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Rick Scott’s executive appointments may be in trouble after all

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Senate President Andy Gardiner isn’t making any promises that the Senate will confirm Gov. Rick Scott‘s appointments for agency heads. Gardiner said he couldn’t make any assurances that the Senate would confirm any of the governor’s appointments, including Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Liz Dudek, who transformed the state’s Medicaid program into a mandatory managed-care health delivery system. Gardiner told reporters earlier in the month that he would not let the impasse over healthcare financing and Medicaid expansion interfere…

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Senate panel OKs nursing bill; it’s now a healthcare train

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The Senate Appropriations Committee quickly moved a healthcare train with little-to-no debate. The underlying nursing bill became a “train” after the committee tagged on two House priorities: direct primary care and site selection for new veteran nursing homes or HBs 7047 and 7045, respectively. Both bills were developed by the House Health Innovation Subcommittee. The underlying bill, CS/CS/SB 532, is filed by state Sen. Denise Grimsley and it allows advanced registered nurse practitioners to order medications for patients in hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, or mobile surgical…

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Another healthcare train developing in Senate but medical tourism left behind

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Nursing bills are becoming healthcare trains in the Florida Senate. The Senate Appropriations Committee is poised to add two House healthcare priorities  to  CS/CS/SB 532, when it meets today: direct primary care and site selection for new veteran nursing homes or HBs 7047 and 7045, respectively. Both bills were developed by the House Health Innovation Subcommittee. The underlying bill is filed by state Sen. Denise Grimsley and it allows advanced registered nurse practitioners to order medications for patients in hospitals, ambulatory…

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Rick Scott turns up the heat on Florida Senate and hospitals

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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 his veto pen on their priority legislation or on funding issues, if and when a budget is passed. State Sen. Jeremy Ring told Florida Politics he met with Scott…

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Biz group says focus should be Medicaid financing, not health access expansion

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The Legislature should focus its efforts on securing continued supplemental Medicaid funding for Florida hospitals but should not push ahead with a plan to provide health insurance access to uninsured Floridians, Florida Chamber President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Wilson said in a memo Wednesday. The memo, directed to the Chamber’s board of directors and members Health Care Task members, said there are two realities in Tallahassee: The Senate’s current Medicaid “expansion” plan does not address important costs driver reforms…

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Did Rick Scott join the Richard Corcoran Army?

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Has Rick Scott been drafted to fight in the “war” Richard Corcoran has declared on the healthcare industry? The governor said in a press release on Tuesday that if the Legislature cannot adjourn on time with a budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year he will create a “Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding.” The commission, Scott said in the release, will examine the revenues of Florida hospitals, insurance and healthcare providers and “how any taxpayer money contributes to the profits…

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Facing budget train wreck, Rick Scott proposes “continuation” plan

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The annual session of the Florida Legislature came crashing down on Tuesday, as both House and Senate Republicans calcified their positions regarding hospital funding and Medicaid expansion. The impasse prompted Florida Gov. Rick Scott to finally weigh in late in the day, saying he would call lawmakers back into special session if they can’t find a resolution quickly to the ongoing dispute that has created a $4 billion divide between the two chambers. Scott also floated out the idea of…

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