safety net hospitals

Justin Senior, CEO of Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida, talked about the state’s increase in infections and hospitalizations on the "Florida Roundup."

A study this month showed giving extra social services to the neediest patients didn't reduce hospital readmissions. Now health advocates say that might not be the right measurement of success.

Matching the sickest patients with social workers and medical support doesn't reduce costly hospital readmissions, a study finds. Still, some believe greater social investment could make a difference.

A Moody’s Investors Service report predicts nonprofit and public hospitals will face flat or declining cash flow this year.The report says that’s because…

A bill filed by Sen. Marco Rubio would change the way safety net hospitals are reimbursed for serving uninsured and Medicaid patients.

If the Jacksonville City Council gives the OK to Mayor Lenny Curry’s annual budget proposal , UF Health Jacksonville, which serves as a safety net for...

Nursing homes will get a $130 million bump in Medicaid payments, and residents who live in the facilities will get nearly a 25 percent increase in a...

A proposal to redistribute hundreds of millions of dollars away from safety-net hospitals and toward increasing base Medicaid payments at all hospitals…

Both the Florida House and Senate budget versions propose cuts to the state’s already-low Medicaid payments to health care providers. Safety net...

Leaders of safety-net hospitals from across the state gathered Monday at the Capitol to argue against potential cuts in Medicaid payments.The House last…