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Hospitals Struggle to Rein in Supply Costs
Across Florida and the nation, supplies are consuming an increasing percentage of hospital operating budgets.
Supply costs are the second largest expense for the nation's hospitals — only labor expenses are higher.
BY DEBORAH BALSHEM |
Hospitals Struggle to Rein in Supply Costs
Across Florida and the nation, supplies are consuming an increasing percentage of hospital operating budgets.
Supply costs are the second largest expense for the nation's hospitals — only labor expenses are higher.
BY DEBORAH BALSHEM |
Signature Pharmacy Responds to "Drug Dealing" Allegations
Charges that an Orlando-based pharmacy was the hub of a nationwide drug ring involving the supply of steroids and human-growth hormone has brought intense media scrutiny on Signature Compounding Pharmacy, a $30 million-per-year family-run business that filled 300,000 prescriptions in 2006.
BY LYNNE JETER |
Signature Pharmacy Responds to "Drug Dealing" Allegations
Charges that an Orlando-based pharmacy was the hub of a nationwide drug ring involving the supply of steroids and human-growth hormone has brought intense media scrutiny on Signature Compounding Pharmacy, a $30 million-per-year family-run business that filled 300,000 prescriptions in 2006.
BY LYNNE JETER |
McNulty Who?
McNulty who?
In this case, the McNulty being referred to is not a who, but a what: the McNulty Memorandum. Healthcare compliance professionals will undoubtedly being hearing a lot more about it in the near future.
BY BARBARA CARBAUGH |
McNulty Who?
McNulty who?
In this case, the McNulty being referred to is not a who, but a what: the McNulty Memorandum. Healthcare compliance professionals will undoubtedly being hearing a lot more about it in the near future.
BY BARBARA CARBAUGH |
Breathing Easier
A procedure for ear, nose and throat specialists that takes its technological cue from heart angioplasty may be the most important medical advance in two decades for treating patients who have chronic sinusitis.
BY J.L. WEBB |
Breathing Easier
A procedure for ear, nose and throat specialists that takes its technological cue from heart angioplasty may be the most important medical advance in two decades for treating patients who have chronic sinusitis.
BY J.L. WEBB |
Take Two Naps and Call Me in the Morning
Imagine going to your doctor complaining of stress, anxiety, weight gain, back pain and a laundry list of other physical ailments.
Instead of plying you with pills, the prescription is rest and relaxation.
BY DEBORAH BALSHEM |
How Are Things at Work?
When a patient shows up at the internist's office complaining of chronic cough and mild asthma symptoms, most doctors look to the usual suspects — allergies. But how many physicians think a sick building might be making their patient sick? Not enough of them, according to Jeffrey C. May, author of My Office is Killing Me! The Sick Building Survival Guide.
BY SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
How Are Things at Work?
When a patient shows up at the internist's office complaining of chronic cough and mild asthma symptoms, most doctors look to the usual suspects — allergies. But how many physicians think a sick building might be making their patient sick? Not enough of them, according to Jeffrey C. May, author of My Office is Killing Me! The Sick Building Survival Guide.
BY SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Legislators Fight for Medicaid Funding
One day after the start of the 2007 Florida Legislative Session, U.S. Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) introduced a bill to protect $4.6 billion in Medicaid funds for Florida hospitals. The legislation seeks a two-year moratorium on the implementation of a proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule that, if approved, would cut hospital payments by more than $932 million a year.
BY DEBORAH BALSHEM |
Legislators Fight for Medicaid Funding
One day after the start of the 2007 Florida Legislative Session, U.S. Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) introduced a bill to protect $4.6 billion in Medicaid funds for Florida hospitals. The legislation seeks a two-year moratorium on the implementation of a proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule that, if approved, would cut hospital payments by more than $932 million a year.
BY DEBORAH BALSHEM |
AAPS Raises Alarm over Sham Peer Review
Dr. Lawrence Huntoon is a man on a mission.
For years now, he has been on call to groups around the country, willing to raise a cry against the abuses of a peer review system which he says is being manipulated to muzzle whistleblowers and rein in healthcare competitors.
BY JOHN CARROLL |
AAPS Raises Alarm over Sham Peer Review
Dr. Lawrence Huntoon is a man on a mission.
For years now, he has been on call to groups around the country, willing to raise a cry against the abuses of a peer review system which he says is being manipulated to muzzle whistleblowers and rein in healthcare competitors.
BY JOHN CARROLL |
Mid-Career Burnout in Physicians Prevalent, Yet Preventable
One day when Dr. Steve Gabbe was taking a break while attending a science conference, he wasn't terribly surprised to hear a half dozen colleagues sharing their frustrations about work, but he was deeply concerned to hear them sound so pessimistic about the future.
BY LYNNE JETER |
Mid-Career Burnout in Physicians Prevalent, Yet Preventable
One day when Dr. Steve Gabbe was taking a break while attending a science conference, he wasn't terribly surprised to hear a half dozen colleagues sharing their frustrations about work, but he was deeply concerned to hear them sound so pessimistic about the future.
BY LYNNE JETER |
Leading Surgeons Discuss Vertebroplasty Options for VCFs
In recent months, much has been discussed about the advances and advantages of kyphoplasty to repair vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). However, vertebroplasty, which researchers developed in the early 1990s as a minimally invasive method to fix VCFs by injecting cement into the fracture to strengthen the bone, has been unfairly described by some healthcare professionals as, well, almost archaic.
BY LYNNE JETER |
Leading Surgeons Discuss Vertebroplasty Options for VCFs
In recent months, much has been discussed about the advances and advantages of kyphoplasty to repair vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). However, vertebroplasty, which researchers developed in the early 1990s as a minimally invasive method to fix VCFs by injecting cement into the fracture to strengthen the bone, has been unfairly described by some healthcare professionals as, well, almost archaic.
BY LYNNE JETER |
First Uterus Transplant Raises Ethical Questions
Times are changing in reproductive health. Now, post-hysterectomy women or women who are barren due to injury or illness may be able to have a baby by not only using someone else's frozen embryos but also a deceased donor's uterus.
BY GLORIA BUTLER BALDWIN |
First Uterus Transplant Raises Ethical Questions
Times are changing in reproductive health. Now, post-hysterectomy women or women who are barren due to injury or illness may be able to have a baby by not only using someone else's frozen embryos but also a deceased donor's uterus.
BY GLORIA BUTLER BALDWIN |
Navigating the HIPAA Labyrinth
What is HIPAA? What impact does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) have on the medical community? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this law?
BY CARL RAUS |
Navigating the HIPAA Labyrinth
What is HIPAA? What impact does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) have on the medical community? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this law?
BY CARL RAUS |
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