate panel on Wednesday demanded answers from a state Department of Health official about how many special-needs children have recently lost...