requiring the department to establish purchasing strategies to improve cost-efficiency and save an estimated $38.7 million;
limiting the number of new clients on the Home and Community-based Services Medicaid Waiver and/or the amount spent per client; and
requiring the department to develop a plan to test the feasibility of implementing a managed care system.

Progress Report: Developmental Disabilities Program Taken Action on Some Recommendations; Still Needs to Address Service Issues to Better Meet Its Client Needs
Report 03-48 September 2003
Progress Report: Developmental Disabilities Program Takes Steps to Improve Medicaid Waiver Systems and Controls
Report 02-18 March 2002
Developmental Disabilities Program, Florida Department of Children and Families
Report 00-17 November 2000
The Home- and Community-Based Services Waiver Systems, Controls Should Be Improved
Report 99-31 February 2000

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