Clinical

UCF Awarded Grant to Expand Community Nursing in West Orange with Shepherd's Hope

Apr 03, 2018 at 12:17 am by Staff

. A grant recently awarded from the West Orange Healthcare District will enhance the real-world education for UCF nursing students while aiding in the care of the growing.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

CMS Lowers the Cost of Prescription Drugs for Medicare Beneficiaries

Apr 03, 2018 at 12:05 am by Staff

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized polices for Medicare health and drug plans for 2019 that will save Medicare beneficiaries money on pr.... Read More
Clinical

'Aggressive' New Advance Directive Would Let Dementia Patients Refuse Food

Apr 01, 2018 at 12:56 pm by Staff

  JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Treading into ethically and legally uncertain territory, a New York end-of-life agency has approved a new document that lets people.... Read More
Business/Technology

California Takes On Health Giant Over High Costs

Apr 01, 2018 at 12:46 pm by Staff

. Concerns are mounting nationally about consolidation among hospitals, insurers and other industry middlemen Chad Terhune, and Ana B. Ibarra, Kaiser Health News California.... Read More
Clinical

Time's Running Out: The Frail In Puerto Rico Face End Of Hurricane Relief Programs

Mar 31, 2018 at 01:32 am by Staff

. Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Straddled across Ausberto Maldonado's backyard in Bayamon, a suburb of San Juan, is a nagging reminder of Hurrica.... Read More
Clinical

Omissions On Death Certificates Lead To Undercounting Of Opioid Overdoses

Mar 29, 2018 at 05:22 pm by Staff

  . Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media, Kaiser Health News . In a refrigerator in the coroner's office in Marion County, Ind., rows of vials await testing. They c.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Scrutinizing Medicare Coverage For Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy

Mar 29, 2018 at 05:14 pm by Staff

  Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News   For years, confusion has surrounded the conditions under which older adults can receive physical, occupational and s.... Read More
Clinical

AMA Responds to Charter on Physician Well-Being

Mar 29, 2018 at 04:27 pm by Staff

The Collaborative for Healing and Renewal in Medicine (CHARM), a group of leading medical centers and organizations that includes the American Medical Association, has created.... Read More
Business/Technology

Calling All Docs: New 'Movement Website' Wants You

Mar 29, 2018 at 04:18 pm by Staff

A new "movement website" called Physicians Rise launched this week in an effort to galvanize disenfranchised doctors nationwide, both independent and employed. Designed by A.... Read More
Independent Physicians

Delicia M. Haynes, MD Recognized as the Volusia/Flagler Young Professional of the Year

Mar 28, 2018 at 10:09 pm by Staff

. The News-Journal's Volusia/ Flagler Business Report's third annual "40 Under 40" top honor went to VCMS Past President Delicia M. Haynes, MD. . The award recognizes out.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Florida Hospital Expands Program for Patients with Autism, Developmental Delays

Mar 28, 2018 at 10:03 pm by Staff

. Giving blood is an uneasy experience for many people. But for those with autism and other special needs, the simple procedure can be outright terrifying. . Sean Si.... Read More
Clinical

How Many Opioid Overdoses Are Suicides?

Mar 28, 2018 at 09:55 pm by Staff

. Martha Bebinger, WBUR, Kaiser Health News . Mady Ohlman was 22 on the evening some years ago when she stood in a friend's bathroom looking down at the sink. "I had set u.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Thousands Mistakenly Enrolled During California's Medicaid Expansion, Feds Find

Mar 28, 2018 at 09:48 pm by Staff

  Chad Terhune, Kaiser Health News   California signed up an estimated 450,000 people under Medicaid expansion who may not have been eligible for coverage, accord.... Read More
Clinical

Without Context Or Cushion, Do Online Medical Results Make Sense?

Mar 28, 2018 at 09:29 pm by Staff

  Sandra G. Boodman, Kaiser Health News .   As she herded her two young sons into bed one evening late last December, Laura Devitt flipped through her phone to c.... Read More
Clinical

Tele-Monitoring Can Reduce Medical Appointments For Low-Risk Pregnancies

Mar 28, 2018 at 09:20 pm by Staff

  Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News   When Allison Matthews was pregnant with her first child four years ago, her obstetrics clinic scheduled frequent appointm.... Read More
Clinical

What If We Could Predict When an Athlete Was Going to Be Injured?

Mar 28, 2018 at 04:35 pm by Staff

.   The Society for Risk Analysis .     Thousands of athletes showcased their abilities for the world in PyeongChang, South Korea, in pursuit of Olympic.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

United States Intervenes In Lawsuit Against Oviedo Company and Businessman Alleging Medicare Fraud

Mar 28, 2018 at 01:47 pm by Staff

The United States has filed a civil lawsuit against Central Medical Systems, LLC (CMS) and Alan Trent Harley alleging that they had falsely billed Medicare for wound care.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Global Biologics Market to Surpass $300 Billion by 2022 with Accelerated New Launches

Mar 26, 2018 at 03:30 pm by Staff

. Frost & Sullivan's latest analysis, Global Biologics Market--Companies-to-Action, finds that leading pharmaceutical companies such as Roche, Amgen, Sanofi, AbbVie, No.... Read More
Grand Rounds

The NASH Education Program™, Giving Voice to the "Silent Epidemic" Afflicting 25 million Americans, Launches March 26

Mar 25, 2018 at 02:55 pm by Staff

. On March 26, The NASH Education Program™ launches in the United States to bring awareness to a little-known, asymptomatic disease estimated to affect more than 25 million.... Read More
Business/Technology

Officials, Docs, AID Speak Out on Transparency, Mergers, HSAs, Safe Harbor Repeal

Mar 23, 2018 at 08:11 pm by Staff

. Transparency, site-neutrality, and stopping the consolidation of hospitals and independent medical groups were all on the agenda this week at the National Physician.... Read More