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The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, V 2, Issue 6, June 2025

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Welcome to our sixth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at the impact of supply chain and tariff issues on the industry, the veto of Florida's...more

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Breaking Precedent: Florida Court Declares False Claims Act Qui Tam Provisions Unconstitutional

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On September 30, 2024, Judge Kathryn Mizelle of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida issued a noteworthy decision in United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, LLC, holding that the qui...more

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Florida Hospitals Must Soon Require Patients to Declare Immigration Status: What Healthcare Employers Need to Know

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Florida’s new immigration reform law has some high-profile requirements for employers, but a specific healthcare-related provision will require industry employers to change their practices related to immigration-related...more

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Florida Medicaid Provider Minimum Wage Increase (Deadline: October 1, 2022)

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In June 2022, the Florida governor signed a budget into law that provided more than $600 million in additional Medicaid funding to increase the minimum wage for employees of Medicaid providers. These funds are intended to be...more

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Minimum Wage Increase for Employees of Florida Medicaid Providers

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On June 2, 2022, Governor DeSantis signed the “Freedom First Budget” for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 for the sole purpose of increasing the minimum wage for employees and independent contractors of Medicaid providers to at least...more

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Florida Medicaid Providers: Action is Required by October 1, 2022

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Check your mailboxes.  AHCA is sending out postcards to existing Florida Medicaid providers (Providers) alerting them to upcoming changes in the Florida Medicaid program.  These changes require Providers to pay certain of...more

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Florida Medicaid Providers: New $15 Minimum Wage Requirements

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Effective October 1, 2022, certain providers participating in the Florida Medicaid program will be required to pay direct care workers a minimum of $15 per hour. Below we’ve outlined which organizations are subject to this...more

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COVID-19 threat prompts Florida’s Health Officials to expand telehealth under Emergency Order

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On Monday, March 16, 2020, Florida’s Surgeon General issued a rare Emergency Order (the Order) that allows certain out-of-state health care professionals to temporarily provide telehealth services to persons in Florida in...more

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2020 Legislative Session –A Sampling of Health Related Bills Filed

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The 2020 Legislative Session will begin its 60-day trek to completion on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. The following is a sample of bills that have been filed. We encourage you to review these bills, and contact us with specific...more

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Health Care Fraud and Abuse in the Middle District of Florida in 2016 - a Year in Review

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The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Middle District of Florida (USAO-MDFL) prosecuted several civil health care fraud matters in 2016 and issued related press releases. A review of the USAO-MDFL’s criminal and...more

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