Tag: LIP
Future medicaid funding for Sacred Heart and other safety net hospitals uncertain
While Gov. Rick Scott’s administration has reached agreement with the federal government on as much as $1.5 billion for the Low Income Pool program, the…
Governor gets $1.5B from Trump Administration for health care
As the House and Senate get ready to start negotiating a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, Gov. Rick Scott and federal officials announced Wednesday…
LIP funding set to be cut next July 1
With Florida facing another cut next year in a key hospital-funding program, Senate President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, said Wednesday it “remains to be seen” whether…
Scott scraps LIP injunction
By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Pointing to a budget agreement reached by lawmakers, Gov. Rick Scott’s attorneys late Tuesday withdrew a request…
Sacred Heart and Baptist are winners under proposed LIP plan
The Florida lawmakers struck a deal how to shore the $1.2 billion decrease in federal funding for the Low Income Pool program, which helps hospitals…
Judge Rodgers sides with feds, nixes mediation in LIP lawsuit
Today Judge Casey Rodgers rejected a request by Gov. Rick Scott for mediation in a legal battle between the state and federal government about health-care…
Feds asks Judge Rodgers to reject mediation in LIP lawsuit
A day after Gov. Rick Scott sought mediation in a lawsuit about health-care funding, attorneys for the federal government asked a judge Tuesday to reject…
House, Senate agree on LIP total
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA After months of federal negotiations and proposals floated by Gov. Rick Scott, the House and the Senate,…
Feds wary of Scott’s LIP plan
The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is wary of approving a state proposal for helping fund hospitals without knowing more about Florida’s plan…
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