Florida ALF News This Week
Published: Fri, 03/29/19
The Florida House last week approved House Bill 21, which would repeal certificate of need (CON) laws for health care facilities in the state, including hospitals, nursing homes, and hospices. The bill now goes to the state Senate, which has historically opposed CON repeal, the Tampa Bay Times noted. The Senate bill, however, does not …
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The property in Miami Gardens where police officers are conducting an investigation after finding human remains Monday is linked to a woman who faced charges in a $1.4 million health care fraud scheme involving Miami-Dade County assisted-living facilities, records show.
FL House lawmakers voted largely on party lines to fully repeal certificates of need, setting up a showdown with the more reluctant Senate over the state’s approval system for expansion of healthcare facilities.
May 21 is the deadline to submit comments about the Labor Department’s proposed overtime pay rule, the department announced Friday, the same day National Labor Relations Board Chairman John Ring released an update on the joint-employer standard decision process.