December 2017 Digital Edition

Dec 13, 2017 at 10:02 am by Staff

CPASpeak: Charitable Giving

Dec 09, 2017 at 10:50 pm by Staff

By DALIA CANTOR As the holidays approach we are accustomed to making charitable contributions and usually don't even think twice about it. After back-to-back storms pumme.... Read More

Accelerated Trauma Program for Treating Substance Use Disorder

Dec 09, 2017 at 08:10 pm by Staff

By GREGG ARMSTRONG, LMHC, CAP One of Coalition Recovery's new treatment programs focuses on a trauma and cognitive based approach as the center of addiction recovery. It i.... Read More

Stopping Opioid Addiction At One Key Source: The Hospital

Dec 09, 2017 at 07:52 pm by Staff

  Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News It may not be rocket science, but a group of surgeons at the University of Michigan's Michigan Medicine have devised a strategy to.... Read More

Like it or Not, The Green Rush is Coming: Are You Ready?

Dec 08, 2017 at 09:10 pm by Staff

By BRETT PUFFENBARGER Let's cut straight to the point...Cannabis is the next "dot com" boom, or gold rush. The Orange County Commissioners just voted unanimously to allow dis.... Read More

Fun at the Lake-Sumter 2017 EXPO and Medical Trade Show

Dec 08, 2017 at 02:39 pm by Staff

Photos from the 2017 Lake-Sumter EXPO and Medical Trade Show

VITAS Healthcare Opens New Hospice and Palliative Care Office in Lake and Sumter Counties

Dec 08, 2017 at 01:41 pm by Staff

VITAS Healthcare, the nation's leading provider of end-of-life care, will begin accepting hospice-appropriate patients in Lake and Sumter counties starting January 2, 2018. He.... Read More

Pace Of U.S. Health Spending Slows In 2016

Dec 07, 2017 at 08:27 pm by Staff

  Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News   U.S. health spending rose to $3.3 trillion in 2016, but the pace slowed compared to the previous two years as demand for dru.... Read More

Treating The New Hep C Generation On Their Turf

Dec 07, 2017 at 08:20 pm by Staff

  Pauline Bartolone, Kaiser Health News   The Face Of Hepatitis C Is Getting Younger   Once a week, Dr. Diana Sylvestre puts her medical expertise to use.... Read More

Time for the Florida Senate to Deliver Surgical Savings to Floridians

Dec 07, 2017 at 02:40 am by Staff

Fraser Cobbe Orange County Medical Society Seminole County Medical Society There was terrific news resonating from Tallahassee earlier this week as the Senate Health Policy.... Read More

CMS Office of the Actuary Releases 2016 National Health Expenditures

Dec 07, 2017 at 02:23 am by Staff

In 2016, overall national health spending increased 4.3 percent following 5.8 percent growth in 2015, according to a study by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Med.... Read More

CVS Health to Acquire Aetna

Dec 04, 2017 at 09:02 pm by Staff

WOONSOCKET, R.I. and HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), a company at the forefront of changing the health care landscape, and Aetna (NYSE: A.... Read More

Lake Nona Regional Chamber of Commerce Selects New President/CEO

Dec 04, 2017 at 08:14 am by Staff

The Board of Directors for the Lake Nona Regional Chamber of Commerce have announced their selection of Donald R. Long to serve as their first President/CEO. The Board appoint.... Read More

With CHIP In Limbo, Here Are 5 Takeaways On The Congressional Impasse

Dec 03, 2017 at 02:36 pm by Staff

  Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Two months past its deadline, Congress has yet to fund the Children's Health Insurance Program, leaving several states scrambling fo.... Read More

Congress Isn't Really Done With Health Care -- Just Look At What's In The Tax Bills

Dec 03, 2017 at 02:18 pm by Staff

  Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News Having failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Congress is now working on a tax overhaul. But it turns out the tax bill.... Read More

Whistleblower: Medicaid Managed-Care Firm Improperly Denied Care To Thousands

Dec 03, 2017 at 11:37 am by Staff

  Chad Terhune, Kaiser Health News In early October, an executive at one of the nation's largest physician-practice management firms handed her bosses the equivalent of.... Read More

AID's Actions on Capitol Hill - Part Three

Dec 02, 2017 at 04:32 pm by Staff

In our three-part series covering AID's activities in Washington DC, two recent member updates shared news of AID's visits late last month with representatives from the Federa.... Read More

AMA Applauds FDA Commissioner Gottlieb on Opioid Treatment Approach

Dec 02, 2017 at 04:07 pm by Staff

Statement attributed to:Patrice A. Harris, MD, MAImmediate Past Chair of the American Medical Association Board of TrusteesChair, AMA Opioid Task Force "The AMA enthusiastica.... Read More

Fountain Pharmacy Expands Services

Dec 01, 2017 at 10:34 am by Staff

Fountain Pharmacy, a local, independently owned service located in Oviedo Plaza on W. Broadway announces its services are fully operational. Timi Alalade, PharmD, frustrated w.... Read More

FDA announces approval, CMS proposes coverage of first breakthrough-designated test to detect extensive number of cancer biomarkers

Nov 30, 2017 at 08:36 pm by Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the FoundationOne CDx (F1CDx), the first breakthrough-designated, next generation sequencing (NGS)-based in vitro diagnostic.... Read More