Ped-I-Care is a program operating under the auspices of the University of Florida College of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics. It is constituted by and functions under a contract with the Department of Health's (DOH) Children's Medical Services (CMS) Division. CMS designated this contracted service as a Pediatric Integrated Care System (ICS).
This ICS is known as Ped-I-Care, and it provides care to children with special health care needs. It is implemented in collaboration with the local CMS offices, which continue to provide nurse care coordination for the members and providers as well as on-going support for the pharmacy benefits program.
