Current Orlando Medical News

Moving Ahead
Moving Ahead
Health Central deal on track to close by end of March 

OCOEE—After a delay that prompted rumors the deal may have been nullified, the $177 million sale of Health Central to Orlando Health will become official by the end of March, and a new name will be unfurled for the hospital’s 60th anniversary: Orlando Health Central...


LYNNE JETER

Taking the Reins
Taking the Reins
Internationally renowned liver oncologist Mark Roh, MD, begins leadership transition of MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando in 2012 After Mark Roh, MD, read “Intern” by Dr. X at the impressionable age of 14, he knew he wanted to be a surgeon. A liver transplant mentor influenced his decision to specialize in liver oncology...
LYNNE JETER

A Path Worth Taking
A Path Worth Taking
There is no neon sign on the door or huge billboard pointing the way, but people are still finding their way to one of Orlando’s newest counseling centers...
KATHRYN Mc PHAIL

Employment Practices Liability – Are You Protected?
Employment Practices Liability – Are You Protected?
Is your practice protected in the event an employee files a claim against you for the following allegations?...
VICKY VANGORDER

Top 5 Issues for Physicians to Follow in 2012 | Ron Present, CALA, CNHA, is the healthcare services practice leader for Brown Smith Wallace LLC, one of the Midwest region’s most prominent locally owned full-service public accounting firms. INSIDE Public Accounting has recognized Brown Smith Wallace nationally as a Top 5 Fastest Growing Firm in the $20-30 million net revenue category. To reach Present, call (314) 983-1200 or email RPresent@bswllc.com.
Top 5 Issues for Physicians to Follow in 2012
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What’s next?! By now, you’ve heard that another bipartisan committee has failed to accomplish its primary objective...
RON PRESENT

Maximum CPT® Allowable Every Time
Most experts agree that the contractual relationships between healthcare providers and managed care organizations (MCO’s) have not matured as expected from a strategic, financial, or operational perspective...
DANA R. BELLEFOUNTAINE JR.

Managing Risks VIII  | Editor’s Note: This article marks the eighth in a risk management series with Timothy R. Bone, president of Florida-based MedMal Direct Insurance. Florida Medical News addresses some of the most common non-clinical problems by objectively approaching each issue and its resolution via the scientific method. This process includes providing an “outcome goal” or objective, and then offering a relatively simple approach to data-gathering via chart review, observations, or simple surveys.

The series flows from the following known fact: as much as 80 percent of all medical malpractice lawsuits are generated from non-clinical issues in the practice of medicine.
Managing Risks VIII
Using the scientific method to address non-clinical risk management issues concerning incident reports
LYNNE JETER

RX for the Bottom Line

How to Have Better Vision for your Practice

It’s essential to have a vision of how you –the physician – want your practice represented. Perception is reality, so how do you want the local community to see you? Some providers start their practice and let the chips fall where they may...
MINERVA DEJESUS and AURIANA REYES

Is IT Safe?
Is IT Safe?
A few months ago, I appeared on a local news show to talk about data security. After the interview, the news anchor asked me what seemed like a simple question:...

JAMES GENTRY

Esophageal Cancer and Clinical Features
Esophageal Cancer and Clinical Features
The gastrointestinal tract is the second most common noncutaneous site for cancer and the second major cancer related mortality in the USA...
SRINIVAS SEELA, MD

Financing for Your Healthcare Practice:  Why You Should Consider a Community Bank
Financing for Your Healthcare Practice: Why You Should Consider a Community Bank
As our nation continues to climb back from the recent recession, we are faced with a financing landscape that is significantly different from that which we experienced just five years ago...
MICHAEL JACKSON

Enhancing the Patient Experience Drives Value  | Brian Masters, MD, is one of the partners of Central Florida Inpatient Medicine. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Masters attended University of Kentucky’s College of Medicine program. His hospital affiliations lie with the Florida Hospital system as well as Health Central. For information visit www.cflim.com.
Enhancing the Patient Experience Drives Value
The concept of increasing value in healthcare (or value-based healthcare) is that providers should be held accountable not only for the cost of care, but also for the quality of and patient satisfaction with their care...
BRIAN MASTERS, MD