Orlando Regulatory

Trump's Order Advances GOP Go-To Ideas To Broaden Insurance Choices, Curb Costs

Oct 12, 2017 at 05:57 pm by Staff

  Julie Appleby Kaiser Health News   The Trump administration Thursday advanced a wide-ranging executive order aimed at expanding lower-cost insurance options, a.... Read More
Independent Physicians

Deadline for Physicians to Dispute PQRS and QRUR Report is December 1st

Oct 12, 2017 at 05:29 pm by Staff

Fraser Cobbe Orange County Medical Society Seminole County Medical Society If you ever want to hear the sound of crickets, try asking a room full of physicians how many.... Read More
Clinical

Training New Doctors Right Where They're Needed

Oct 11, 2017 at 07:59 pm by Staff

  By Ana B. Ibarra Photos by Heidi de Marco   Kaiser Health News BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Dr. Olga Meave didn't mind the dry, 105-degree heat that scorched this.... Read More
Business/Technology

California Slaps Surcharge On ACA Plans As Trump Remains Coy On Subsidies

Oct 11, 2017 at 07:44 pm by Staff

  Chad Terhune Kaiser Health News California's health exchange said Wednesday it has ordered insurers to add a surcharge to certain policies next year because the Trum.... Read More
Digital Editions

October 2017 Digital Edition

Oct 11, 2017 at 10:24 am by Staff

Business/Technology

Breakthrough Medicine for All of Us

Oct 10, 2017 at 08:11 pm by Staff

By KELLI MURRAY, MedSpeaks The National Institute of Health (NIH) recently launched a pilot-project called All Of Us that will collect and study the genetic, lifestyle, and e.... Read More
Clinical

When Pain is Untreatable with Drugs

Oct 10, 2017 at 08:01 pm by Staff

By DR. JEN GOLDIN It is in our very nature as physicians, to try to have answers for all our patients' ailments. What happens when you have a patient in chronic pain.... Read More
Clinical

Annual Screening Mammograms Beginning at Age 40 Saves the Most Lives

Oct 10, 2017 at 07:37 pm by Staff

By CLARK ROGERS, MD A mammogram is the only breast cancer screening method proven to save lives. Despite recent controversy in screening mammogram guidelines, the American Co.... Read More
Business/Technology

Trends and Takeaways from the SHSMD 2017 Conference

Oct 10, 2017 at 07:16 pm by Staff

By JENNIFER THOMPSON This past month, several thousand healthcare strategy professionals met at the Orlando World Center Marriott for the annual SHSMD conference to discuss s.... Read More
Business/Technology

CPA Speak: Financial Success - Sweating the Big Stuff...Literally

Oct 10, 2017 at 06:55 pm by Staff

By DALIA CANTOR, CPA I am a CPA and naturally my work is all about finances and helping my clients grow their businesses to their highest potential. I am also an Ironman fini.... Read More
Feature Profiles

Healthcare Leader: Thibaut van Marcke

Oct 10, 2017 at 06:45 pm by Staff

Thibaut van Marcke joined Orlando Health as a senior vice president and president, Dr. P. Phillips Hospital in April 2016. Thibaut comes to Orlando Health from HCA - North F.... Read More
Feature Profiles

Physician Spotlight: Esteban Varela, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Oct 10, 2017 at 06:29 pm by Staff

By PL JETER This month our physician spotlight is on Dr. Esteban Varela, Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Oviedo Medical Center and a professor at the University of C.... Read More
Business/Technology

MOC Requirements to be Overhauled: AID Responds

Oct 10, 2017 at 12:43 pm by Staff

With news that the American Board of Medical Specialties has decided to review and overhaul Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirements, the Association of Independent Doc.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Florida Hospital Doctors Return from Puerto Rico, Share Riveting Experiences

Oct 09, 2017 at 05:37 pm by Staff

They found a diabetic elderly woman covered in insects, disoriented on the floor of her home. Another day, they helped local doctors perform heart surgery. And on ano.... Read More
Business/Technology

The Triple S Reinventing Healthcare: Speed, Scalability & Space

Oct 09, 2017 at 01:45 pm by Staff

Healthcare has lately been dotted with data-driven innovation. Companies with huge data warehouses like Google, Facebook, Amazon have made use of next generation technologi.... Read More
Grand Rounds

LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Association of Independent Doctors

Oct 09, 2017 at 12:28 pm by Staff

Dear Editor, Florida hospitals should be ashamed of themselves for trying to block rules that would require them to disclose prices to patients before they get treatment.("Flo.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Florida Hospital, Cox Media Group Orlando, Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Expands Aid to Puerto Rico

Oct 08, 2017 at 04:01 pm by Staff

The Central Florida community showed its generous support for the ongoing relief efforts for Puerto Rico, filling six 24-foot box trucks with 51 pallets of donated items at th.... Read More
Business/Technology

Hurricane Preparedness for Hospitals: How Much is Too Much?

Oct 08, 2017 at 03:51 pm by Staff

By SUSAN BITAR, RN, MSN The 2017, hurricane season has been an eye opener and has prompted hospitals to adapt a costly and convoluted action plan to prepare for the impend.... Read More
Business/Technology

The Deep Dark Web

Oct 08, 2017 at 03:17 pm by Staff

By RON FRECHETTE In last month's article, Healthcare Practices Hammered by Data Breaches and Ransomware in 2017, we discussed the importance of protecting PHI and why it is s.... Read More
Business/Technology

Wealth, Taxes & Health - A Value Proposition

Oct 08, 2017 at 02:57 pm by Staff

By DEBRA L SEPHTON My favorite quote by Isaac Newton, "What we know is a drop, what we don't, is an ocean," comes into play a great deal in my practice when it comes to clien.... Read More