In a drive to scrutinize hospital profits and their reliance on taxpayer funds, Gov. Rick Scott’s administration is taking aim at the largest public health insurance program in the state, Medicaid, and the private companies that last year took over managing the healthcare of Florida’s 3 million poor, disabled and elderly. The governor’s Commission on […]
Hospitals Hesitant to Give Commission Data – Health News Florida
Gov. Rick Scott, who last week asked the state’s hospitals to provide a large amount of financial data by Monday, will not get all that he asked for that quickly. He may not get some of it at all.And providing answers to some of the questions might make public some payment information from private insurers, […]
Scott wants Florida hospitals to open books – The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Gov. Rick Scott has given hospitals until Monday to provide detailed financial information that a newly created commission will use to search for answers to a health care funding stalemate that has delayed adoption of a state budget. Scott, a former health care executive, has suggested creating a “profit-sharing” plan given the industry’s “record high […]
