Grand Rounds

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
Grand Rounds

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
Business/Technology

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
Clinical

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
Independent Physicians

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
Grand Rounds

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
Business/Technology

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
Grand Rounds

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
Orlando Regulatory

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
Orlando Regulatory

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
Business/Technology

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
Business/Technology

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
Clinical

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
Grand Rounds

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
Clinical

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
Orlando Regulatory

Heated And Deep-Pocketed Battle Erupts Over 340B Drug Discount Program

Nov 30, 2017 at 07:48 pm by Staff

  Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News A 25-year-old federal drug discount program has grown so big and controversial that it faces a fight for survival as federal of.... Read More
Clinical

The Ratcheting Price Of The Pneumococcal Vaccine: What Gives?

Nov 30, 2017 at 07:29 pm by Staff

  Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News Every November, like clockwork, she gets the same letter, said Dr. Lindsay Irvin, a pediatrician in San Antonio. It's from the dru.... Read More
Business/Technology

Marketplace Confusion Opens Door To Questions About Skinny Plans

Nov 30, 2017 at 07:16 pm by Staff

  Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Consumers coping with the high cost of health insurance are the target market for new plans claiming to be lower-cost alternatives t.... Read More
Business/Technology

Taken For A Ride? Ambulances Stick Patients With Surprise Bills

Nov 28, 2017 at 08:49 pm by Staff

  Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News One patient got a $3,660 bill for a 4-mile ride. Another was charged $8,460 for a trip from one hospital that could not handle his.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

CMS Proposes Policies to Lower the Cost of Prescription Drugs and Combat the Opioid Crisis

Nov 26, 2017 at 08:22 pm by Staff

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that includes a number of changes that, if finalized, will ensure that Part D Medicare enrollees.... Read More