Orlando Regulatory

Medicare Reconsiders Paying For Seniors' Spine Operations At Surgery Centers

Jul 30, 2018 at 10:08 pm by Staff

.   Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News Medicare is reviewing whether seniors should undergo spine surgeries at same-day surgery centers, the government-run health pr.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

1,400 Nursing Homes Get Lower Medicare Ratings Because Of Staffing Concerns

Jul 30, 2018 at 10:02 pm by Staff

  Jordan Rau, Elizabeth Lucas, Kaiser Health News Medicare has lowered its star ratings for staffing levels in 1 in 11 of the nation's nursing homes -- almost 1,400 of.... Read More
Business/Technology

Keep Your Patients Coming Back to Your Practice

Jul 30, 2018 at 09:37 pm by Staff

. BY MARA SHORR and JAY A. SHORR We've seen this issue time after time: doctors come to us telling us they need assistance with their marketing. Their reasoning: they're.... Read More
Business/Technology

1+1=7: Leveraging Value-Based Healthcare for Positive ROI

Jul 30, 2018 at 09:27 pm by Staff

. By GREGORY T. REINECKE Change is about change! In the healthcare industry, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 included another definition for clinica.... Read More
Business/Technology

Drug Trade Group Quietly Spends 'Dark Money' To Sway Policy And Voters

Jul 30, 2018 at 08:04 pm by Staff

. Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News In 2010, before the Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress, the pharmaceutical industry's top lobbying group was a very public supporte.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

We Care of Lake County Looking for Volunteers and Equipment

Jul 30, 2018 at 02:02 pm by Staff

. We Care of Lake County is asking for volunteers and equipment. We Care of Lake County was founded to assist poor, indigent and homeless uninsured adult residents, to rec.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Marion County Under Mosquito-borne Illness Advisory

Jul 29, 2018 at 06:56 pm by Staff

. Marion County is currently under a mosquito-borne illness advisory due to the number of horses in the county that have tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Free Back to School Immunizations

Jul 29, 2018 at 05:55 pm by Staff

. The Florida Department of Health in Marion County will host August back to school immunization clinics in Ocala, located at 1801 Southeast 32nd Avenue. Students entering k.... Read More
Business/Technology

Hospitals Gear Up For New Diagnosis: Human Trafficking

Jul 28, 2018 at 01:16 pm by Staff

. Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News The woman arrived at the emergency department at Huntington Hospital on New York's Long Island after she was hit by her boyfriend duri.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

CMS proposes Medicare Hospital Outpatient Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Changes

Jul 27, 2018 at 04:15 pm by Staff

. On July 25, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed changes that would encourage site-neutral payment between sites of services and mak.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Orlando Health Magazine Recognized for Excellence

Jul 27, 2018 at 12:32 am by Staff

Choose Health, the Orlando Health community education and lifestyle magazine, has received national recognition. The publication, which is distributed to more th.... Read More
Business/Technology

The Realities of the Real-Time Enterprise

Jul 26, 2018 at 06:19 pm by Staff

. By JENNIFER SCHWARTZ and MARIE MURPHY As if healthcare leaders, especially those in health IT, didn't already have enough on their plates, something new is on the horizo.... Read More
Business/Technology

AID: HSA Funds Should Be Allowed to Pay for DPC Without Restriction

Jul 26, 2018 at 05:16 pm by Staff

. Although patients can use HSAs to buy $500 Chanel prescription sunglasses and cosmetic surgery, they are not allowed to use it to pay fees for direct primary care. "DPC is.... Read More
Business/Technology

Regulatory Approvals Trigger Payback from Billions of Dollars in Investments in Medical Imaging Artificial Intelligence

Jul 26, 2018 at 04:47 pm by Staff

. Over 90 companies have set out to develop AI-based medical imaging solutions, creating huge stakes for market growth opportunities, finds Frost & Sullivan Medical im.... Read More
Independent Physicians

Medicare Announces Major Payment Policy Recommendations for 2019

Jul 26, 2018 at 04:30 pm by Staff

. Fraser Cobbe Orange County Medical Society Seminole County Medical Society Over the past several weeks, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have announc.... Read More
Clinical

Zika Viruses Show Potential as Treatment for High-Risk Childhood Cancer

Jul 26, 2018 at 03:27 am by Staff

.       Zika virus, long feared for its severe effects on pregnant mothers and unborn babies, may hold potential as a cancer treatment for neuroblastoma, a.... Read More
Clinical

Free Back-to-School Physicals for Uninsured Children

Jul 24, 2018 at 10:00 am by Staff

. Florida ranks 47th in the nation for the percentage of uninsured children, with an estimated 27,000 uninsured children living in Central Florida. For their families, back.... Read More
Business/Technology

Silicon Makes its Way to Healthcare Design

Jul 24, 2018 at 09:18 am by Staff

. By AMBER CLORE When it comes to healthcare design, technology in all aspects of the industry tend to be top of conversation. The interior design, decoration and overall.... Read More
Clinical

Emergency Room vs. Urgent Care: What's the Difference?

Jul 23, 2018 at 08:06 pm by Staff

By LEENA KAMAT, MD Sponsored The difference between an urgent care clinic versus an emergency room (ER) is the level of care and treatment each facility is capable of pr.... Read More
Feature Profiles

Physician Spotlight: Prakash Maniam, MD

Jul 23, 2018 at 07:55 pm by Staff

. Prakash Maniam's journey to becoming a urologist began with a painful, yet fateful moment as an undergraduate at The Ohio State University. An aspiring engineer at the tim.... Read More