Home Health & Hospice Week
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APRNs, PAs Now May Help FL Residents Access Home Health
Published on Fri May 24, 2024
A new Florida law is aiming to make Medicaid-funded home care easier to access. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill this month allowing advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to order medically necessary home health care services for people on Medicaid, reports WCJB. “Now we’re catching the Medicaid population up with federal and private insurers,” State Rep. Gallop Franklin (D) said.
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