Florida ALF News This Week
Published: Fri, 09/13/19
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Several civil legal aid organizations in Florida have filed a federal class action lawsuit against the agencies that operate the state's Medicaid
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A South Florida doctor is being accused of extorting her 86-year-old patient after police say she got the man to sign over co-ownership of his home without his knowledge.
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Seattle-based senior living and care referral service A Place for Mom has agreed to settle for $6 million a putative class action lawsuit that claims the company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The company denies the allegations in the lawsuit.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis released the full report on just how seriously his state agencies took Dorian.
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More than 100 Florida healthcare facilities — hospitals nursing homes and assisted living facilities — were evacuated because of Hurricane Dorian amid fears of flooding or power outages.
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A month after a proposed constitutional amendment to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was withdrawn from the 2020 ballot, a South Florida Democrat has pre-filed a resolution
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Those looking to age in place could see sales-tax exemptions on independent living items such as shower seats, bed rails and grab bars should House Bill
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Miami-Dade police say a ShotSpotter alert drew them to a home in the 11000 block of Southwest 172nd Terrace, where they found a man fatally shot and an assisted living facility being operated.