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Peter SchorschApril 15, 2016

U.S. Senate candidate Carlos Beruff touts his time as Chair of Gov. Rick Scott‘s Kabuki theater-style Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding as relevant experience to dealing with the Affordable Care Act and other complicated health care issues in Congress. But that wasn’t always the case. In fact, just earlier this year Beruff said he knows “zero” about health care, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 8, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott is making a pitch for hospital transparency legislation in a new digital advertisement. The 15-second ad is paid for by Let’s Get to Work, the political committee supporting Scott. In the spot, Scott says he’s asking every Florida hospital to be upfront about costs. “Let’s reform our hospitals and make costs transparent,” […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 19, 2016

Sen. Don Gaetz used his appearance before the Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding to outline several health care proposals before the state Legislature during the 2016 Session. The Niceville Republican, also used his appearance to remind members of Gov. Rick Scott’s commission that all recommendations are subject to an objective, nonpolitical analysis. “When it comes […]

Ryan RayJanuary 11, 2016

A pair of Republican lawmakers told reporters Monday they intend to ensure the days of unaccountable hospitals and insurers gouging Florida patients with staggering, unforeseen medical bills “are over.” Rep. Chris Sprowls Palm Harbor and Sen. Rob Bradley of Orange Park likened the consumer predictability they seek for consumers to that of patrons at a gas station or grocery […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 29, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott, normally a foe of business regulations, on Tuesday stood by his call to layer more regulations onto Florida hospitals in an effort to make health care costs more transparent. “This is all about patients and empowering patients,” he told reporters after a Florida Cabinet meeting. “They should know what (a procedure) costs […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 28, 2015

A blue ribbon panel created to examine taxpayer funded health care costs will hit the road meeting in Tampa, Jacksonville and Miami in the next two months, inviting the lowest and highest performing facilities in the region to address the panel. The Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding meets in Tallahassee on June 4 but […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 28, 2015

The 2015 Special Session is being referred to as a budget session but it could just as easily be described as the Special Session on health care. Thirty-two bills have been filed for consideration in the 2015A session and 40 percent of them involve health care, either through substantive policy changes, financing, or both. They […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 26, 2015

What started out as a review of “taxpayer-funded” healthcare commission has been, so far, limited to Medicaid only. And apparently, hospitals only, even though the executive order creating the blue ribbon panel mentions insurance companies, managed care plans and healthcare providers. The Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding held its second meeting in Orlando on […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 20, 2015

Members of Rick Scott’s blue-ribbon health care commission swam in data Wednesday, but they made clear they want more information and took aim at hospitals for not voluntarily providing all the information requested of them. Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding member Marili Cancio Johnson asked the panel’s staff to list hospitals that didn’t respond […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 20, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott was in Tallahassee on Wednesday but he made no appearance at the inaugural meeting of the Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding. The governor made a brief telephone call thanking the nine commission members for agreeing to serve on the panel. He then told them that their focus was examining the role […]

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Carlos Beruff says he knew “zero” about health care

Rick Scott touts hospital transparency law in Let’s Get to Work ad

Don Gaetz outlines Senate health care proposals for governor’s health care panel

Rob Bradley, Chris Sprowls publicly float health care transparency bill

Rick Scott calls for transparent pricing at hospitals

Rick Scott healthcare commission launches a “transparency” tour aimed at hospitals that won’t fork over financial data

Upcoming special session almost as much about health care as budget

Rick Scott’s healthcare commission narrows its focus to Medicaid, hospitals only

Rick Scott’s healthcare panel unhappy with hospitals’ responses to data call

Rick Scott tells hospital panel to focus on health care costs borne by taxpayers