Senior officials from Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (Agency) will announce the launch of the Florida Medicaid Health Information Network powered by Availity at a press conference on Thursday, November 19. The Florida Medicaid Health Information Network will allow providers treating Medicaid recipients to access 18 months of Medicaid claims history, giving providers more complete information when treating Medicaid recipients.

The press conference will feature a demonstration of the features of the portal that will give providers secure access to claims data for Medicaid recipients. Representatives from Availity, LLC, Duval County Health Department, the Florida Hospital Association and the Florida Medical Association will be there to discuss the benefits of providing electronic health records to treating physicians.

About the Agency for Health Care Administration

The Agency for Health Care Administration is committed to better health care for all Floridians. The Agency administers Florida’s Medicaid program, licenses and regulates more than 40,000 health care facilities and 43 health maintenance organizations, and publishes health care data and statistics. For more information, please visit http://ahca.myflorida.com.

About Availity, LLC – Patients. Not Paperwork.^®

Availity optimizes information exchange between multiple health care stakeholders through a single, secure network. The Availity Health Information Network encompasses administrative, financial, and clinical services, supporting both real-time and batch exchange via the web, business-to-business (B2B) integration, and electronic data interchange (EDI). For more information, including an online demonstration, please visit www.availity.com.