Category: Agency for Health Care Administration
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The case that won’t die: DeSantis joins Patronis in boosting fortunes of big contributor in ‘Tooth Fairy’ case
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Operation Tooth Fairy, the insurance fraud case cooked up by Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis that Miami-Dade prosecutors refused to prosecute, has been quietly reanimated and retargeted by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Fifty years after Roe, Florida targets abortion pill; Women’s health care options dwindle
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org New Florida laws threaten pharmacists and doctors by treating abortion pills like contraband and penalizing their use outside strict limits.
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Grand Jury on COVID-19 vaccine should probe governor for possible pay-to-play; Donors who got fat, no-bid contracts stuffed his political war chest
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis asked the Florida Supreme Court to impanel a statewide Grand Jury to investigate “crimes and wrongdoing committed against Floridians related to the COVID-19 vaccine.” But if the 18 grand jurors and the prosecutors who will shepherd them do an actual investigation, the governor’s request should backfire…
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Right-wing extremist on payroll of Miami-Dade candidate looking to oust circuit judge
By Francisco Alvarado FloridaBulldog.org Teressa Maria Cervera, a Miami-Dade judicial candidate who’s been the subject of two recent Florida Bar complaints alleging deceitful behavior, has put an influential right-wing provocateur on her campaign’s payroll.
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Mental health services for Miami-Dade seniors in jeopardy after Florida healthcare agency changes billing practices
By Francisco Alvarado FloridaBulldog.org Miami-Dade senior citizens with mental health illnesses who rely on Medicaid and Medicare to cover their therapy sessions and medications are on the brink of losing their treatment thanks to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.
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DeSantis gave $103.4 million in no-bid contracts to Sunrise’s MedPro, accused of ‘trafficking’ foreign nurses, to staff vaccine sites
By Daniel Ducassi FloridaBulldog.org The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has given more than $100 million in no-bid contracts to a healthcare staffing company accused in court of profiting from the “forced labor” of foreign workers under a system of “indentured servitude.”