Agency for Healthcare Administration

The technology contract, which could be worth $135 million, has drawn scrutiny because the state Agency for Health Care Administration decided to award it to Deloitte this summer amid an uproar --- and litigation --- about problems with an online unemployment-compensation system that the company helped develop.

The state is requiring nursing homes and assisted-living facilities to bar visitors from entering to prevent COVID-19 from spreading. Family advocates say that cuts out some of the key people who hold these facilities accountable. However, industry representatives argue, residents have more eyes on them now than ever as state teams enter facilities to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

TALLAHASSEE --- Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis on Friday named an ardent opponent of Medicaid expansion to lead the state Agency for Health Care Administration…