Orlando Regulatory

The Surprise Billing Debate: Understanding Policy Choices through the Lens of Independent Data

May 16, 2019 at 06:23 pm by Staff

. Surprise Billing Debate Intensifies: US Congress Sets Hearings on Bills Recently, several new federal legislative proposals regarding surprise billing have been filed.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

CMS Takes Action to Lower Prescription Drug Prices and Increase Transparency

May 16, 2019 at 06:14 pm by Staff

Final rule modernizes the Medicare Advantage & Medicare Part D programs The Trump Administration finalized improvements to Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D, which p.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

CMS Issues New Guidance Addressing Spread Pricing in Medicaid, Ensures Pharmacy Benefit Managers are not Up-Charging Taxpayers

May 15, 2019 at 02:36 pm by Staff

. Agency issues guidance for Medicaid Managed Care and CHIP health plans that clarifies how current regulations require "spread pricing" to be accounted in the calculation of.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Axiom Bank Donates $200,000 To Emory University To Help Develop New Treatments For Brain Diseases

May 15, 2019 at 11:12 am by Staff

ORLANDO - Axiom Bank, N.A., a leading community bank headquartered in Central Florida, has donated $200,000 to the Emory Brain Health Center. This gift will help fund fur.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Seni Expands into Florida

May 15, 2019 at 11:03 am by Staff

. The population of people with bladder control problems is growing every year as we live longer. The variety of incontinence products can be overwhelming and if you never had.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Finding a New Home, Bridging the Americas

May 14, 2019 at 10:36 pm by Staff

. "I would hear people say, 'someone passed from being poor.' The truth was very upsetting to me." - Sheyla Zelaya Aragon, MD. Sheyla Zelaya Aragon, MD, was recently in.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Listen: A Blitz Of Health Care Bills

May 14, 2019 at 10:05 pm by Staff

Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News' chief Washington correspondent, talks with Robin Young on "Here and Now" about Democrats' plans to push a package of health care bills thr.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

How Obamacare, Medicare And 'Medicare For All' Muddy The Campaign Trail

May 14, 2019 at 09:59 pm by Staff

Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News The health care debate has Democrats on Capitol Hill and the presidential campaign trail facing renewed pressure to make clear where they.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Surprise! Fixing Out-Of-Network Bills Means Someone Must Pay

May 14, 2019 at 09:52 pm by Staff

Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News President Donald Trump called on Republicans and Democrats to pass legislation this year to end surprise medical bills, in remarks made in t.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Market Muscle: Study Uncovers Differences Between Medicare And Private Insurers

May 14, 2019 at 09:46 pm by Staff

Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News Private health insurance plans in 2017 paid more than twice what Medicare would have for those same health care services, says a sweeping.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Needle Exchanges Find New Champions Among Republicans

May 14, 2019 at 09:42 pm by Staff

Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News Once repellent to conservative politicians, needle exchanges are now being endorsed and legalized in Republican-controlled states. At lea.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

The Money And Politics Of Prescription Drugs: What You Need To Know

May 14, 2019 at 07:15 pm by Staff

Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact, Kaiser Health News If there's one area of health care where Republicans and Democrats might strike a deal, it's prescription drugs. President Dona.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Meth Vs. Opioids: America Has Two Drug Epidemics, But Focuses On One

May 14, 2019 at 06:38 pm by Staff

. April Dembosky, KQED, Kaiser Health News Kim had been wine tasting with a friend in Sonoma, Calif. They got into an argument in the car that night and Kim thought someone w.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Asim A. Jani, MD, MPH, FACP, Hospital Epidemiologist

May 14, 2019 at 12:15 pm by Staff

Editor's note: This month begins a divergence from our usual format for Physician Spotlight features. In response to several requests, we are not only introducing readers to n.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Mom-To-Be Expo

May 10, 2019 at 03:18 pm by Staff

.Leesburg Regional Medical Center (LRMC) and its Life Center for Women team invite you to the 2019 Mom-To-Be Expo on Wednesday, June 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the main hospital c.... Read More
Business/Technology

NYC Developer Taps PONTE HEALTH to Co-Develop and Manage 30 Acres in Sarasota, Florida

May 09, 2019 at 09:32 pm by Staff

. Although unclear as to the ultimate use of the property, PONTE HEALTH has accepted a NYC Developer's invitation to Co-Develop and Manage 30 acres in Sarasota, Florida. . T.... Read More
Feature Profiles

Moving Patients in the Right Direction

May 09, 2019 at 09:10 pm by Staff

. With a father and grandfather who were both physicians, Cesare Peraglie felt destined to pursue a career in medicine. As a child in south Texas, he shadowed his father, who.... Read More
Business/Technology

Accessing the Spectrum of Quality Care

May 09, 2019 at 08:41 pm by Staff

. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has just wrapped its 2019 Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting. The theme for this year's gathering was "Acc.... Read More
Digital Editions

May 2019 Digital Edition

May 09, 2019 at 03:46 pm by Staff

Grand Rounds

RX2Live Introduced to Physicians

May 09, 2019 at 03:45 pm by Staff

. Dr. DeAarcy Vaughan, PharmD, MBA, BCACP, CDE, CTTS, Franchise Owner with RX2Live brought 20 physicians together Thursday, May 9th at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse to discuss som.... Read More