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The program, which has resulted in fewer patient infections and readmission rates, is being expanded to Lake and Osceola counties.
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A panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal overturned a circuit judge’s decision to grant summary judgment in a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged he suffered hip fractures while unconscious in the hospital.
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In Florida, providers may be down as much as $1 billion in payments as a result of the ransomware attack at Change Healthcare, a company that essentially allows providers to get paid.
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The historically troubled White House Medical Unit is just one part of a government system that gives VIP care to officials, military officers, military retirees and families. Pentagon investigators say some were prioritized over rank-and-file soldiers.
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Mary Mayhew, president and CEO of the Florida Hospital Association, said the group has over 100 hospitals that directly contract with Change Healthcare, the target of the cyberattack.
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The bill would designates four behavioral health teaching hospitals linked to universities and provides them $100 million a year over the next three years.
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The measure stems from a federal law that allowed the designation of rural emergency hospitals and made them eligible for Medicare payments.
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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.
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The Senate passed a plan that would designate at least four behavioral health teaching hospitals as lawmakers look to improve care for people with mental health and substance abuse issues.
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The young North Carolina woman has refused to go to a nursing home in another state. While she wants to leave the hospital, she asks to live in her own home, close to family and her school.