Contending that not enough money was spent on patient care, the state Agency for Health Care Administration is trying to recoup $4 million from a firm that manages Medicaid mental-health services.

Tampa-based Florida Health Partners Inc. challenged the agency in cases filed last week in the state Division of Administrative Hearings.

The dispute centers on whether Florida Health Partners in 2006 met a requirement that it spend 80 percent of the money it received -- known as a "medical-loss ratio" -- on caring for Medicaid patients.

WASHINGTON -- "If two people always agree," says Ben Bernanke, "one of them is redundant."

Can a solar-power company make a go of it in Florida without burning up Solyndra-style?

National Solar Power CEO James Scrivener, in an exclusive interview with Sunshine State News, said, "Two years ago, people were laughing at our business model. Now they're looking to invest. We see this as a revolution in the marketplace."

Long before Solyndra Corp's financial collapse -- and the "green" energy company's attendant default on a $535 million federal loan guarantee -- renewable-energy ventures have struggled Florida.