Drew WilsonFebruary 21, 2022
4min0
The firm may have earned as much as $23.9 million.
Tag: Tony Carvalho
Drew WilsonFebruary 21, 2022
Ryan RayJanuary 7, 2016
6min405
A pair of influential GOP legislators will file legislation to require health care providers to provide more upfront information about the cost and quality of their services, they said Thursday. Sen. Rob Bradley of Fleming Island and Rep. Chris Sprowls of Palm Harbor said in a joint statement their plan to file transparency bills was informed in part by […]
Christine Jordan SextonJune 12, 2015
8min200
Budget chairmen Sen. Tom Lee and Rep. Richard Corcoran came to terms early Friday on what was the biggest stumbling block during the 2015 session and what Lee called the “linchpin” of the budget: supplemental Medicaid funding. After working for days, the House made a Low Income Pool offer to the Senate that takes advantage […]
Christine Jordan SextonApril 30, 20152min128
Any commission on healthcare costs should make sure to look at all parts of the delivery system, not just hospital costs. Pharmaceuticals, durable medical equipment, Medicaid HMOs, and ambulatory surgical centers also are part of the health care delivery system and contribute to health care costs, said Tony Carvalho, president of the Safety Net Hospital […]
Christine Jordan SextonApril 23, 2015
6min186
With just eight days left in the 2015 Legislative Session, Gov. Rick Scott has turned up the heat on the Florida Senate. Scott called Democrat and Republican senators into his office on Wednesday to discuss his legislative priorities, such as tax cuts and increased spending for education. He also advised the senators that he could wield […]
Ryan RayMarch 5, 2015
5min134
Despite difficult economic times over the last few years and an obstinate stance against Medicaid expansion among the Florida House majority, you might expect safety-net hospitals to struggle to turn a profit. Not so, according to Phil Galewitz in Kaiser Health News: So-called safety-net hospitals, many of which are supported by local or county taxpayers, often […]
Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 17, 2015
4min262
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
3min151
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, 20153min173
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 […]