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Florida Hospital Association president Mary Mayhew says staff having to isolate due to the virus and workers taking lucrative travel jobs are posing challenges for hospitals amid the omicron surge.
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In advance of the 2022 legislative session, lawmakers eye ways to bolster education and training programs for nurses and other health professionals to help alleviate industry-wide staffing woes.
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Hospitals are using three to four times as much oxygen as they were before the pandemic. Also, a lack of delivery drivers is adding to the problem.
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Florida has added about 17,000 cases a day for the last three days. Hospitalizations now greatly exceed last year's peak.
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COVID-19 infections are rising fast in Florida with the first day of school just a few weeks away. Gov. DeSantis does not want to mandate masks in classrooms.
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With its choice of a new leader, the Florida Hospital Association has signaled that seeking legislative approval to expand Medicaid won’t be among its top priorities.
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Mayhew will become president and CEO of the Florida Hospital Association, an organization whose members rely heavily on state funding overseen by the Agency for Health Care Administration.
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Medicaid enrollment will balloon by more than 14 percent during the state’s current fiscal year, with economists predicting an average monthly enrollment…
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Florida hospitals and nursing homes have been on the front lines in the ongoing battle against COVID-19. The state Agency for Health Care Administration...
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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ budget proposal, released last month, provides Floridians with some insight into his health care priorities for 2020.From hospital…
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Floridians suffering from substance abuse disorder or mental illness will have access to housing support in six counties when a Medicaid pilot program…
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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ controversial choice to run the state Agency for Health Care Administration --- and the massive Medicaid program --- was approved...