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Rick Scott vetoes ‘carve out’ bill for doctors and chiropractors

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Saying statutes are “ripe with exemptions and carve outs,” Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have exempted physicians and chiropractors who sell or rent electrostimulation medical equipment to their patients from having to be licensed as home medical equipment providers. In a veto letter to Secretary of State Ken Detzner Scott said he agrees with the Legislature’s attempt to deregulate and remove burdensome regulations but carve outs “add additional levels of complexity to regulatory requirements while allowing…

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Court rejects Rick Scott’s request for mediation on LIP funding

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A move to require the federal government to enter mediation with Florida over the future of the Low Income Pool was shot down by a federal court in Pensacola on Wednesday. Gov. Rick Scott issued a statement saying his administration will “continue to fight for this important funding for low-income families any and every way we can.” The governor said it is “disappointing” that the Obama Administration “keeps delaying their decision on funding the Low Income Pool in Florida.” Attorneys…

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House health panel passes six ‘disruption’ bills

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A healthcare panel on Wednesday took up and passed six bills that, combined, House leaders claim will lower the costs of health care and, in turn, increase access to doctors and services. The Health and Human Services Committee spent two hours hearing the bills, which range from establishing a new healthcare provider called recovery care centers, to eliminating certificates of need for hospitals, to allowing nurses and physician assistants to prescribe controlled substances. They all passed by comfortable margins. One…

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56 bills waiting for Rick Scott to sign, veto or become law without signature

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Gov. Rick Scott has a Wednesday deadline to either act on nearly 60 bills or allow them to become law without his signature. The 56 bills awaiting Scott’s signature or veto include a contentious measure that requires a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking abortions and a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to try experimental treatments. Scott must also act on a series of reforms for the Florida Public Service Commission that arose out of frustrations with Duke Energy…

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NW Florida hospital with high Medicare mark-ups could get $1 million from Legislature

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Fort Walton Beach Medical Center — included in the list of hospitals with some of the highest Medicare charges in the nation — could get a $1 million gift from the Florida Legislature. House and budget healthcare conferees on Tuesday made their best and last offer to settle differences between the House and Senate healthcare spending plans. Isssues that could not be resolved between conference chair state Sen. Rene Garcia and vice chair state Rep. Matt Hudson have been “bumped” to be resolved by the House…

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A $30 million hospital issue could get tucked into Medicaid conforming bill

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During the contentious debate over Medicaid expansion top Republicans in the Florida House railed against hospitals as special interests and part of the “healthcare industrial complex.” Now the House is taking its battle against hospitals on multiple fronts, including trying to revive a little-noticed bill from the 2015 Regular Session that cracks down on the ability of hospitals to challenge Medicaid reimbursement rates set by the state. A staff analysis of SB 322 noted there were a number of hospitals that were challenging…

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Former Sen. Durell Peaden stable in Pennsylvania after open heart surgery

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Former state Sen. Durell Peaden is stable in Pennsylvania after having double bypass surgery June 2. Peaden was traveling with his wife when he had the heart attack and was admitted to the hospital. Friends say he is in stable condition and should be able to return to Florida in the next few weeks. Peaden is the chairman of Florida Health Choices and since retiring from the Senate has kept an interest in graduate medical education. Florida Health Choices would have played…

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