| 5/4/2021
5 things to know about Florida’s health care budget
Pick a random dollar out of Florida’s $101.5 billion budget, and it’s got a strong chance of going to a health care program. That means Florida’s health care spending plan sheds a great deal of light on the priorities of state leaders. Who gets coverage under the state’s Medicaid program? Where are billions of federal dollars going? How is the state looking after its most vulnerable citizens? [Source: Tampa Bay Times]
DeSantis orders end of local COVID mandates, signs emergency bill that bans vaccine passports
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed legislation that limits local government emergency orders related to COVID-19 and creates a permanent ban on vaccine passports. He also signed an executive order that limits those local powers until the bill takes effect July 1. DeSantis, at a St. Petersburg restaurant for the signings, said that while the fight against COVID-19 continues, “we are no longer in
Nursing shortage in South Florida has healthcare facilities scrambling to counter the talent drain
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LifeWings Peak Performance is hosting a quickly arranged webinar in response to a critical situation aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The pandemic is just the spark on an already dry haystack.” FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (PRWEB) April 28, 2021 There is a nursing shortage in South Florida that is undeniably of crisis proportions. Health care providers, who are on the front lines of this life-endangering problem, said today that they are determined to reverse the staffing shortage.
The South Florida Hospital and Healthcare Association are teaming up with LifeWings Peak Performance and holding an urgently needed two-day virtual discussion on May 12-13. Florida s leaders in the profession will, in a quick-hit format, address why nursing vacancies in this region of the state are quickly rising and pu