Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 32 No. 44, November 3, 2006 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

These changes were made in response to written comments received prior to the public hearing.

The proposed rule is incorporating by reference Update March 2007 to the Florida Medicaid Physician Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook. The purpose of the update is to include the Medicaid Hospitalist Program policies. The Hospitalist Program is being implemented in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties. On Page 5-2, Recipients Who Are Excluded from the Hospitalist Program, we made the following revisions. For clarity, we revised the fourth bullet to read, “Recipients pending Medicaid Eligibility.” We deleted the fifth bullet, “Recipients who are eligible but unassigned to a managed care plan”; because these recipients are not excluded from the Hospitalist Program.

A copy of the revised Update March 2007 to the Florida Medicaid Physician Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook is available from Diane Weller, Bureau of Medicaid Services, at (850)410-3037 or wellerd@ahca.myflorida.com.