Christine Jordan SextonApril 17, 2023
55min0
The list is filled with lawmakers, lobbyists, CEOs, nonprofit leaders and medical school deans.
Tag: Jan GorrieDebate party at Sports Grill Kendall. Image via AP.
Christine Jordan SextonApril 17, 2023
Drew WilsonFebruary 21, 2022
8min0
The firm holds the No. 2 spot among all Florida lobbying firms.
Andrew MeachamApril 30, 2020
13min757
“We’re problem solvers.”
Peter SchorschFebruary 25, 2019
5min932
That total includes more than $3.6 million in receipts during the last three months of the year.
Drew WilsonAugust 31, 2018
15min728
Lobbying compensation reports are in for the second quarter, and the usual rankings have been shaken up among the state’s top-earning lobby firms. After several quarters leading the pack, Ballard Partners has slipped to second place in legislative lobbying compensation while Southern Strategy Group ascended to the top spot. It doesn’t hurt that the firm […]
Christine Jordan SextonJune 25, 2015
5min247
After six months of political jockeying, litigation, and one-upsmanship Florida and the federal government have agreed in principle to $1.6 billion in supplemental Medicaid funds over the next two years. Most of those funds, $1 billion, have been allocated in the budget Rick Scott signed into law on Tuesday. A little more than $600 million, […]
Christine Jordan SextonJune 23, 2015
4min198
Just hours after Gov. Rick Scott quietly signed a state spending plan into effect, the federal government gave Florida a long-awaited “agreement in principle” letter that all but formalizes an agreement between Florida and the federal government on hospital funding for the next year. The coveted agreement, which the state had hoped to secure in April […]
Christine Jordan SextonApril 1, 2015
4min186
The federal government has temporarily cut off Low Income Pool negotiations with Florida, making it difficult for the Legislature to complete its budget and bring the regular legislative session to an end on time. Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Liz Dudek sent a statement to the press late Wednesday announcing that the chief negotiator […]
Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 3, 20154min162
A bill that would limit a hospital’s ability to challenge its Medicaid reimbursement in state administrative courts was temporarily deferred by the Senate Health Policy Committee on Tuesday after several committee members expressed concerns with the proposal. The measure, SB 322, by Senate Finance and Taxation Committee Chairman Sen. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, was filed the […]