Mealey's (December 1, 2020, 1:04 PM EST) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The secretary of Health and Human Services on Nov. 24 defended his decision to exclude a Florida nursing home where eight residents died in the days following Hurricane Irma from all federal payer programs until the home is reinstated in Florida’s Medicaid Program, noting that the law allows such a decision, the facility has not been reinstated into the Medicaid program and the facility never sought reinstatement (Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills LLC v. Alex M. Azar, No. 0:20cv61357, S.D. Fla.)....