In a letter sent today to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, a coalition of a dozen conservative and free-market organizations urged approval of Florida’s fiscal year 2025 Hospital Directed Payment Program (DPP).

Acknowledging support for the Trump Administration’s efforts to reduce fraud, tighten program integrity and implement work requirements for Medicaid, the letter explains that CMS has approved FY 2025 statewide hospital preprints in 45 other states, but more than 240 days have passed since Florida submitted its statewide preprint in May 2025 - an unprecedented delay.

Read the letter below or here (PDF).