The Gov. Ron DeSantis administration has announced its intent to award a multibillion-dollar Medicaid managed-care contract for medically complex children to Molina Healthcare of Florida.

The decision, announced earlier this month, is not final and can be challenged. Vendors had 72 hours following the Nov. 3 announcement to notify the state of their intent to challenge the decision.

Thereafter, statutes provide vendors an additional 10 days to file formal written protests with the state.

The Agency for Health Care Administration did not immediately say whether it had received any protest notices.

But Sunshine Health, the wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Health, won’t be challenging “at this time” and attributed the decision to “concerns related to terms contained in the final versi

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