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Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says health providers who have exploited a complicated system to charge exorbitant rates will have to bear their share of the cost — or close.

These services can make the difference between being able to live at home with family or landing in a nursing facility. But state Medicaid programs don't always pay for them.

The Alachua County School District has received $148,000 from the Biden administration to make up for pay cuts.

Gov. Ron DeSantis says the White House's plan to take control of distribution will abruptly result in "massive, massive" cuts in doses coming to Florida.

The lastest numbers brings the total COVID deaths in the state to 41,123. Meantime, 51.46% of the state's staffed ICU beds were taken by 3,357 coronavirus patients.

CDC data show the state reported 25,991 new cases on Saturday. The five highest single-day reports of new cases have all come since Aug. 5.

Wednesday's report of 24,753 new cases topped the previous high of 23,958 recorded on Friday.

The figures were released by federal officials. The records for new daily cases had stood since January and for hospitalizations since July 2020.

The HHS inspector general recommended that Suncoast Hospice refund to the federal government the portion of the $47.36 million that is within a four-year “claims reopening period.”

The Trump administration had defined “sex” to mean gender assigned at birth, thereby excluding transgender people from the umbrella of legal protection against sex discrimination.