Medicare Penalizes Group Of 751 Hospitals For Patient Injuries

Dec 21, 2017 at 07:35 pm by Staff

  Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News The federal government Thursday lowered a year's worth of Medicare payments to 751 hospitals to penalize them for having the highest ra.... Read More

CMS Updates Website to Compare Hospital Quality

Dec 21, 2017 at 05:51 pm by Staff

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated data on the Hospital Compare website and on data.medicare.gov to provide patients, families and all stakeholde.... Read More

Doing More Harm Than Good? Epidemic of Screening Burdens Nation's Older Patients

Dec 20, 2017 at 09:52 pm by Staff

  Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News Elena Altemus is 89 and has dementia. She often forgets her children's names, and sometimes can't recall whether she lives in Maryland o.... Read More

Drug Industry Spent Millions To Squelch Talk About High Drug Prices

Dec 20, 2017 at 08:18 pm by Staff

  Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News Facing bipartisan hostility over high drug prices in an election year, the pharma industry's biggest trade group boosted revenue by ne.... Read More

Looking North: Can A Single-Payer Health System Work In The U.S.?

Dec 20, 2017 at 08:10 pm by Staff

  Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News TORONTO -- For Dr. Peter Cram, an American internist who spent most of his career practicing in Iowa City, Iowa, moving here about.... Read More

UCF College of Medicine/HCA Consortium Announces New Transitional Year Residency Program

Dec 18, 2017 at 10:56 pm by Staff

A new Transitional Year Residency Program, based at Ocala Regional Medical Center in Ocala, FL has received initial accreditation and is seeking immediate applicants. This p.... Read More

Urgent Needs in Emergency Medical Education

Dec 17, 2017 at 02:23 pm by Staff

KELLI MURRAY, MedSpeaks Life in 2017 is a real double-edged sword. On the one hand we have modern privileges like an open and free Internet, the ability to see and talk to.... Read More

Medicare Fails To Recover Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Lab Overcharges

Dec 17, 2017 at 01:31 pm by Staff

  Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News Five years ago, Companion DX Reference Lab hoped to cash in on cutting-edge genetic tests paid for by Medicare. The Houston lab mark.... Read More

Susan Makowski Joins CPA Solutions as Director of Business Development

Dec 14, 2017 at 09:24 pm by Staff

Susan Makowski, previously Chief Administrative Aide to a county commissioner in one of Florida's largest counties, has joined CPA Solutions as its Director of Business Dev.... Read More

Leaders gather to celebrate the Center for Health & Wellbeing's 'topping out' milestone

Dec 14, 2017 at 08:49 pm by Staff

Leaders with the Winter Park Health Foundation and Florida Hospital on Thursday celebrated a significant construction milestone at the Center for Health & Wellbeing, whic.... Read More

Telemedicine For Addiction Treatment? Picture Remains Fuzzy

Dec 14, 2017 at 07:36 pm by Staff

  Emily Forman, Side Effects Public Media, Kaiser Health News When President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency, it came with a regulat.... Read More

Physician Spotlight: Srinivas Seela, MD

Dec 14, 2017 at 06:52 pm by Staff

Srinivas Seela moved to Orlando after finishing his fellowship in Gastroenterology at Yale University School of Medicine. During his training, he spent a significant amount.... Read More

Healthcare Leader: Daryl C. Osbahr, MD, Sports Medicine

Dec 14, 2017 at 06:45 pm by Staff

Daryl C. Osbahr, MD, is an internationally renowned orthopedic sports medicine surgeon serving as chief of sports medicine at Orlando Health, fellowship director for the Orl.... Read More

Florida Needs Holistic Approach on Physician Workforce Issues

Dec 14, 2017 at 06:35 pm by Staff

Fraser Cobbe Orange County Medical Society Seminole County Medical Society The Florida Legislature and hospitals throughout the State should be congratulated for their eff.... Read More

Opioids After Surgery Left Her Addicted. Is That A Medical Error?

Dec 13, 2017 at 10:01 pm by Staff

  Martha Bebinger, WBUR, Kaiser Health News In April this year, Katie Herzog checked into a Boston teaching hospital for what turned out to be a nine-hour-long back sur.... Read More

An Overlooked Epidemic: Older Americans Taking Too Many Unneeded Drugs

Dec 13, 2017 at 08:33 pm by Staff

  Sandra G. Boodman, Kaiser Health News Consider it America's other prescription drug epidemic. For decades, experts have warned that older Americans are taking too ma.... Read More

Fear Compromises The Health, Well-Being Of Immigrant Families, Report Finds

Dec 13, 2017 at 08:20 pm by Staff

  Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News Luis Ramirez has lived in the U.S. without immigration papers for two decades, but he is more worried about deportation now than ever.... Read More

These Annual Checkups Help Seniors Not Only Survive But Thrive

Dec 13, 2017 at 08:13 pm by Staff

  Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News Bea Lipsky shuffled into her wellness coach's office one morning this fall and parked her walker by the wall. Lipsky, 89, had had a.... Read More

AMA Urges Physicians to Take Simple Steps This Year to Avoid Medicare Payment Penalty in 2019

Dec 13, 2017 at 04:08 pm by Staff

The American Medical Association (AMA) is reminding physicians that the Medicare reimbursement system has changed, and, if they have not done so already, they have until Decem.... Read More

New Florida Hospital Apopka Now Serving Patients

Dec 13, 2017 at 04:05 pm by Staff

A new era for health care has begun in west Orange County with the opening of the new Florida Hospital Apopka. The 450,000-square-foot-hospital began operating at 7 a.m. on.... Read More