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House OKs bill to eliminate CON for hospitals

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A House healthcare subcommittee moved a bill to eliminate “certificates of need” for all hospital services. The bill does not eliminate CON for nursing homes or hospices where there has been a flurry of interest after a long-time moratorium on the construction of new nursing home beds was lifted. HB 31A was opposed by the Florida Hospital Association, whose lobbyist Bill Bell testified that most states still maintain CON for hospitals and, more specifically, the states surrounding Florida have CON…

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20 for-profit Florida hospitals on list of 50 Top Medicare billers

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Forty percent of the highest Medicare charging hospitals in the nation are in Florida and all are for-profit facilities, a report published in the Monday journal of Health Affairs shows. The analysis found that 49 of the 50 top Medicare charges are for profit facilities and half are owned by the for-profit hospital chain Community Health Systems. 28 percent of the hospitals are owned by the Hospital Corporation of America chain Gov. Rick Scott founded.   Scott, through executive order, created a Commission…

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Federal judge tells Obama administration it must respond to Florida’s request for mediation by noon, Tuesday

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A federal court in Pensacola is ordering the Obama administration to respond to Florida’s request to have its dispute with the federal government over the continuation of Low Income Pool dollars mediated. In a brief one-page order Chief Judge M. Casey Rodgers said before ruling on Florida’s request for mediation the federal government needed to file an expedited response to the request by Tuesday, June 9. On Monday, attorneys for the governor filed a five-page motion with the federal court…

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Tom Lee says House is ‘doing the bidding’ of Rick Scott on Enterprise Florida funding

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Senate budget Chief Tom Lee said on Monday the House is “doing the bidding” of Gov. Rick Scott in pushing to increase funds to Enterprise Florida. The remarks followed state Sen. Jack Latvala‘s abrupt move to adjourn the Tourism and Economic Development budget conferee meeting early Monday morning  just minutes into the meeting and as the House started to discuss a budget offer that would have increased funding at the agency charged with economic development. Lee said the offer was at…

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Rick Scott pushes for mediation in Medicaid lawsuit with feds as Legislature drafts its budget

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As lawmakers work on a 2015-16 spending plan with a $1 billion Low Income Pool for healthcare spending, Gov. Rick Scott continues to push for more money and is looking to the courts to help him get it. On Monday, attorneys for the governor filed a five-page motion with the federal court in Pensacola that, if granted, would require the state and federal governments to go to mediation. Scott’s lawyers argue that the mediation is allowable under “home rule.” “Under…

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Enterprise Florida pushing for more money in the 2015-16 budget

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Chagrined at the levels of funding allocated in the proposed 2015-16 budget, Enterprise Florida held a conference call early Monday morning asking members of its executive committee to contact budget conferees and press for more money. According to EFI staff there is $30 million in the Senate budget and $5 million for marketing for EFI and $25 million in the House budget with no money set aside for marketing. That’s a drastic dip from Gov. Rick Scott‘s request for $85…

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House, Senate still divided over major budget items

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Florida legislators tried over the weekend to hammer out budget decisions on everything from hospital spending to money for Everglades restoration. But as they slogged through spreadsheets, proviso language and dollar amounts fault lines quickly developed between the House and Senate over everything from member-backed projects, education policy and whether to borrow money to pay for land acquisition and other environmental projects. Some legislators had been hopeful that they could reach a deal on the budget by the end of…

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