Health care provider earns Medicaid contract

FORT MYERS — Lee Health has received notification from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration of its intent to award a contract to a Lee Health affiliate, Best Care Assurance LLC, to provide physical and behavioral health care services through Florida’s Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Program.

In collaboration with Evolent Health, Best Care Assurance will initiate and operate a Managed Medical Assistance plan to serve Medicaid beneficiaries in Region 8, which includes Lee, Collier, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry and Sarasota counties. The region covers more than 200,000 eligible beneficiaries in the MMA program.