2020
Florida Medicaid director says new rule would be ‘crippling’ | By Christine Sexton – February 12, 2020
Broward Health Issues comment on Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation | By Targeted News Service – February 8, 2020
Ron DeSantis Looking to Support New Hospital Quality Program
DeSantis Wants Higher Medicaid Funding for Hospitals | By Daniel Molina, The Floridian – January 16, 2020
2019
Safety Net Hospitals in Florida Look to protect funds | By News Service of Florida – September 10, 2019
Critical car hospitals take huge hit in Senate budget, House version cuts funding to all | By Tallahassee Democrat – April 24, 2019
Editorial: The Florida Legislature’s misguided spending priorities | By Tampa Bay Times – April 9, 2019
Safety nets rebrand Medicaid fund as ‘critical care’ need | By Alexandra Glorioso – April 9, 2019
2018
Editorial: Tell Constitution Revision Commission to shape up | By Tampa Bay Times – March 13, 2018
Nursing homes, safety net hospitals win in budget | By Christine Sexton, The News Service of Florida – March 8, 2018
More Money Could Go To Florida Trauma Centers After Mass Shooting in Parkland | By News Service of Florida – February 23, 2018
Health Program Money Won’t Hit Projections | By Christine Sexton, News Service of Florida – February 23, 2018
Column: Put patients before profits; protect our safety net hospitals | By John Couris and John Touchton, Tampa Bay Times – February 22, 2018
Florida Senate should protect JMH by putting patients before profits | By Nicholas Namias, M.D., Miami Herald – February 20, 2018
Florida Senate Chooses Profits Over Profits | By Grant Miller, Miami Community News – February 19, 2018
2017
Study: SWFL faces severe shortage of primary care physicians | By Katherine Viloria – Reported by John-Carlos Estrada, WINK News – December 14, 2017
Report Points To Need To Address Physician Shortages | By Christine Sexton, News Service of Florida – December 13, 2017
Florida teaching hospitals seek to train more doctors | By Barbara Peters Smith, Herald-Tribune – December 13, 2017
Florida hospitals call for more funding in effort to address looming doctor shortage | By Justine Griffin – December 13, 2017
Doctor shortage hits SWFL | By Brenna Weick, NBC-2 – December 13, 2017
Archives
- Editorial: Gov. Rick Scott fails all Floridians on health care | By Tampa Bay Times – April 10, 2015
- OUR VIEW: “No” is not a solution for hospital funding | By News Journal – April 12, 2015
- Tia Mithchell: Lawmakers’ posturing on healthcare overshadows the impact on everyday Floridians | By Tia Mitchell, Florida Times Union – April 12, 2015
- Q&A with Dr. Nabil El Sanadi of Broward Health | By Sam Jacobs, Special to the Miami Herald – April 12, 2015
- Medicaid expansion plans face long odds in final weeks of session | By Kathleen McGrory, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau – April 11, 2015
- Gov. Scott reverses course, opposes Medicaid expansion | By Gary Fineout and Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press – April 6, 2015
- Front Page(s) Coverage on Florida Physician Workforce
- Media Coverage Full Report
- Florida Senate Sends Emissaries to Washington on Key Health Issues| By Dara Kam, NSF – March 31, 2015
- House and Senate budgets fund additional residency slots for docs but target far less than what Scott wants | By Christine Jordan Sexton, SPB – March 25, 2015
- Doctor shortage does not bode well for our aging population | Daily Commercial – March 13, 2015
- Study: Florida facing critical shortage of physician specialist through 2025 | By Carma Henry, Westside Gazette – March 12, 2015
- Shands joins hospitals seeking more residency funds | By Christopher Curry, The Gainesville Sun – March 10, 2015
- Hospitals to Seek $20M for Residency Programs | The News Service of Florida – March 9, 2015
- Kathy Castor teams up with a Republican to address looming doctor shortage | Mitch Perry – March 5, 2015
- U.S. faces 90,000 doctor shortage by 2025, medical school association warns | Lenny Bernstein, The Washington Post – March 3, 2015
- Lakeland’s Roadblock: A Looming Doctor Shortage | The Ledger – February 20, 2015
- Florida to Address Doctor Shortage: Existing Deficit Will Be Worse by 2025 | By Robin Williams Adams, The Ledger – February 19, 2015
- Study projects physician shortage | By Royal Shepard, Democrat Staff Writer – February 18, 2015
- Florida hospital study warns of doctor shortage | By Frank Gluck, News-Press – February 18, 2015
- Addressing expected doctor shortage in Manatee, Sarasota, hospital to start residency program | By Richard Dymond, Bradenton Herald – February 18, 2015
- Study: Florida Falling Deeper into a Physician Specialist Hole | By Nancy Smith, Sunshine State News – February 17, 2015
