stefan r. grow

• Led legal defense team for Florida’s Statewide Medicaid Managed Care program, the largest procurement in the history of the state of Florida, with $90 billion in awarded contracts.*
• Lead negotiator for the Agency on $40 million Medicaid managed care provider service network contract.*
• Led legal team advising on $27 million Medicaid technology contract.*
• Member of Agency’s executive management team developing the Agency’s long-term strategy for implementing and setting procurement schedule for federally mandated Medicaid information technology transformation.*
• Chief legal advisor to Agency on multi-billion dollar Medicaid managed care plan merger between national Medicaid plans. Worked with Florida Attorney General’s Office and the United States Department of Justice to negotiate antitrust considerations.*
• Advised on significant contract actions taken against Medicaid managed care plans by the Agency for non-compliance, including enrollment freezes and liquidated damages.*
• Handled and advised the Agency on the largest administrative fine in state history issued against a Hospital in the amount of $870,000.*
• Primary drafter for rule language requiring emergency generator power for all of the state’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities.*
• Prepared key strategy to secure dismissal of hospital outpatient rate rule challenge brought by statewide health plan association.*
• Oversaw outside national counsel representing the Agency in defense of Medicaid low income pool supplemental payment disallowance brought by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services before the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Departmental Appeals Board.*
• Developed response to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General audit draft report alleging Medicaid overpayments in excess of $700 million against the state in which no final audit was issued.*
• Drafted bill language and worked with legislative staff to revise existing law following an appellate court ruling which resulted in a significant negative impact to the Agency’s audit operation and $50 million impact to Medicaid overpayment projects.*

* Denotes experience prior to joining Parker Hudson.

• Client Alert, "Are You Ready – Less than 14 Days to Meet OSHA’s standards for Healthcare Providers" (June 23, 2021)
  
• Speaker, "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)," July Membership Meeting and Monthly CLE, The Florida Government Bar Association (July 28, 2021)
• Speaker, "Appeals, Arbitration, and Mediation of Healthcare Payment Disputes CLE," Florida Bar Health Law Section (April 13, 2021)
• Featured, "Agility and Speed Disrupting the Future of Health Law," American Health Law Association docuseries "Health Law Disruption: 2030 and Beyond" with Bob Brennan, Tracy Field and Tara Ravi (October 22, 2020)
  
• Panelist, "The Argonaut’s Speak: Agency General Counsel Panel," The Florida Bar Pat Dore Administrative Law Conference: An APA Odyssey (October 2018)