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Rick Scott doesn’t offer much on Low Income Pool letter from feds

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott isn’t saying what his next move will be. Scott on Thursday would not say whether he would drop his lawsuit against the federal government now that the Florida has been given tentative approval that the Low Income Pool program will exist over for the next two years. “It’s not even official. It’s not even done yet,” Scott said, when asked if the news from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was enough to get him to drop…

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Another healthcare letter from Rick Scott, this one to Shands Jax

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Gov. Rick Scott rounded off his letter-writing week with a letter to officials at UF Health Jacksonville asking 15 questions that could provide insight as to why the hospital has become “extraordinarily reliant on federal (Medicaid) funds and what can be done to improve the financial viability” of the facility. Scott sent the letter to Chief Executive Officer UF Health Jacksonville Russell Armistead, asking:  How do UF Health Jacksonville’s recent expenses related to patient care compare to the previous 10…

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Budget details emerge after top lawmakers meet informally in Tallahassee

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After an acrimonious and abrupt ending to this year’s session, Florida legislative leaders are beginning to finally piece together a framework for a new state budget and avoid a possible state government shutdown. Some of that framework was discussed in an all-day meeting Wednesday between state Sen. Tom Lee and state Rep. Richard Corcoran. Gov. Rick Scott for more than a week has pushed the idea of a “base” continuation budget but Senate Appropriations Chairman Lee told Florida Politics on Wednesday night that…

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Rick Scott is in a letter-writing mood

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Gov. Rick Scott has been on a tear lately, shooting off a series of letters to the feds. In the last two days, the governor sent letters to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding Florida’s strained relations with the federal government. Scott sent the VA’s McDonald a letter on Wednesday thanking him for two things: providing Florida access to a survey report and accreditation of Veteran’s Nursing Homes. Scott expressed gratitude to McDonald for a follow-up to a…

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Rick Scott tells FOX News that Florida will have a continuation budget; will deal with health care impasse in January

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Rick Scott made an appearance on FOX News Monday night explaining why he flip-flopped on Medicaid expansion and said he was going “to do the right things to drive healthcare costs down.” Scott told FOX’s Greta Van Susteren that he went from supporting Medicaid expansion in 2013 when his mother died to opposing it in 2015 because the potential financial impact it will have when the government stops fully paying for it. “I will not stand in the way of the…

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Rick Scott to hospitals: Come up with profit-sharing ideas by May 22

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Gov. Rick Scott sent a letter to hospitals Friday advising them to begin working with his newly created hospital commission to prepare a trio of ways the industry can share $3.7 billion in profits so other hospitals can withstand the impending loss of federal Low Income Pool funding. Scott has asked the hospitals to send the scenarios to the state by May 22 for consideration at a May 26  meeting of his newly established healthcare/hospital commission. The letter comes after…

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Interest mounting in Rick Scott’s healthcare/hospital commission

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Interest is mounting in Gov. Rick Scott’s new healthcare commission. State Sen. Eleanor Sobel is the latest to publicly announce her desire to serve on the commission and sent a press release announcing she is requesting Scott place her on the commission. The release notes with Sobel “you get a broad range of knowledge and experience dealing with healthcare issues.” Sobel is the vice chair of the Senate healthcare policy committee and serves on the healthcare spending committee. Sobel said in…

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