Florida House looking to revive debate on overnight ASC stays
Editor's Note
After the Florida Senate blocked a bill this year to let patients stay overnight at ASCs, the House likely will renew the debate in 2016, Health News Florida reports.
The issue has been part of a collection of proposals that House Republican leaders say would provide more choices to patients and potentially reduce costs.
The bill also would have allowed the creation of recovery care centers, where patient could stay for 72 hours after surgery.
After the Senate blocked the idea this year, the House likely will renew a push in 2016 to let patients stay overnight at ambulatory-surgical centers and could again seek to open the door for longer-term recovery centers. House Health & Human Services Chairman Jason Brodeur on Wednesday told a health care panel formed by Gov.
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