Nursing Homes

LeadingAge Florida said it submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services warning the proposal would have “unintended consequences” because of the shortage of nurses.

The Florida Health Care Association wrote to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services warning that most facilities could not meet the “arbitrary and unfunded mandates."

The state appealed a federal judge's ruling about whether it was improperly institutionalizing children who often require 24/7 care and have needs such as ventilators, feeding tubes and breathing tubes.

Software sifts through millions of medical records to match patients with similar diagnoses and characteristics and predicts what kind of care an individual will need. New rules will ensure humans are part of the process.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in an order Tuesday that it would “expedite” oral arguments in the legal battle between the state and the U.S. Department of Justice. Nevertheless, the arguments will not happen until after final briefs are filed on Dec. 6, according to a schedule in the order.

Warning of a "substantial detrimental impact on the children at the heart of this case," the U.S. Department of Justice urged a federal appeals court to reject an attempt by Florida to at least temporarily halt an injunction requiring changes aimed at keeping children with complex medical conditions out of nursing homes.

A battle over transgender people’s rights in the United States has focused attention mostly on youth. But for many transgender seniors, it’s brought new fears to their plans for retirement and old age.

The state has sought a stay on an injunction that would require Florida's Medicaid program to provide 90% of the private-duty nursing hours to help children live in family homes or communities instead of nursing homes.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we discuss Florida’s new Black history standards, challenges to public beach access and the decade-long legal battle over housing kids in Florida's nursing homes.

The federal judge wrote that he is “not persuaded that Florida will suffer irreparable damage without a stay," but that noncompliance can bring substantial harm to institutionalized children.

A key part of the decision would require the state to increase the availability of private-duty nursing that could help children receive care outside of nursing homes. The state says complying is "impossible."

The state quickly launched an appeal after a federal judge ruled Friday that Florida has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and needs to make changes to keep children with “complex” medical conditions out of nursing homes.