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The insurer contended the federal agencies should have made ratings adjustments to account for disruptions to health services during April 2023 flooding in Broward. A federal judge disagreed.

Five Palm Beach County-based hospitals allege that the nonprofit pressures hospitals to volunteer their data and pay for memberships. Leapfrog strongly denies the claims.

Republican lawmakers say the new law is an attempt to prevent fraud. Florida Decides Healthcare claims it violates the First Amendment and due process rights

U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle’s ruling said the plaintiffs lacked legal standing because none of them alleged they are not receiving services they need or are facing a reduction or denial of services.

Juul will send $30 million to the newly created Vape Free Florida Fund to help in the enforcement laws to protect “children from harmful marketing and products.”

When Miramar-based Trinity Health Care Services accepted the overpayments, its CEO was U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who has been the subject of an unrelated House ethics complaint.

In the federal lawsuit, the insurer claims the HHS and CMS quality ratings didn’t properly take into account disruptions caused by major flooding in 2023 in Broward County.

A lawsuit out of Broward County alleges that a popular brand of nitrous oxide — sold in smoke shops across Florida — is addictive and dangerous.

The ruling comes after Floridians Protecting Freedom, a political committee that led unsuccessful efforts to pass the abortion ballot measure, filed a notice that it was dropping its challenge against the state.

Disability Rights Florida claims in its lawsuit that the data would help in monitoring psychiatric hospitals. The organization says it did not receive the information after making a public records request.