OMNI Healthcare Now Offering Monoclonal Antibody Treatments

Jan 14, 2022 at 06:03 pm by pj

MELBOURNE – Beginning Wednesday, January 19, OMNI Healthcare will be offering Covid-19 monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatments at OMNI offices in Melbourne and Titusville..... Read More

Cole Elected Treasurer of Parrish Medical Center’s Board of Directors

Jan 14, 2022 at 11:28 am by pj

  TITUSVILLE – Parrish Medical Center’s Board of Directors, in accordance with its bylaws, held an election of officers during its January board meeting.... Read More

Rollins Professor Awarded National Fellowship to Study HIV Prevention in Black Women in Orange County

Jan 14, 2022 at 11:18 am by pj

The award is part of an initiative to address structural racism in community health and generate a critical mass of evidence for change.   Winter Park  –&nbs.... Read More

UF Researchers Develop Genetic Score to Improve Pediatric Cancer Treatments

Jan 14, 2022 at 09:13 am by pj

By Matt Splett University of Florida researchers have developed a new genomics-based score to deliver more personalized and effective chemotherapy treatments to pediatric leu.... Read More

No Surprises Act Parts 1 and 2

Jan 13, 2022 at 08:05 pm by pj

By Sara D. McLaughlin, Michael R. Lowe, Brian C. Evander, Esquires          On January 1, 2022, the No Surprises Act went into effect. T.... Read More

Why Medical Clearance Is Really a Preoperative Evaluation

Jan 12, 2022 at 05:34 pm by pj

By DEBRA DAVIDSON, MJ, CPHRM and DAVID L. FELDMAN, MD, MBA, FACS   The term medical clearance is subject to debate in the medical community. Depending on how the term i.... Read More

Recent UCF PhD Nursing Grad Develops App to Help Youths with Epilepsy Transition to Self-Managed Care

Jan 12, 2022 at 05:27 pm by pj

  Michelle Tall, MSN, PhD, recently completed her Nursing PhD at the University of Central Florida after developing and testing the Medilepsy app to help youths ages 16-.... Read More

Black-Owned Hospice Seeks to Bring Greater Ease in Dying to Black Families

Jan 12, 2022 at 05:11 pm by pj

  By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Kaiser Health News This time, it didn’t take much persuading for Mary Murphy to embrace home hospice. When her mot.... Read More

OMNI Healthcare Offering Covid-19 Rapid and PCR Testing at All Offices on a Walk-in Basis  

Jan 12, 2022 at 03:38 pm by pj

  MELBOURNE - OMNI Healthcare announces that it is offering Covid-19 rapid and PCR testing at all offices on a walk-in basis throughout Brevard County Monday through Fri.... Read More

AMA Announces CPT Update for Third Dose of the Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine

Jan 12, 2022 at 03:34 pm by pj

The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced an editorial update to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®), the nation’s leading medical terminology code.... Read More

BeneLynk Honored for Being a Veteran-Friendly Employer

Jan 12, 2022 at 03:32 pm by pj

The national Social Determinant of Health solutions company, which specializes in managed Medicare and Medicaid services, was recognized by several veterans' organiz.... Read More

Orlando Health Partners with Seminole State College to Address Nursing Shortage

Jan 11, 2022 at 08:21 pm by pj

  New Partnership Creates Nursing Pipeline   Eight top nursing students from Seminole Stage College of Florida are starting the year getting hands-on experience c.... Read More

Mental Health Association of Central Florida Announces the Appointment of New Board Member

Jan 11, 2022 at 07:49 pm by pj

ORLANDO – The Mental Health Association of Central Florida announced the appointment of a new member to the board of directors. Ariel Cavazos, a Health Law attorney, w.... Read More

CMS Proposes Medicare Coverage Policy for Monoclonal Antibodies Directed Against Amyloid for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

Jan 11, 2022 at 07:44 pm by pj

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a proposed National Coverage Determination (NCD) decision memorandum. The proposed National Coverag.... Read More

AdventHealth, Trackhouse Join Forces for NASCAR Season

Jan 11, 2022 at 01:22 pm by pj

MTJ Foundation event to benefit area cancer patients   Driver Ross Chastain will race the No. 1 AdventHealth car in the season-opening DAYTONA 500, five other races in.... Read More

SHOAR and Automation Anywhere Partner to Strengthen Automation for the Healthcare Revenue Cycle

Jan 11, 2022 at 10:12 am by pj

Healthcare organizations’ needs remain a topic of conversation at the federal, state and local levels, and they will continue to see significant change as the pandemic c.... Read More

EOCC: Happy New Year - Looking Ahead & Elevating Your Business

Jan 10, 2022 at 08:19 pm by pj

By DOROTHY HARDEE    “Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one” – Brad Paisley Happy 365 Days of the New Year! Ring.... Read More

Supreme Court Weighs Biden’s Workplace Vaccine Requirements

Jan 10, 2022 at 08:11 pm by pj

  By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News  The Supreme Court on Friday took up one of the most contentious issues of the covid-19 pandemic, hearing a series of ca.... Read More

Hospitals Recruit International Nurses to Fill Pandemic Shortages

Jan 10, 2022 at 08:02 pm by pj

  By Nick Ehli, Kaiser Health News BILLINGS, Mont. — Before Mary Venus was offered a nursing job at a hospital here, she’d never heard of Billings or v.... Read More

The War on Cancer at 50: The Origin Story Begins With a Socialite Citizen-Lobbyist

Jan 10, 2022 at 07:58 pm by pj

  By Gabrielle Emanuel, WBUR, Kaiser Health News The roots of the National Cancer Act can be traced to a small home in Watertown, Wisconsin. In the early 1900s, a.... Read More