AHCA

The Agency for Health Care Administration issued emergency rules outlining some medical exceptions to the state's six-week abortion ban. But doctors are still left with questions and frustration.

The new rules cover documentation and clarify that it will not "constitute an abortion” to induce live births and babies die because of prematurely ruptured membranes, or for treating ectopic pregnancies and trophoblastic tumors.

Proposing a housing-first model, a new AHCA housing assistance pilot program combines health care and homeless services to secure housing for qualifying Medicaid recipients.

Florida's new dashboard has information on undocumented people using Florida's Medicaid-receiving hospitals, but policy experts point to inconsistencies in the dashboard's reporting.

HCA North Florida Regional removed a vice president and fired others nearly six weeks after nonemergency surgeries abruptly halted with concerns about sterilized operating room equipment.

Roughly 2,000 more people got abortions in Florida last year than the previous year, according to the latest state data. Out-of-state residents once again fueled the spike.

The state Agency for Health Care Administration website reports that 4.79 million people were enrolled in January, down from 4.86 million in December.

The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration says A Hialeah Women Center did not comply with a law requiring information to be provided to patients at least 24 hours before procedures.

The decision does not end the case, as the revised lawsuit with additional plaintiffs will continue. But it will push back consideration of an injunction and class certification.

Strict abortion bans in nearby states are contributing to a significant increase in the number of out-of-state residents coming to Florida for the procedure in recent years.