In Fiscal Year 2020-21, 2,493,352 children were enrolled in KidCare.
For Fiscal Year 2020-21, 94.63% of families enrolled in Florida KidCare reported they were satisfied with the care provided under the program, a satisfaction level just below the agency's 95% satisfaction goal. In addition, 94.0% of all KidCare eligible enrollees successfully renewed KidCare coverage, above the approved standard of 90.0%.
In its December 2020 report on Florida Kidcare, researchers at the Institute for Child Health Policy found that in Calendar Year 2019, the MediKids program component scored favorably in the supplemental questions regarding children with chronic conditions. While 83% of Florida KidCare families stated that it was easy to get needed care, 90% indicated they were able to get that care as soon as needed. Most (95%) families felt that their child’s physician communicated well with them, and 88% of families reported positive experiences with their health plan customer service. Most Florida KidCare families (75%) rated their personal doctor, as well as the specialist seen most often, as a '9' or '10'. When rating their overall experiences, 73% of the Florida KidCare Families rated their health care as a '9' or '10,' and 69% rated their health plan experience as '9' or '10.'
Florida KidCare is funded through federal and state revenues. For Children's Medicaid, the federal share is funded through Title XIX of the Social Security Act; during Federal Fiscal Year 2021, Florida's match rate for Title XIX Medicaid would have been 61.96% except for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020. The act provides a temporary 6.2% increase to the FMAP for each calendar quarter beginning on the first day of the public health emergency period and continues until the last day of the calendar quarter in which the emergency period occurs. Because the coronavirus was still a public health emergency after the federal fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, the increase in funding to the FMAP will continue for any quarter during which the public health emergency is still in effect.
For Federal Fiscal year 2021, the total Federal match for Florida's CHIP is 68.16% federal funding to 31.84% state funding. The state also receives Title XXI (CHIP) funds to provide health care services for certain children not covered by Medicaid or through the non-Medicaid-funded components of Florida KidCare. Florida's Federal Fiscal Year 2021 match rate for Florida CHIP would have been 73.37% except for the Healthy Kids Act that enhanced the existing CHIP federal matching rate by 11.5% for the time period beginning October 1,2019, and ending September 30, 2020, and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020. Because the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 increase is calculated based on the Title XIX funding, the enhanced Title XXI is not as high as the Title XIX increase. The increase in funding raised Florida's CHIP for Federal Fiscal Year 2021 by another 3.26%. As a result, the total Federal match for Florida's CHIP is 76.63%. The Legislature does not authorize positions for the Florida KidCare Program.
Fund | Salary Rate/ Position | General Revenue | Trust Funds | |
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SPECIAL CATEGORIES | ||||
GRANTS AND AIDS - FLORIDA HEALTHY KIDS CORPORATION | ||||
FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND | ||||
FROM MEDICAL CARE TRUST FUND | ||||
SPECIAL CATEGORIES | ||||
CONTRACTED SERVICES | ||||
FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND | ||||
FROM GRANTS AND DONATIONS TRUST FUND | ||||
FROM MEDICAL CARE TRUST FUND | ||||
SPECIAL CATEGORIES | ||||
GRANTS AND AIDS - CONTRACTED SERVICES - FLORIDA HEALTHY KIDS ADMINISTRATION | ||||
FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND | ||||
FROM MEDICAL CARE TRUST FUND | ||||
SPECIAL CATEGORIES | ||||
GRANTS AND AIDS - FLORIDA HEALTHY KIDS CORPORATION DENTAL SERVICES | ||||
FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND | ||||
FROM MEDICAL CARE TRUST FUND | ||||
SPECIAL CATEGORIES | ||||
MEDIKIDS | ||||
FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND | ||||
FROM GRANTS AND DONATIONS TRUST FUND | ||||
FROM MEDICAL CARE TRUST FUND | ||||
SPECIAL CATEGORIES | ||||
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL SERVICES NETWORK | ||||
FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND | ||||
FROM GRANTS AND DONATIONS TRUST FUND | ||||
FROM MEDICAL CARE TRUST FUND | ||||
TOTAL |
148,870,932 |
414,530,358 |
Refunds From Providers Not Achieving the Required 85% Medical Loss Ratio. The 2021 Legislature enacted Ch. 2021-41, Laws of Florida, which requires the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation to validate and calculate a refund amount for providers who do not achieve an 85% Medical Loss Ratio.
Other Reports
The Auditor General reports on agency operations are available on its website.
The Florida KidCare Program Evaluation Calendar Year 2019, University of Florida, Institute for Child Health Policy, December 2020.
Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, and Cost Sharing Policies as of January 2020: Findings from a 50-State Survey, Kaiser Family Foundation, March 16, 2022.
Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment Decline Suggests the Child Uninsured Rate May Rise Again, Georgetown University, Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, May 2019.
The Children's Health Insurance Program, Georgetown University, Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, February 2017.
Measuring and Improving Health Care Quality for Children in Medicaid and CHIP: A Primer for Child Health Stakeholders, Georgetown University, Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, March 2016.
2017 Annual Report, Florida Healthy Kids Corporation.
What Would Happen if CHIP Went Away? Our Research Suggests Kids (for now) Would be Significantly Worse Off, Georgetown University, Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, May 2014.
How Do Updated 2014 Federal Poverty Level Thresholds Impact Medicaid, CHIP & Premium Tax Credit Eligibility?, Georgetown University, Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, February 2014.
2018 Annual Report, Florida Healthy Kids Corporation.
Medicaid/CHIP Participation Among Children and Parents, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Urban Institute, December 2012.
Websites of Interest
Florida Healthy Kids
Florida KidCare
KidCare Online Application
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Children's Health Insurance Program
Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicaid/CHIP
Georgetown University, Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families
Performance Information
Florida KidCare, 1-888-540-5437