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NewsState panel recommends equitable funding to public, private hospitals
A panel appointed by Florida Gov. Rick Scott to determine whether the state's public hospitals provide better or worse care than private ones recommended some major changes to public healthcare Read more...
Medicaid enrollees may start paying premiums, ER co-pays
Florida lawmakers have approved a bill that would levy premiums on its Medicaid enrollees and charge co-payments for their emergency room visits, reports Kaiser Health News. Gov. Rick Scott is Read more...
Florida's hospital-friendly tort reform could spark a wave
In a move that hospitals execs nationwide will no doubt hail, Florida legislators recently passed several laws to protect healthcare facilities against patient lawsuits. The biggest, HB479, restricts Read more...
Entire health reform law deemed unconstitutional
In the most sweeping rejection of the Affordable Care Act so far, a federal judge in Florida ruled that the entire healthcare overhaul law should be ditched, comparing it "to a finely crafted watch" Read more...
Florida judge removes proposed healthcare amendment from ballot
A Florida judge knocked a GOP-backed healthcare amendment off the November ballot, calling its wording "manifestly misleading," the Associated Press reports. The proposed constitutional amendment Read more...
Florida 'three strikes' malpractice rule being challenged
Talk about a tough set of malpractice rules. Doctors pushing for medical malpractice reform might consider themselves lucky if they saw the playing field in Florida, where a constitutional amendment Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: FL agency slams Medicaid pilot
Florida legislators aren't satisfied that a state program that funds Medicaid patients with flat payments to private health management firms has had its desired effect. They concluded that program, Read more...
Federal law would further fight government healthcare fraud
Well familiar with the varieties of such fraud, a Florida senator has filed two bills aimed at further tightening the noose on fraud against government healthcare programs. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL), Read more...
Study: FL could save $700M/year by boosting primary care access
A new research paper prepared on behalf of the Florida legislature concludes that the state could save as much as $700 million a year on healthcare by making sure its citizens had adequate access to Read more...
FL sues Merck over Vioxx marketing
Florida's Attorney General has filed suit against Merck & Co., again, this time for allegedly deceptive marketing and promotion of joint pain drug Vioxx. The suit claims that Merck failed Read more...
| Press ReleasesHealth Management Associates Names Mike Fencel as Chief Executive Officer of North Florida DivisionFencel Comes from HCA to Manage 11 North Florida Hospitals NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE:HMA) today announced that it has named Mike Fencel as Chief Read more >> West Kendall Baptist Hospital’s CEO Javier Hernández-Lichtl Named President of the Florida Sterling CouncilMIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Javier Hernández-Lichtl, CEO of West Kendall Baptist Hospital, Chief Academic Officer for Baptist Health South Florida and Associate Dean of Florida International Read more >> Metropolitan Health Networks to Present at the Oppenheimer 22nd Annual Healthcare Conference in New YorkBOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. (NYSE: MDF), a leading provider of health care services in Florida, today announced that Michael Earley, Chairman and Chief Read more >> Vivere Health, LLC Expands Network of Fertility Centers of Excellence to FloridaAnnounces opening of Vivere - Winter Park Fertility Laboratory FRANKLIN, Tenn. & WINTER PARK, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vivere Health, LLC announces the opening of Vivere – Winter Park Fertility Read more >> Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Tony West Speaks at the Medicare Fraud Strike Force Press Conference Miami ~ TAssistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Tony West Speaks at the Medicare Fraud Strike Force Press Conference Miami ~ Thursday, October 21, 2010 Thank you all for being here. My name is Tony Read more >> |
