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Florida should allow the resumption of face-to-face visits in nursing homes --- and let certain visitors touch residents --- under recommendations…
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A task force set up by Gov. Ron DeSantis reached broad agreement Tuesday on a plan that would reopen nursing homes to “essential” and “compassionate”…
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An appeals court has overturned a circuit judge’s ruling that the state Agency for Health Care Administration improperly awarded a Medicaid managed-care…
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It’s unlikely that Florida will mandate all nursing homes reopen to all visitors any time soon.Instead, a panel appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis discussed…
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Florida’s new long-term care ombudsman does not serve on a panel appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to discuss reopening nursing homes to visitors amid the…
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Florida’s Medicaid managed-care plans will see their rates increase later this year, state officials said Thursday.The plans that participate in Florida’s…
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As the number of Floridians relying on Medicaid for health care climbs, the state is moving to change a rule about disenrollment and when people can…
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Medicaid enrollment will balloon by more than 14 percent during the state’s current fiscal year, with economists predicting an average monthly...
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A top health care regulator warned Wednesday that the state could have a “significant” gap in Medicaid funding this year and that increased enrollment…
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Staff members at nursing facilities across the state that have agreed to care for long-term care residents with COVID-19 are beginning to test positive…