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Staff ReportsApril 12, 2017

LeadingAge Florida CEO Steve Bahmer is thanking Senate Democratic Minority Leader Oscar Braynon for a proposed amendment that would tweak the Senate’s proposed prospective payment system for nursing homes, which is currently included in the Senate’s budget. The amendment, filed earlier this week, specifies that “funds received by a facility beyond current levels be used […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 13, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott has been on a tear lately, shooting off a series of letters to the feds. In the last two days, the governor sent letters to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding Florida’s strained relations with the federal government. Scott sent the VA’s McDonald a letter on Wednesday thanking him […]

Christine Jordan SextonOctober 30, 2014

The number of investors expected to compete for 3,115 new nursing home beds and hospice programs is expected to “significantly” increase in the next week. Investors will have until the close of business Nov. 5 to notify the state Agency for Health Care Administration in writing of their interest to compete for beds in more […]

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More investors expected to compete for new nursing home beds and hospice programs