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Associated PressApril 29, 2015

The Obama administration said Wednesday it had not changed its position on Medicaid expansion and hospital funds, despite contrary interpretations from lawmakers. The confusion came a day after Gov. Rick Scott filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Obama administration of coercing Florida into expanding Medicaid by withholding more than $1 billion in hospital funds. The […]

Mitch PerryMarch 5, 2015

One argument used consistently the past three years by House Republicans in Florida over why they’ve rejected Medicaid expansion is that they say the federal government will renege on its financial promises. The Obama administration has said that any state that accepts Medicaid funding to help insure more people under the Affordable Care Act will […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 18, 2015

Access to specialty physicians varies greatly depending on location but there will be an overall shortage of about 3,700 physician specialists by the year 2025 and rural areas will be the hardest hit, a study released Tuesday by the Teaching Hospital Council of Florida and the Safety Net Hospital Alliance shows. To abate the impending […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 17, 2015

The Senate Health Policy Committee plowed through a number of bills Tuesday, including a measure that continues regulation of pain management clinics as well as a bills relating to the Children’s Health Insurance Program and diabetes. Perhaps the most controversial bill the committee passed was one that it had to defer action on when it […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 17, 2015

He didn’t answer follow up questions from reporters, but Eliot Fishman, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services director of the Children and Adults Health Programs Group, did talk at length about Medicaid and the Florida experience during his keynote address at the the 2015 Health Care Affordability Summit hosted by the Foundation of Associated Industries […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 17, 2015

He didn’t answer follow up questions from reporters, but Eliot Fishman, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services director of the Children and Adults Health Programs Group, did talk at length about Medicaid and the Florida experience during his keynote address at the the 2015 Health Care Affordability Summit hosted by the Foundation of Associated Industries […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 16, 2015

Six hospital chief executives from across the state will hold a press conference Tuesday to discuss findings of a study about the shortage of physician specialists by region in Florida during the next 10 years. State Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Fernandina Beach, and Rep. Matt Hudson, R-Naples, will join the hospital CEOs along with the residency […]

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Mike Johnson. Image via AP.

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His words: Recording of Eliot Fishman’s remarks on LIP and Medicaid waiver

His words: Recording of Eliot Fishman's remarks on LIP and Medicaid waiver

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