We want you to be happy with us and the care you receive from our providers. Let us know right away if at any time you are not happy with anything about us or our providers. This includes if you do not agree with a decision we have made.
Call us at any time.
844-243-5131 or TTY 711
Try to solve your issue within 1 business day.
Write us or call us at any time.
Call us to ask for more time to solve your grievance if you think more time will help.
6630 Orion Dr.
Fort Myers, FL 33912
844-243-5131
Review your grievance and send you a letter with our decision within 90 days.
If we need more time to solve your grievance, we will:
Call you on the same day that we decide to extend the time; and
Send you a letter with our reason and tell you about your rights if you disagree.
Write us, or call us and follow up in writing, within 60 days of our decision about your services.
Ask for your services to continue within 10 days of receiving our letter, if needed. Some rules may apply.
6630 Orion Dr.
Fort Myers, FL 33912
844-243-5131
Send you a letter within 5 business days to tell you we received your appeal.
Help you complete any forms.
Review your appeal and send you a letter within 30 days to answer you.
Write us or call us within 60 days of our decision about your services.
6630 Orion Dr.
Fort Myers, FL 33912
844-243-5131
Give you an answer within 48 hours after we receive your request.
Call you the same day if we do not agree that you need a fast appeal and send you a letter within 2 days.
Write to the Agency for Health Care Administration Office of Fair Hearings.
Ask us for a copy of your medical record.
Ask for your services to continue within 10 days of receiving our letter, if needed. Some rules may apply.
**You must finish the appeal process before you can have a Medicaid Fair Hearing.
Provide you with transportation to the Medicaid Fair Hearing, if needed.
Restart your services if the State agrees with you.
If you continued your services, we may ask you to pay for the services if the final decision is not in your favor.
If we deny your request for a fast appeal, we will transfer your appeal into the regular appeal time frame of 30 days.
If you disagree with our decision not to give you a fast appeal, you can call us to file a grievance.
You may ask for a fair hearing at any time up to 120 days after you get a Notice of Plan Appeal Resolution by calling or writing to:
Agency for Health Care Administration
Medicaid Fair Hearing Unit
P.O. Box 60127
Ft. Myers, FL 33906
877-254-1055 (toll-free)
239-338-2642 (fax)
If you request a fair hearing in writing, please include the following information:
Your name
Your member number
Your Medicaid ID number
A phone number where you or your representative can be reached
You may also include the following information, if you have it:
Why you think the decision should be changed
Any medical information to support the request
Who you would like to help with your fair hearing
After getting your fair hearing request, the Agency will tell you in writing that they got your fair hearing request. A hearing officer who works for the State will review the decision we made.
If you are a Title XXI MediKids member, you are not allowed to have a Medicaid Fair Hearing.
Review by the State (for MediKids Members)
When you ask for a review, a hearing officer who works for the State reviews the decision made during the Plan appeal. You may ask for a review by the State any time up to 30 days after you get the notice. You must finish your appeal process first.
You may ask for a review by the State by calling or writing to:
Agency for Health Care Administration
Agency for Health Care Administration
P.O. Box 60127
Ft. Myers, FL 33906
877-254-1055 (toll-free)
239-338-2642 (fax)
After getting your request, the Agency will tell you in writing that they got your request.
If you are now getting a service that is going to be reduced, suspended or terminated, you have the right to keep getting those services until a final decision is made for your Plan appeal or Medicaid fair hearing. If your services are continued, there will be no change in your services until a final decision is made.
If your services are continued and our decision is not in your favor, we may ask that you pay for the cost of those services. We will not take away your Medicaid benefits. We cannot ask your family or legal representative to pay for the services.
To have your services continue during your appeal or fair hearing, you must file your appeal and ask to continue services within this timeframe, whichever is later:
10 days after you receive a Notice of Adverse Benefits Determination (NABD), or
On or before the first day that your services will be reduced, suspended or terminated