/Residents of the facilities have been shut off from having visitors since March 14, when DeSantis issued an executive order banning visitation.TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants to reopen long-term care facilities so the tens of thousands of residents can once again have visitors, but he offered no details on when that would occur.“We’ve now been two months where visitors have not been allowed at these facilities,” DeSantis said during a Wednesday news conference at the Capitol, where he was joined by Florida Department of Health Secretary Scott Rivkees and Agency for Health...…/Residents of the facilities have been shut off from having visitors since March 14, when DeSantis issued an executive order banning visitation.TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants to reopen long-term care facilities so the tens of thousands of residents can once again have visitors, but he offered no details on when that would occur.“We’ve now been two months where visitors have not been allowed at these facilities,” DeSantis said during a Wednesday news conference at the Capitol, where he was joined by Florida Department of Health Secretary Scott Rivkees and Agency for Health...WW…

/“I would say that everything is on the table,” Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, said when asked about reducing Medicaid payment rates for hospitals and nursing homes. TALLAHASSEE — The havoc of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has strained health-care providers across the state, might not be enough to spare hospitals and nursing homes from Medicaid spending cuts in the coming year.Top Republican leaders in the Florida House and Senate acknowledged Thursday a chance that lawmakers could make health-care cuts as they struggle to craft a balanced budget amid the economic wreckage caused...…/“I would say that everything is on the table,” Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, said when asked about reducing Medicaid payment rates for hospitals and nursing homes. TALLAHASSEE — The havoc of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has strained health-care providers across the state, might not be enough to spare hospitals and nursing homes from Medicaid spending cuts in the coming year.Top Republican leaders in the Florida House and Senate acknowledged Thursday a chance that lawmakers could make health-care cuts as they struggle to craft a balanced budget amid the economic wreckage caused...WW…

AdvertisementBy News Service of FloridaSep 11, 2020 at 12:20 pmTALLAHASSEE — We’re No. 41.A new Commonwealth Fund analysis ranks Florida’s health system among the worst in the nation, finding, among other things, that the state spends $19 a person on public health, or about 51% of the national average, and has more children without a “medical home” than any other state.AdvertisementAlso, the report released Friday shows that Florida is one of 17 states that in 2018 had more than a 5% disparity in uninsured rates between white adults and Black and Hispanic adults The report shows that 15% of...…AdvertisementBy News Service of FloridaSep 11, 2020 at 12:20 pmTALLAHASSEE — We’re No. 41.A new Commonwealth Fund analysis ranks Florida’s health system among the worst in the nation, finding, among other things, that the state spends $19 a person on public health, or about 51% of the national average, and has more children without a “medical home” than any other state.AdvertisementAlso, the report released Friday shows that Florida is one of 17 states that in 2018 had more than a 5% disparity in uninsured rates between white adults and Black and Hispanic adults The report shows that 15% of...WW…