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Funding for Obamacare navigators in Florida cut by 81 percent
Funding for Obamacare navigators in Florida cut by 81 percent
Programs that help people sign up for Affordable Care Act plans in Florida will have their funding cut by 81 percent this year. The cuts could have an impact on enrollment, says Jodi Ray, director of Florida Covering Kids and Families. During the height of enrollment last year, about 130 navigators in the program were fielding about 1,000 calls a day. [Source: WUSF]
The astonishingly high administrative costs of health care in Florida and the U.S.
It takes only a glance at a hospital bill or at the myriad choices you may have for health care coverage to get a sense of the bewildering complexity of health care financing in the United States. That complexity doesn’t just exact a cognitive cost. It also comes with administrative costs that are largely hidden from view but that we all pay. [Source: New York Times]
Nemours hires its first chief marketing officer
Sarah Sanders — not to be confused with White House press secretary — is Nemours Children’s Health System’s new chief marketing officer, the health system announced on Monday. In this inaugural position, Sanders will lead Nemours’s local, regional and national marketing strategies across Central and North Florida and Delaware Valley. [Source: Orlando Sentinel]
Florida's medical marijuana implementation continues to vex lawmakers
Florida lawmakers continue to be frustrated with the state Department of Health over its slow implementation of medical marijuana rules. The Department’s Office of Compassionate Use has been slammed with nearly two dozen lawsuits, half which continue to be litigated. [Source: WFSU]
Despite privatization, prison health costs continue to rise
As a candidate, Gov. Rick Scott pitched the idea of having private companies provide health care to the state's prisoners in a plan to save taxpayers $1 billion over seven years. But in the first five years of privatization, the cost has climbed from $278 million to $375 million. [Source: Health News Florida]
› State signs off on Jacksonville trauma center
The Florida Department of Health on Friday issued a final order rejecting a challenge to a new trauma center at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville. The department adopted recommendations by Administrative Law Judge Robert Cohen, who ruled against UF Health Jacksonville.
› Florida Hospital Celebration Health adding new patient tower
Florida Hospital Celebration Health broke ground on Thursday on a new five-story patient tower, adding to its existing 20-year facility. The building will have 76 private patient rooms and has the capacity to increase the bed count to 160 through future expansions.
› Volunteers sought for the Northwest Florida Health Council
The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners is seeking Escambia County residents interested in volunteering to be considered for appointments to the Northwest Florida Health Council, also known as the Northwest Florida Big Bend Health Council.
› UF Health Jacksonville hopes for boost in city funding
UF Health Jacksonville administrators usually wait with a mix of anxiety and dread when government budgets are about to be released, uncertain about whether cuts at the state and federal level will strike a blow to the finances of the Eighth Street hospital that primarily serves poor patients.
Previous Health Care Updates:
- Florida hospitals: Building boom
- Abortion proposal on Florida's November ballot might not end legal fights about the issue
- More leprosy cases are popping up in Florida. Why an ancient disease might be endemic
- Thousands of Florida kids lost Medicaid, now some have no coverage
- Stuck in licensing limbo, Florida nursing students want answers. They're not getting them
- How a nationwide cyberattack is impacting Florida patients and hospitals
- The computer will see you now: Artificial Intelligence usage grows at Florida hospitals
- Measles is a 'heat-seeking missile' experts warn as Florida outbreak grows
- Florida's Medicaid enrollment numbers dip below 4.8 million in January
