The recently released Invitations to Negotiate (ITN) for Florida’s Statewide Medicaid Managed Care program (SMMC) parallels in large part the State’s initial procurements that were released in 2012 and 2013. Where the current ITN differs, however, should be of interest to all applicants and associated parties. This blog post addresses several of the more significant changes for consideration and may serve as a platform for questions to be addressed to the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). Any such questions should be forwarded to the Agency, per the ITN requirements, no later than 2:00 pm on August 14, 2017. Specifics on this may be found in Attachment A, Instructions and Special Conditions, Section A.10 of the ITN. Given that no specification challenge was raised with the Agency during the 72-hour window after release of the ITN, the Agency’s question period will be the first opportunity for prospective respondents to raise concerns and request feedback on issues that may impact their responses.