Level 1 trauma centers

The bill designating "rural emergency hospitals" stems from a federal law and would make them eligible for Medicare payments. The hospitals must be licensed by states, creating a need for the bill.

From opioid prescription limits to an agreement on the regulation of trauma centers, it was a busy year for health care issues in the Florida…

Senate Minority Leader Oscar Braynon wants to create a $10 million program that would reimburse trauma centers for care provided to victims of mass…

With House Republican leaders looking to make major health-care changes, a key panel Monday approved proposals that would erase limits on the numbers of…

Orlando Regional Medical Center got 44 patients from the Pulse night club shooting.It’s a Level 1 Trauma Center, and medical staff there were pushed to…

The woman who in 2002 paved the way for U.S. hospitals to charge trauma response fees says she never imagined that it would become "a back-door way for…

The Florida Department of Health is proposing a new formula for determining the need for new hospital trauma centers, the News Service of Florida reports.…