tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92070959440766386022024-03-05T20:36:14.541-05:00FHCA Capitol ConnectionKeeping you up-to-date with what's happening with Florida's legislature and how it relates to the issues that are critical to long term care.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger360125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207095944076638602.post-80907327803661994132018-03-11T16:50:00.000-04:002018-03-11T16:50:51.321-04:002018 Legislative Wrap Up
The
Legislature officially adjourned today, March 11, to pass the final
$88.7 billion budget for the 2018-19 state fiscal year. The extension
was needed because the budget requires a 72-hour “cooling off” period,
and thus a final vote could not be taken on the originally scheduled end
date of March 9.
With just a few weeks left in the regular session, the
Legislature’s focus Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207095944076638602.post-16978370067141121762017-06-16T18:25:00.002-04:002017-06-16T18:25:33.169-04:00FHCA Applauds Governor Scott for Signing Prospective Payment System into Law <!--[if gte mso 9]>
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The Legislature officially adjourned today, May 8, to pass the final $83 billion budget for the 2017-18 state fiscal year. The three-day extension was needed because the budget requires a 72-hour “cooling off” period, and thus a final vote could not be taken on the originally scheduled end date of May 5.
The 2017 legislative session was one of the most challenging in history for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207095944076638602.post-85742531278896117132017-05-04T21:12:00.002-04:002017-05-05T20:54:20.982-04:00FHCA Applauds House & Senate Leaders for Including Prospective Payment System in Budget<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207095944076638602.post-25081192818403133822017-05-04T11:54:00.002-04:002017-05-04T11:54:26.725-04:00Miami Nursing Center Residents to Lawmakers - PPS Adds Value to Our Care
Residents
and caregivers from Miami Jewish Health Systems visited Rep. Carlos Trujillo's
district office Wednesday to promote the message that reimbursing nursing centers through Prospective Payment System (PPS) would add VALUE the quality care they receive.
The PPS plan is part of the state budget that lawmakers in Tallahassee will vote on to close out the 2017 legislative session.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207095944076638602.post-49345378353124033102017-05-02T19:04:00.000-04:002017-05-02T19:04:03.301-04:00Nursing Centers Have Much to Gain from Switching to a Prospective Payment System
By Greg Forbes
Signature HealthCARE of Orange Park
A prospective payment system encourages quality improvement in nursing centers across the state. This is vital because improvement should not be limited to specific centers – we should never assume a nursing center is the best it will ever be. We should all strive to offer better care than we do, whether it is through foundational improvement Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207095944076638602.post-83645653300827763182017-05-02T18:58:00.003-04:002017-05-02T18:58:50.639-04:00PPS Incentivizes Nursing Centers to Raise Level of Quality
By Katie Berzowski
Heritage Park Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bradenton
Quality care for our loved ones in nursing centers should not be an afterthought, it should be a priority. That is why I support a prospective payment system for nursing center reimbursement.
With this type of reimbursement system, Medicaid dollars would be put to encouraging improvement in nursing facilities, which Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207095944076638602.post-53912793625926190922017-05-02T18:55:00.001-04:002017-05-02T18:55:45.839-04:00Prospective Payment System Tied to Quality Health OutcomesBy Woodie Lee
Habana Health Care Center in Tampa
Implementing a reimbursement system that encourages quality care would protect the state’s frailest residents. With the hustle and bustle of this session coming to a close, legislators are proposing a prospective payment system that would, for the first time ever, establish a payment system tied to quality health outcomes.
At Habana Health Care Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207095944076638602.post-50761215070861957272017-05-02T18:53:00.000-04:002017-05-02T18:53:01.508-04:00PPS Encourages Nursing Center Quality Care
By Daniel Frenden
Consulate Health Care of New Port Richey
With Florida’s Legislative Session coming to a close, it is imperative that as a community we are doing everything we can to remain active and speak up for significant issues. One of these issues would encourage nursing centers across the state to promote quality care, improving the lives of millions of Florida’s elders.
As Executive Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207095944076638602.post-86484259838866939262017-05-02T14:03:00.002-04:002017-05-02T15:50:54.213-04:00Senator Negron and the PPS Put Nursing Home Residents First<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207095944076638602.post-2722470459334466232017-04-28T13:58:00.000-04:002017-05-02T13:44:23.284-04:00Residents and Caregivers to Local Lawmakers: PPS Equals Quality!
Nursing
center residents and caregivers around Florida paid a visit to legislators’
district offices today to urge the lawmakers to support a Prospective Payment
System (PPS) for nursing center reimbursement. The PPS plan is under
consideration in Tallahassee today as Senate and House members work out details
to finalize the state budget before the 2017 legislative session is scheduled
to end Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207095944076638602.post-4905570390107403472017-04-21T10:55:00.000-04:002017-04-21T10:55:23.659-04:00FHCA Wraps Up Lobby Wednesdays Advocating for PPS & Quality CareFHCA hosted its final Lobby Wednesday of the 2017 session this week, with long term caregivers from Summit Care, Consulate Health Care, Blountstown Health and Rehabilitation Center and Gulf Coast Health Care meeting with legislators to discuss the prospective payment system and its tie to quality care. Lobby Wednesday sponsors Bouchard Insurance, HCPCS, Inc. and Medline Industries, Inc. also Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207095944076638602.post-72750293837819640762017-04-14T11:39:00.004-04:002017-04-14T11:39:41.342-04:00FHCA Provider Program - Progress on PPS & Managed CareMembers from Clear Choice Health Care joined FHCA at the Capitol Thursday for a special Lobby Day focused on the managed care priority. Watch how their visits helped advance the Senate Bill 682 by Sen. Kelli Stargel, which exempts long-stay residents from the Medicaid managed care system.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207095944076638602.post-60909395135367109462017-04-07T13:17:00.002-04:002017-04-07T13:17:19.798-04:00FHCA Provider Program - April 7, 2017At the halfway mark of the legislative session, FHCA held a press event on the Prospective Payment System with over 100 of its members in town for Lobby Wednesday, who also testified and waived in support as the Senate Appropriations Committee took up the vote. Certificate of Need and Managed Care were also significant topics of discussion on the House side.
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In an effort to protect their turf, the health plans behind
Florida’s managed care program for Medicaid recipients keep saying they help
many older Floridians move from nursing centers to live in community settings.
What they fail to tell you is that these elders are just a small fraction of
nursing center residents – the reality is that some frail eldersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207095944076638602.post-80976865828528680822017-03-24T13:25:00.002-04:002017-03-24T13:59:16.256-04:00FHCA Provider Program - March 24, 2017During week three of the legislative session, FHCA members held a successful Lobby Wednesday, making visit to lawmakers on key long term care priorities. Other members traveled to Washington, DC, to protect Medicaid funding at the federal level.
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long term care sector. Hear from FHCA Executive Director Emmett Reed who discusses the challenges we face, which include the nursing center Certificate of Need under fire,
potential changes to center's reimbursement system, managed
care and the threat of Medicaid funding cuts.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207095944076638602.post-69320563821002001922017-02-08T15:29:00.003-05:002017-02-08T15:49:35.342-05:00Managed Care Not Best Option for Frail Floridians, Needlessly Costs Taxpayers $68+ Million
Florida’s system of managed care does not work effectively for long-stay nursing center residents who can’t take care of themselves or be safely cared for in the community – and the system is costing taxpayers approximately $68.2 million in unnecessary fees each year, the Florida Health Care Association (FHCA) told a state Senate committee today.
More than&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0