Christine Sexton

“They grabbed folks from all over the department and repurposed them,” Mahoney said, adding “the workload was huge.”

Members and guests are asked to adhere to CDC guidelines that recommend masks and six-foot social distancing.

The state is allowing residents to return to facilities after being screened for COVID-19-like symptoms.

More than 1.9 million Floridians receive health insurance through the federal exchange, with the overwhelming majority of those people receiving subsidies.

While the Legislature addressed pre-existing conditions, the 2019 law doesn’t address the other key factor in health insurance coverage: affordability.

The state changes will also allow children to visit long-term care residents.

The study shows that 1.38 of every 200 nursing home residents in Florida died from COVID-19.

Approximately 55,000 Florida children under the age of 19 lost health insurance coverage between 2016 and 2019.

Ultimately, the FloridaHealthPriceFinder website does not provide facility-level cost information to consumers.

While Weems Memorial is a rural facility, some larger hospital systems also face challenges.

“I personally think it’s incredibly draconian that a student would get potentially expelled for going to a party,” DeSantis said Thursday.

“There is a lot of concern about liability,” DeSantis said. “I believe it holds the economy back.”

There are no federal or state requirements for the state’s 3,111 licensed assisted living facilities that offer more than 110,504 beds across the state.

About 86 percent of patients received a certification for smoking, which is the most popular route of administration for medical marijuana.

DeSantis’ Task Force on the Safe and Limited Re-Opening of Long-Term Care Facilities finished working on its recommendations last week.

In all, 5,144 claims had been completely denied as of July 31, while 32 claims had been partially denied, according to the report.

Though the symptoms-based policy has been in place for a month, hospitals routinely report that some nursing homes still require two negative tests.

Rivkees said details for the pilot program “will be coming as vaccines become available,” but he did not explain further.