Agency for Health Care Administration

The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) is the chief health policy and planning entity for the US state of Florida. The agency was created by the Florida Legislature as part of the Health Care Reform Act of 1992.^[1] The agency is tasked with managing the state's Medicaid program, regulating and licensing health care facilities, and publishing health data.^[2]

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration

Agency overview
Formed	1992
Jurisdiction	Government of Florida
Agency executives	Shevaun Harris, Secretary Andrew Sheeran, General Counsel Brock Juarez, Acting Chief of Staff Brian Langston, Inspector General
Website	ahca.myflorida.com

It has a Medicaid fraud unit that works jointly with the Medicaid fraud unit of the Florida Attorney General.^[3]

Secretaries

The agency is led by a governor-appointed Secretary (formerly called director). Previous agency heads include:^[4]

Secretary	Date appointed	Appointed by
Doug Cook	1992
Rubin King-Shaw	1999
Laura Branker	2001
Rhonda Medows,	2001
Mary Pat Moore	2004
Alan Levine	2004
Christa Calamas	July 2006[5][6]	Jeb Bush
Andrew Agwunobi	December 2006[6]
Holly Benson	2008
Tom Arnold	2009
Liz Dudek	2010
Justin Senior	November 2016[7]
Mary Mayhew	January 2019
Shevaun Harris	2020
Simone Marstiller	February 2021
Jason Weida	January 2023[8][9]
Shevaun Harris	February 2025[10]