Orlando Regulatory

Trump's Immigration Ban Fuels Fear For Young Doctors Whose Jobs May Be In Limbo

Feb 02, 2017 at 07:11 pm by Staff

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez Kaiser Health News President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, which sparked protests abroad and in the U.S., is also raising fears ab.... Read More
Events

Prescribing Opioids To Seniors: It’s A Balancing Act

Feb 02, 2017 at 02:26 am by Staff

By Jenny GoldKaiser Health NewsThe national conversation about the opioid epidemic has mostly focused on young people who buy drugs illegally on the street. But the scrutiny o.... Read More
Business/Technology

Demand For Popular Short-Term Insurance Plans Could Surge If Health Law Is Relaxed

Feb 01, 2017 at 07:43 pm by Staff

By Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News Short-term health plans have been around for decades, bridging coverage gaps for people who are between jobs or have recently graduated.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Hospitals Worry Repeal Of Obamacare Would Jeopardize Innovations In Care

Feb 01, 2017 at 07:19 pm by Staff

By Kristin Espeland Gourlay, RINPR Kaiser Health News Much has been written about the 20 million people who gained health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, and what cou.... Read More
Digital Editions

February 2017 Digital Edition

Feb 01, 2017 at 04:43 pm by Staff

Independent Physicians

Department of Health Enables Physician Designees to Query Drug Database

Feb 01, 2017 at 10:53 am by Staff

Fraser Cobbe Orange County Medical Society Seminole County Medical Society The Florida Department of Health has finalized a rule that will enable physicians to use designees t.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Medicare's Coverage Of Therapy Services Again Is In Center Of Court Dispute

Jan 30, 2017 at 06:24 pm by Staff

By Susan Jaffe Kaiser Health News Four years after Medicare officials agreed in a landmark court settlement that seniors cannot be denied coverage for physical therapy and oth.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Repeal Ripples: Five Obamacare Exchange Chiefs Contemplate An Uncertain Future

Jan 29, 2017 at 03:43 am by Staff

Kaiser Health News The health insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act are in their third year of selling health insurance plans to people who don't get insur.... Read More
Clinical

Custom Truck Helps Rehab Inpatients Get on the Road

Jan 28, 2017 at 02:55 pm by Staff

WINTER PARK -- Getting in and out of a parked car is exactly the sort of movement that you rarely give a passing thought -- until the day an injury means you can't. For years,.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Victory: Judge Blocks Aetna-Humana Merger

Jan 25, 2017 at 11:22 pm by Staff

From the American Medical Association Presented by OCMS/SCMS In a landmark win January 23 for organized medicine and the nation's patients, federal judge John D. Bates blocke.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Everything You Need To Know About Block Grants -- The Heart Of GOP's Medicaid Plans

Jan 25, 2017 at 10:52 pm by Staff

By Shefali Luthra Kaiser Health News President Donald Trump's administration made explicit this weekend its commitment to an old GOP strategy for managing Medicaid, the federa.... Read More
Business/Technology

CAPI 2017 President Installed at Winter Gala

Jan 24, 2017 at 11:20 am by Staff

By JUDY OTTO Attendees at the December 3 Winter Gala event hosted by the Central Florida Association of Physicians from the Indian Subcontinent (CAPI) left with much to think.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Health Law Coverage Has Helped Many Chronically Ill -- But Has Still Left Gaps

Jan 23, 2017 at 11:20 pm by Staff

By Shefali Luthra Kaiser Health News As President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress devise a plan to replace the 2010 health law, new research suggests a key component.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Trump's Nominee For Agriculture Has Key Health Role

Jan 21, 2017 at 08:05 pm by Staff

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez Kaiser Health News Amid the cacophony of confirmation hearings for Cabinet nominees, President-elect Donald Trump reportedly has settled on former.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Trump Stays Silent On Health Law In Speech, Then Sets Tone For Repeal

Jan 21, 2017 at 08:01 pm by Staff

By Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News Repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act has been considered the new Trump administration's top priority. But you wouldn't know that.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Six U.S. Senators Confronting Trump's HHS Cabinet Pick Own Health Care Stocks, Too

Jan 19, 2017 at 08:13 pm by Staff

By Sydney Lupkin Kaiser Health News President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run Health and Human Services is taking heat for his controversial stock holdings in companies affec.... Read More
Independent Physicians

AMA Advocacy Protects Physicians from Reporting Penalties

Jan 19, 2017 at 09:39 am by Staff

Fraser Cobbe Orange County Medical Society Seminole County Medical Society The American Medical Association released an important update last week on potential quality r.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Health Law Sleepers: Six Surprising Health Items That Could Disappear With ACA Repeal

Jan 18, 2017 at 03:14 am by Staff

By Julie Appleby and Mary Agnes Carey Kaiser Health News The Affordable Care Act of course affected premiums and insurance purchasing. It guaranteed people with pre-existing c.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Budget Scorekeepers Say GOP Plan Would Raise The Number Of Uninsured By 32M

Jan 18, 2017 at 01:53 am by Staff

By Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News The bill considered the most likely prototype for partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act would result in as many as 32 million more peopl.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Obama's Health Care Legacy: A Landmark Becomes A Question Mark

Jan 14, 2017 at 05:43 pm by Staff

By Sarah Varney Kaiser Health News When President Barack Obama signed his landmark health care bill on March 23, 2010, he achieved what presidents and members of Congress had.... Read More