Is Your Answering Service a Business Associate?

Oct 03, 2016 at 11:16 pm by Staff

By REBECCA MOREHEAD The answer is... YES! The Omnibus Final Rule of 2013 expands the definition of a business associate. In short, a business associate is a person or entity t.... Read More

Early Lung Cancer Detection May Save Lives

Oct 02, 2016 at 05:02 pm by Staff

Rebecca Desir, MPH Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer death for both men and women in the United States. The five-year survival rate for lung cancer patients is a d.... Read More

Medicare's 60-Day Overpayment Reporting Final Rule: How can providers comply?

Oct 02, 2016 at 04:14 pm by Staff

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 imposed a requirement that providers that bill the Medicare program (including Parts A, B, Medicare Advantage and Part D) must report and retur.... Read More

October 2016 Digital Edition

Oct 01, 2016 at 11:13 am by Staff

Expert Panel Recommends Expansion Of Services With No Cost Sharing For Women

Sep 29, 2016 at 12:12 am by Staff

Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News The list of preventive services that women can receive without paying anything out of pocket under the health law could grow if proposed re.... Read More

Large Danish Study Links Contraceptive Use To Risk Of Depression

Sep 28, 2016 at 10:57 pm by Staff

Carmen Heredia Rodriguez Kaiser Health News Aside from pesky side effects like nausea and headaches, hormonal contraceptives are generally considered quite safe and effectiv.... Read More

Study Finds Seniors Benefit When Asked How To Help Them

Sep 25, 2016 at 12:23 am by Staff

Rachel Bluth Kaiser Health News A federally funded project that researchers say has potential to promote aging in place began by asking low-income seniors with disabilities ho.... Read More

In Battle Against Zika, Researchers Seek Foolproof Test For Infection

Sep 20, 2016 at 10:38 pm by Staff

John Pope Kaiser Health News NEW ORLEANS -- The Zika virus has struck fear throughout the Americas, but determining whether people have been infected can be difficult. Here's.... Read More

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The Seven-Year Itch?

Sep 14, 2016 at 05:10 pm by Staff

LAKE NONA--It's a head scratcher. Leaders at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute at Lake Nona began closed-door meetings with University of Florida (UF) officia.... Read More

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Advances Treatment for Prostate Cancer

Sep 14, 2016 at 05:05 pm by Staff

After more than 10 years of clinical trials, the Food and Drug Administration last fall approved the use of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) to treat prostate cancer..... Read More

Kevin M. Sherin, MD, MPH

Sep 14, 2016 at 04:55 pm by Staff

In his last position before returning to Orlando, Kevin Sherin, MD, MPH, oversaw a staff of 376 and a budget of $275 million in his role as deputy director of the California D.... Read More

Fraser Cobbe

Sep 14, 2016 at 04:45 pm by Staff

It's difficult to believe Fraser Cobbe has been executive director of the 108-year-old Orange County Medical Society for only two years. A Florida State University political s.... Read More

Your Visual Branding May Be Killing Your Business

Sep 14, 2016 at 04:37 pm by Staff

Remember when we were children and wanted to buy something? We had to go to the store, physically. It seems almost surreal in today's Amazon-shipped reality, but this was real.... Read More

GuideWell's Take on Cancer and the Conference Experience

Sep 14, 2016 at 04:29 pm by Staff

By BETH RUDLOFF - Healthcare Executive in Residence for Health Innovators and COO Emeritus of UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health Late August, GuideWell's Innovation Cent.... Read More

The Digestive and Liver Center of Florida Announces New Physician

Sep 14, 2016 at 04:17 pm by Staff

Drs. Srinivas Seela, Seela Ramesh, Harinath Sheela, and Sergio Larach and staff are pleased to welcome Dr. Megan Delimata to the practice. "We are very excited to welcome Dr..... Read More

CDC Deploys New Rapid Response Teams To Fight Zika

Sep 14, 2016 at 12:23 pm by Staff

Virginia Anderson Kaiser Health News ATLANTA -- It was a call that public health officials were dreading, but for which they had prepared. An elderly man in Salt Lake City die.... Read More

Physicians, Specialists Hold Summit on Brain-eating Amoeba

Sep 10, 2016 at 11:23 am by Staff

ORLANDO -- An event months in the making, conceived with the goal of bringing clinicians and specialists together in a national discussion about a deadly brain-eating amoeba,.... Read More

HEALTH INNOVATORS / GuideWell's Take on Cancer and the Conference Experience

Sep 09, 2016 at 11:15 pm by Staff

. Health Innovators is a community focused organization created to showcase the most exciting healthcare developments within our region and spark collaborative, problem solv.... Read More

MACRA, SGR Deja Vu

Sep 08, 2016 at 09:13 pm by Staff

Contributed by J. B. Bitar, MD In 1997, Congress passed the SGR (Sustainable Growth Rate) bill as part of the "balanced budget act of 1997", which was then signed into law by.... Read More