- 7,000 More Docs Needed in Next Decade: Health News Florida – February 17, 2015
- Teaching hospitals make case for more residency dollars | By Tia Mitchell, FL Times Union (PolitiJax) – February 17, 2015
- Florida doctors at a shortage and growing| By Matt Galka, Reporter – Capitol News Service – February 17, 2015
- Hospitals set to release report on physician shortages by specialty, region | Saint Petersblog – February 16, 2015
- Hospitals face big cuts in funding fight | Orlando Sentinel – February 13, 2015
- Florida Doesn’t Need More Trauma Centers – February 27, 2013
- Will Weatherford’s dad says Medicaid helped family | Tampa Bay Times – March 5, 2013
- Medicaid program helped Will Weatherford’s family after all, he admits | Tampa Bay Times – March 6, 2013
- Hospitals Eye Senate Health Coverage Plan – March 12, 2013
- Lee Memorial Health System System will seek more clinic cash | The News-Press – March 18, 2013
- Safety net hospitals criticize Senate’s Medicaid payment proposal | Tampa Bay Times – April 4, 2013
- Study: Broward hospitals hurt by Senate Medicaid proposal | By Maria Mallory White, Staff Writer, SunSentinel – April 5, 2013
- Florida Safety-Net Hospitals Denounce Medicaid Payment Reform Written by Bob Herman – April 08, 2013
- Senators agree to change hospital Medicaid formula | By Tia Mitchell, Tampa Bay Times – April 11, 2013
- Shands, Orange Park could see renewed trauma fight as legislature meets | By Christine Sexton, Jax Business Journal – April 15, 2013
- Blue, Hospitals See Legialative Favors | By Carol Gentry, Health News Florida – April 15, 2013
- House GOP’s balking at Medicaid cash could hurt party | By Marc Caputo, The Miami Herald – April 15, 2013
- Taking the Trauma battle to Tallahassee | By Letitia Stein, Tampa Bay Times – April 15, 2013
- Florida hospitals brace for fight over trauma units | By Christine Jordan Sexton, Orlando Business Journal – April 15, 2013
- All Children’s Hospital fears major cut under state Senate plan | By Jodie Tillman, Tampa Bay Times – April 19, 2013
- Advocacy group says Senate Medicaid budget plan would hurt Hillsborough | By Mary Shedden, Tampa Tribune – April 19, 2013
- Counties and Safety Net Hospitals Outraged Over Senate Plans To Distribute Local Money Statewide | By Lynn Hatter, WFSU-FM – April 24, 2013
- Editorial: Florida Senate hijacks health funds | The Tampa Tribune – April 25, 2013
- Senate proposal harms area’s safety-net hospitals | By Jonathan Ellen and Jim Burkhart, The Tampa Tribune – April 25, 2013
- Agreement on DRG’s closes out Health Care budget | By James Call , The Florida Current – April 27, 2013
- Trauma care experts urge Senate to remove “harmful” language from SB 966 | By Peter Schorsch , Saint Peters Blog – April 30, 2013
- Editorial: “No” to deregulation of trauma centers — Our Opinion: More emergency rooms won’t mean better medical treatment | The Miami Herald – May 1, 2013
- Tallahassee robs region again | The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board – May 6, 2013
- Safety net hospitals scrambling to prevent $65 million scott Veto | By Tia Mitchell, Tampa Bay Times – May 15, 2013
- Florida Hospital Takes a Step Toward Price Transparency | By Kate Pickert, TIME Magazine – June 3, 2013
- Editorial: Special election sends a message to Tallahassee | By Tampa Bay Times – October 16, 2013
- After saying no to feds on Medicaid expansion, Florida may ask for more money | By Tia Mitchell, Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau – October 17, 2013
- Editorial: Tampa General chief off to strong start | By Tampa Bay Times – October 17, 2013
- Miami-Dade voters approve $830 million for Jackson Health System | By Daniel Chang, Miami Herald – November 5, 2013
- A Healthy Alliance – Johns Hopkins & All Children’s | By Amy Keller, Florida Trend – December 11, 2013
- TV ads slam Tampa Bay hospitals for opposing new trauma centers | By Letitia Stein, Tampa Bay Times – January 17, 2014
- Editorial: Stand for patients, not profits | By Tampa Bay Times – March 14, 2014
- State redirects indigent-care tax collected in HIllsborough | By James L. Rosica, Tampa Tribune – March 28, 2014
- Op-Ed – MacKenzie: Why SMH doesn’t have trauma center | By Gwen MacKenzie, Guest Columnist, Herald-Tribune – March 30, 2014
- Editorial: The “safety net” has holes | By Tampa Tribune – April 7, 2014
- Delays Helps Safety-Net Hospitals | By Mary Shedden, Health News Florida – April 23, 2014
- Breaking News: Sarasota Memorial Hospital CEO is leaving | By Barbara Peters Smith, Herald-Tribune – April 23, 2014
- Shands among safety net hospitals saying state underpaid them | By Christopher Curry, Gainesville Sun – August 8, 2014