Peter SchorschJune 15, 2019
41min527
A new coalition is offering support for Florida's new infrastructure, toll road plans.
Tag: Emmett ReedSouth Ocean Boulevard is staying closed for the time being.
Peter SchorschJune 15, 2019Peter SchorschJune 8, 2019
43min557
Members of the historic Florida trade mission to Israel brought home some sweet swag.
Ryan NicolApril 18, 2019
9min433
The amendment has already been opposed by Attorney General Ashley Moody.
Drew WilsonApril 2, 2019
4min516
“One year of adequate funding is simply not enough"
Drew WilsonMarch 16, 20183min443
Gov. Rick Scott got some praise from the Florida Health Care Association on Friday for signing the 2018-19 budget. Shortly after Scott put pen to paper the group put out a statement lauding the $88.7 billion plan, specifically the funding bumps it will bring to nursing homes, nearly 600 of which are represented by FHCA. […]
Drew WilsonMarch 5, 2018
8min284
After going back and forth with similar bills, the Legislature cleared a proposal Monday that would require nursing homes to have backup generators on site to keep the air conditioning running during power outages. The bill, HB 7099, is a priority of Gov. Rick Scott, who issued a similar requirement via an emergency rule following […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 19, 2018
4min305
A modified version of a constitutional ‘bill of rights’ for residents of Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities won approval by its only review committee on Friday. The Declaration of Rights Committee approved the proposal (P88) by a vote of 5-2, sending it to the full Constitution Revision Commission for consideration. But the measure […]
Jim RosicaNovember 29, 2017
7min590
A member of the Constitution Revision Commission says he’s become the victim of a “smear campaign” after proposing a constitutional amendment creating a “bill of rights” for nursing home and assisted living facility residents. On Wednesday, Conwell Hooper, head of an Atlanta-based group called the American Senior Alliance, issued a press release that he had […]
Ana CeballosNovember 10, 20176min285
A day after the Agency for Health Care Administration was criticized for erroneously claiming in a press release that five nursing home facilities had not met a key deadline in Gov. Rick Scott’s emergency generator rule, the agency said it prompted an “excellent result” with facilities submitting their information. The Florida Health Care Association, though, […]
Staff ReportsNovember 9, 2017
4min217
Florida’s leading nursing home association is pushing back on that state’s public accusations that nearly two dozen nursing homes missed a key deadline in Gov. Rick Scott‘s emergency generator rule. A statement Wednesday from the Agency for Health Care Administration claims 23 nursing homes have not followed Scott’s rule that nursing homes and assisted living […]