PPECs Named a Legislative Winner in 2025 Session Recap
Tender Care provides skilled nursing services in a daycare-like environment.
PPECs Named a Legislative Winner in 2025 Session Recap
We’re excited to announce that Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care (PPEC) centers were recognized as a legislative “winner” in Florida Politics’ 2025 Session recap which is a powerful acknowledgment of the essential care these centers provide to Florida’s medically fragile children.
As highlighted in the article, PPEC providers across the state came together to successfully push back against a proposal that would have shifted Medicaid coverage for PPECs into managed care plans. This collective effort preserved critical protections around access, quality, and parental choice. Additionally, the session laid important groundwork for a potential increase in reimbursement rates in the upcoming state budget – progress that’s long overdue.
This important win was driven by the relentless advocacy of providers and the expert leadership of Johnston & Stewart Government Strategies, who played a key role in advancing the cause in Tallahassee.
We’re especially grateful for the passionate efforts of coalition members like Tender Care PPEC and The Kidz Club, who were unwavering partners in this fight.
This victory is for every PPEC and every family we serve.
And we’re just getting started.
Want to join the mission or learn more? Visit www.ppec.info.
Tender Care provides care for medically complex and fragile children from birth to 21 years of age in a daycare-like environment staffed with nurses, CNAs, and therapists. We are the first independently owned PPEC in the State of Florida with our initial center opening in 1988. This means we have an abundance of experience and knowledge in providing loving care to this special pediatric population. We have 6 Tender Care PPEC centers throughout Florida, with our newest facility located in Lake Park.
Our goal is to enhance the development of each child through collaborative relationships between families, physicians, nurses, and therapists. This holistic approach to care is carried out in an environment that allows the child to engage in social interactions with their peers. This results in thriving children, well-positioned to achieve their greatest potential. We also offer transportation at no cost and provide nutritious meals throughout the day.
What sets us apart is that we care for and treat every child like family. We have passion in our hearts for our children and a desire to see them succeed.
We are so excited to have a table at this fair and can’t wait to meet all the families that attend.
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PPEC Offers Many Advantages…
To the child/family:
- Centrally located nursing and therapy decreases intrusions into family dynamics at home
- Increased socialization with other children
- Decreased hospitalization
- Personalized case management ensuring the best care for your child
- Offers caregivers increased potential to return to work or school
- Early detection of potential health problems by licensed professionals
To the payer:
- Decreased hospitalizations through early detection and case management
- Increased compliance with plan of care resulting in less utilization of health care benefits
- An average savings of 40% to 50% compared to Home Health services
Common pediatric diagnoses that indicate a potential need for daily skilled nursing services:
- Premature infants diagnosed with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, apnea of prematurity, oxygen and pulse oximetry dependence
- Cerebral palsy with gastrostomy or jejunostomy dependence and/or seizures
- Spina bifida with or without an Arnold Chiari malformation and shunt monitoring, and urinary catheterization dependence
- Certain cardiac anomalies
- Post-transplant status
- Immunosuppressed status
- Tracheostomy status (with or without ventilator dependence)
- Failure to thrive
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- History of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
- Adrenal Insufficiency
- Presence of a colostomy, ileostomy, urostomy, or vesicostomy
*This is not medical advice, always consult with your child’s doctor before making any changes to their lifestyle.