Clinical

UCF College of Medicine/HCA Consortium Announces New Transitional Year Residency Program

Dec 18, 2017 at 10:56 pm by Staff

A new Transitional Year Residency Program, based at Ocala Regional Medical Center in Ocala, FL has received initial accreditation and is seeking immediate applicants. This p.... Read More
Business/Technology

Urgent Needs in Emergency Medical Education

Dec 17, 2017 at 02:23 pm by Staff

KELLI MURRAY, MedSpeaks Life in 2017 is a real double-edged sword. On the one hand we have modern privileges like an open and free Internet, the ability to see and talk to.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Medicare Fails To Recover Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Lab Overcharges

Dec 17, 2017 at 01:31 pm by Staff

  Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News Five years ago, Companion DX Reference Lab hoped to cash in on cutting-edge genetic tests paid for by Medicare. The Houston lab mark.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Susan Makowski Joins CPA Solutions as Director of Business Development

Dec 14, 2017 at 09:24 pm by Staff

Susan Makowski, previously Chief Administrative Aide to a county commissioner in one of Florida's largest counties, has joined CPA Solutions as its Director of Business Dev.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Leaders gather to celebrate the Center for Health & Wellbeing's 'topping out' milestone

Dec 14, 2017 at 08:49 pm by Staff

Leaders with the Winter Park Health Foundation and Florida Hospital on Thursday celebrated a significant construction milestone at the Center for Health & Wellbeing, whic.... Read More
Business/Technology

Telemedicine For Addiction Treatment? Picture Remains Fuzzy

Dec 14, 2017 at 07:36 pm by Staff

  Emily Forman, Side Effects Public Media, Kaiser Health News When President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency, it came with a regulat.... Read More
Feature Profiles

Physician Spotlight: Srinivas Seela, MD

Dec 14, 2017 at 06:52 pm by Staff

Srinivas Seela moved to Orlando after finishing his fellowship in Gastroenterology at Yale University School of Medicine. During his training, he spent a significant amount.... Read More
Feature Profiles

Healthcare Leader: Daryl C. Osbahr, MD, Sports Medicine

Dec 14, 2017 at 06:45 pm by Staff

Daryl C. Osbahr, MD, is an internationally renowned orthopedic sports medicine surgeon serving as chief of sports medicine at Orlando Health, fellowship director for the Orl.... Read More
Independent Physicians

Florida Needs Holistic Approach on Physician Workforce Issues

Dec 14, 2017 at 06:35 pm by Staff

Fraser Cobbe Orange County Medical Society Seminole County Medical Society The Florida Legislature and hospitals throughout the State should be congratulated for their eff.... Read More
Clinical

Opioids After Surgery Left Her Addicted. Is That A Medical Error?

Dec 13, 2017 at 10:01 pm by Staff

  Martha Bebinger, WBUR, Kaiser Health News In April this year, Katie Herzog checked into a Boston teaching hospital for what turned out to be a nine-hour-long back sur.... Read More
Clinical

An Overlooked Epidemic: Older Americans Taking Too Many Unneeded Drugs

Dec 13, 2017 at 08:33 pm by Staff

  Sandra G. Boodman, Kaiser Health News Consider it America's other prescription drug epidemic. For decades, experts have warned that older Americans are taking too ma.... Read More
Clinical

Fear Compromises The Health, Well-Being Of Immigrant Families, Report Finds

Dec 13, 2017 at 08:20 pm by Staff

  Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News Luis Ramirez has lived in the U.S. without immigration papers for two decades, but he is more worried about deportation now than ever.... Read More
Clinical

These Annual Checkups Help Seniors Not Only Survive But Thrive

Dec 13, 2017 at 08:13 pm by Staff

  Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News Bea Lipsky shuffled into her wellness coach's office one morning this fall and parked her walker by the wall. Lipsky, 89, had had a.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

AMA Urges Physicians to Take Simple Steps This Year to Avoid Medicare Payment Penalty in 2019

Dec 13, 2017 at 04:08 pm by Staff

The American Medical Association (AMA) is reminding physicians that the Medicare reimbursement system has changed, and, if they have not done so already, they have until Decem.... Read More
Grand Rounds

New Florida Hospital Apopka Now Serving Patients

Dec 13, 2017 at 04:05 pm by Staff

A new era for health care has begun in west Orange County with the opening of the new Florida Hospital Apopka. The 450,000-square-foot-hospital began operating at 7 a.m. on.... Read More
Digital Editions

December 2017 Digital Edition

Dec 13, 2017 at 10:02 am by Staff

Business/Technology

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
Clinical

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
Clinical

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
Business/Technology

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