Exclusive Investment Management & Consultants, Inc. v. State, Agency for Health Care Administration

This is an appeal by Exclusive Investment Management & Consultants (EIMC), d/b/a New Directions Counseling, a mental health services provider, from a final order entered by the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) canceling EIMC’s Medicaid provider numbers on the ground that EIMC, contrary to AHCA’s interpretation of section 409.906(8), Florida Statutes (1995),1 did not have an annual contract with the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health (ADM) program office within the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS). We reverse as to the issue asserting that AHCA erred in…