Health care budget negotiations wrapped Saturday night with the chambers agreeing to increase pediatricians rates by $76.1 million and appropriate an additional $61.5 million for a statewide graduate medical education effort aimed at increasing the number of physician residency slots at Florida hospitals.
The House also agreed to the
Senate's offer to increase rates at freestanding children's hospitals by nearly $54.3 million and to increase rates at prescribed pediatric extended care centers or PPECs by about $5 million.
As of Saturday night, the chambers also. have agreed to spend an additional $27.5 million to boost cancer funding Those issues were put to rest after House Appropriations Chairman Rep. Tom Leek announced that the the chamber was accepting the Senate offer made earlier in the day.
The chambers have not reached an agreement on whether to increase reimbursements for hospitals that treat the sickest children, regardless of whether they are a designated "children's hospital." The Senate wants to increase those rates by $76.1 million and the chamber made no offer to the House earlier in the day to modify or adjust that position. Therefore, it remains unresolved.
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