ACA individual market premium rates could increase 6.6% in Florida
Nicole Pasia | Sep 24, 2021 | Florida
Health care bills to watch ahead of Florida legislative session
Nicole Pasia | Sep 22, 2021 | Florida
Dr. Joseph Ladapo steps into new Surgeon General role
Nicole Pasia | Sep 21, 2021 | Florida
Medicaid waitlist, nursing shortages among Florida budget requests
Nicole Pasia | Sep 21, 2021 | Florida
Florida overdose response programs receive $4.3 million from SAMHSA
Nicole Pasia | Sep 20, 2021 | Florida
The latest round of funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will distribute approximately $4.3 million across eight organizations in Florida. SAMHSA awarded a total of $123 million nationally, divided into six types of grant programs to provide communities and health providers with “multifaceted support."
Florida Center for Nursing will reopen and begin tracking staffing shortages
Nicole Pasia | Sep 17, 2021 | Florida
The Florida Center for Nursing (FCN) will establish a partnership with the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa to track nursing shortages and potential solutions, WUSF Public Media announced last week. A USF College of Nursing faculty member will be selected as FCN’s interim executive director until the center
FHCA responds to report on high Florida nursing home COVID rates
Nicole Pasia | Sep 17, 2021 | Florida
The Florida Health Care Association (FHCA) released a statement on Thursday in response to a September update from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) COVID-19 Dashboard, which documents case, vaccination, and death rates in Florida’s nursing homes. FHCA represents approximately 700 long-term care facilities across Florida. According
Abortion under explicit Florida privacy laws endangered if state follows Texas, expert says
Nicole Pasia | Sep 15, 2021 | Florida
After Texas passed the nation’s most restrictive abortion law to date, despite widespread opposition, Florida Republican lawmakers are considering a similar bill. Kara Gross, the Legislative Director and Senior Policy Counsel of the ACLU of Florida, says a similar move in Florida would have “devastating” effects not only for state
Deadline approaching for 2022 Orlando Health Community Grant Program
Nicole Pasia | Sep 14, 2021 | Florida
Local Florida health equity organizations have until the end of the week to apply for Orlando Health’s 2022 Community Grant Program. During last year’s grant cycle, Orlando Health, which operates 15 health facilities across central Florida, including the nation’s largest neonatal ICU, awarded over $350,000. Grant recipients that
FHCA CEO commends President Biden's COVID vaccine mandate expansion
Nicole Pasia | Sep 10, 2021 | Florida
Florida Health Care Association Chief Executive Officer Emmett Reed released a statement supporting President Biden’s Thursday announcement of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate expansion for all Medicare and Medicaid-certified health care settings. “We appreciate the Administration and CMS for listening to the concerns about a federal mandate that only
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