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Christine Jordan SextonDecember 10, 2021

Buoyed by $3.5 billion in extra money from the federal government, Gov, Ron DeSantis on Thursday unveiled a nearly $100 billion proposed budget that increases Medicaid rates for providers that care for the elderly and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities while keeping the base payments made to Florida hospitals essentially unchanged. In all, the […]

Christine Jordan SextonDecember 6, 2021

No facility will receive more than Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.

Peter SchorschDecember 3, 2021

Time again to check the pulse — of Florida health care policy and politics.

Christine Jordan SextonNovember 30, 2021

Medicaid home and community based service providers, workers won't get bonuses by the end of the year, state says.

Christine Jordan SextonNovember 29, 2021

Medicaid home and community based service providers, workers won't get bonuses by the end of the year, state says.

Jesse SchecknerNovember 11, 2021

He holds more than $527,000 altogether.

Christine Jordan SextonNovember 10, 2021

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Now all the agency needs is the Florida Legislature to approve its legislative budget request.

Kelly HayesNovember 7, 2021

Crist is challenging DeSantis in the upcoming gubernatorial election.

Kelly HayesNovember 6, 2021

The bill will provide Florida funding to improve highways and roads, as well as to update drinking water infrastructure and expand broadband coverage.

Christine Jordan SextonNovember 4, 2021

The Legislature still needs to approve spending.

Tag: Medicaid

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$1.8B in additional Medicaid funds headed to several Florida hospitals

Diagnosis for 12.3.21: Checking the pulse of Florida health care news and policy

State pushes back timeline for Medicaid bonuses; group home providers eye long-term solutions

State pushes back timeline for Medicaid bonuses; group home providers eye long-term solutions

Manny Diaz Jr. adds $36K to defend SD 36, half from tobacco, pharma, health care sectors

Medicaid modernization will take hundreds of millions and require more staff

‘Authoritarian regime’: Charlie Crist slams Ron DeSantis over Special Session, Medicaid expansion

Charlie Crist applauds passage of $1 trillion infrastructure bill, cites Florida impact

Spending panel OKs $1B in additional Medicaid funding, but providers won’t see it any time soon