The federal stimulus package includes important provisions related to the administration of Florida's Medicaid program. The stimulus bill provides a temporary increase in the federal match of Medicaid costs, which means Florida will pay a lower share for Medicaid services. ...more

March 22, 2009

A newly released federal government ranking of Hernando County nursing homes shows four out of five facilities attaining high marks, with Brooksville Healthcare Center grabbing the coveted five-out-of-five stars for overall excellence. ...more

December 31, 2008

Evergreen Woods gets fewest stars. ...more

December 30, 2008

Tampa General Hospital psychiatric patients no longer are considered to be in imminent danger following a federal inspection that ended Friday. ...more

September 6, 2008

Tampa General Hospital psychiatric patients no longer are considered in imminent danger after a federal and state inspection that ended today. ...more

September 5, 2008

A federal agency has approved Tampa General Hospital's plan to improve patient safety in its psychiatric ward, reducing the threat the hospital would lose tens of millions of dollars in Medicare funding. ...more

September 4, 2008

Tampa General Hospital CEO Ron Hytoff says he's embarrassed by a federal agency's findings that the hospital's psychiatric ward poses a threat to patient safety. He should be. ...more

August 25, 2008

Medicare's top officials said in 2006 that they had reduced the number of fraudulent and improper claims paid by the agency, keeping billions of dollars out of the hands of people trying to game the system. ...more

August 21, 2008

Government auditors said they found nearly $90 million in potentially questionable payments from the Medicare program to contractors helping enact the prescription drug benefit for the elderly and disabled. ...more

December 21, 2007

TAMPA - Shares of WellCare Health Plans Inc. inched up in morning trading today after a Jefferies & Co. analyst said the company, which was raided last week by the FBI and other authorities, probably won't lose any of its Medicare contracts. ...more

October 29, 2007