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Changes approved to aid Florida hospital capacity

from CBS Miami

Changes approved to aid Florida hospital capacity CBS Miami In an attempt to increase hospital capacity, Medicaid officials have agreed to waive regulations that require hospitals to obtain prior authorization before transferring patients into long-term care facilities. The Agency for Health Care Administration sent an alert Monday announcing that it was "waiving service authorization requirements" hospitals were required to obtain prior to transferring patients out of their facilities. The change was made to "facilitate prompt hospital discharges and to ensure adequate inpatient hospital capacity in response to COVID-19," according to the announcement. READ MORE

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