Orlando Regulatory

To Tame Prescription Prices, HHS Dips A Toe Into Drug Importation Stream

Aug 06, 2018 at 07:15 pm by Staff

  Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News It came as something of a surprise when Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced that the administration was exploring.... Read More
Clinical

Stanford's Chief Wellness Officer Aims To Prevent Physician Burnout

Aug 06, 2018 at 06:58 pm by Staff

  Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser Health News Stanford Medicine hired Dr. Tait Shanafelt as chief wellness officer last year, not so much for the well-being of the patient.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

The Villages Regional Hospital Earns Three-Year Accreditation for Inpatient Rehabilitation

Aug 06, 2018 at 12:37 pm by Staff

. Inpatient rehabilitation is often needed for those who suffer from dysfunction from recent illness or conditions such as, not limited to, stroke, spinal cord injury, ampu.... Read More
Clinical

Trying To Pinpoint Hurricane's True Toll, Researchers Say 1,139 Died In Puerto Rico

Aug 02, 2018 at 08:35 pm by Staff

  Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News The question of how many people perished after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico has stirred controversy because of the wide.... Read More
Clinical

Patients With Chronic Pain Feel Caught In An Opioid-Prescribing Debate

Aug 02, 2018 at 08:25 pm by Staff

. Will Stone, KJZZ, Kaiser Health News It started with a rolled ankle during a routine Army training exercise. Shannon Hubbard never imagined it was the prologue to one of t.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Missed Visits, Uncontrolled Pain And Fraud: Report Says Hospice Lacks Oversight

Aug 02, 2018 at 08:18 pm by Staff

  Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News   Elderly patients spent over two weeks in uncontrolled pain or respiratory distress. Acute care was rare on weekends. And re.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Some Doctors, Patients Balk At Medicare's 'Flat Fee' Payment Proposal

Aug 02, 2018 at 08:11 pm by Staff

.   Martha Bebinger, WBUR, Kaiser Health News The Trump administration announced a plan Friday that would affect about 40 percent of the payments physicians receive fr.... Read More
Business/Technology

Sexual Harassment Allegations in Healthcare: Rising Risks

Aug 02, 2018 at 07:57 pm by Staff

. By RICHARD CAHILL, JD A successful and highly respected pediatrician with an unblemished record over decades of practice learns of a HIPAA breach by a member of his cleri.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Munroe Regional Medical Center Becomes Florida Hospital Ocala

Aug 01, 2018 at 11:15 pm by Staff

. By PL Jeter OCALA - Adventist Health System, the parent company of Florida Hospital, today announced that it has finalized an agreement to officially acquire the 425-b.... Read More
Grand Rounds

National Training Center to Take Part in The 38th National Veterans Wheelchair Games

Jul 31, 2018 at 01:11 am by Staff

. More than 600 disabled veterans from across the United States, Puerto Rico and Great Britain will compete in one of the largest annual wheelchair sports events in the worl.... Read More
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