Orlando Regulatory

It's not too Late! Five Best Practices to Meet MACRA Requirements by the End of the Year

Oct 28, 2017 at 05:36 pm by Staff

Contributed by Kim Hathaway, MSN, CPHRM, Healthcare Quality and Risk Consultant, The Doctors Company The last 90-day reporting period for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reaut.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Florida Hospital expands aid to Puerto Rico, hosts second community relief drive

Oct 28, 2017 at 04:54 pm by Staff

Florida Hospital, in partnership with Cox Media Group Orlando and the Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, hosted a second "Blessings for Puerto Rico" collection driv.... Read More
Grand Rounds

AMA Statement on Trump Administration's Opioid Announcement

Oct 26, 2017 at 05:39 pm by Staff

Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, Chair of AMA Opioid Task Force and Immediate Past Chair of the AMA said, "The American Medical Association (AMA) commends the Trump Administration f.... Read More
Grand Rounds

UCF College of Medicine/HCA Consortium Announces New Geriatric Fellowship

Oct 26, 2017 at 05:26 pm by Staff

A new Geriatric Fellowship Program, based at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, FL has received initial accreditation and is seeking immediate applicants..... Read More
Grand Rounds

ACO Clientele of Innovaccer Achieves More Than $68M in Shared Savings

Oct 26, 2017 at 05:22 pm by Staff

Innovaccer Inc., one of the fastest-growing healthcare platform companies in the Silicon Valley, announces the success of its Accountable Care Organization clients with a cum.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Lake Mary Direct Primary Care Clinic To Hold Grand Opening Event

Oct 26, 2017 at 02:56 pm by Staff

MultiCARE Physicians Direct Primary Care (DPC) will hold its Grand Opening on Saturday, November 11, 2017 from 11AM to 3PM, in Downtown Lake Mary, next to Lake Mary Elementar.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Gov. Scott Appoints Ten to Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee

Oct 26, 2017 at 02:49 pm by Staff

Governor Rick Scott announced four reappointments and six appointments to the Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee. Jennifer Lalani, 56, of Windermere, is a di.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Federal Judge Denies Bid To Force Feds To Resume ACA Subsidies

Oct 25, 2017 at 08:41 pm by Staff

  Ngoc Nguyen, Kaiser Health News SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge Wednesday denied a petition to immediately reinstate Affordable Care Act subsidies that President Don.... Read More
Business/Technology

The Painful Side Of Positive Health Care Marketing

Oct 25, 2017 at 08:32 pm by Staff

  Sam Harnett, KQED, Kaiser Health News Lori Wallace sits on a couch with her 11-year-old son and his new pet snake. It burrows under his armpit, as if afraid. Wallace.... Read More
Business/Technology

So Much Care It Hurts: Unneeded Scans, Therapy, Surgery Only Add To Patients' Ills

Oct 25, 2017 at 08:23 pm by Staff

  Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News When Annie Dennison was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, she readily followed advice from her medical team, agreeing to harsh tre.... Read More
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PONTE HEALTH Unveils Concept Design of First Medical Facility to House MMG Emergency Physicians

Oct 24, 2017 at 08:46 pm by Staff

Tabitha Ponte, AIA - CEO and Lead Architect at PONTE HEALTH - shares that "the new MMG facility will not only be Sustainable, seeking to get the highest possible LEED (Leade.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Florida Hospital Awards More than $1.5 million in Community Projects

Oct 24, 2017 at 11:31 am by Staff

Florida Hospital today awarded more than $1.5 million to five community projects that improve the health of the underserved and address societal issues in Central Florida. "We.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Nurse Honored for Outstanding Care

Oct 24, 2017 at 11:28 am by Staff

Darla Newton starts to tear up as soon as she starts talking about Vicki Underhill, RN, a nurse in the Chest Pain Unit at Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center. "If I had.... Read More
Clinical

Dentists Can Partner with Physicians to Treat Snoring and Sleep Apnea

Oct 23, 2017 at 01:26 pm by Staff

Most people have visited a dental office and are familiar with the typical services offered. In our office many are surprised when presented with a Sleep Health Questionnaire.... Read More
Business/Technology

New AMA Analysis: Metropolitan Areas Nationwide Increasingly Dominated by Single Insurance Companies

Oct 23, 2017 at 08:12 am by Staff

In an analysis of competition in health insurance markets across the United States, a study conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA) found that in 169 of 389 metro.... Read More
Business/Technology

Value-Based Care is Quietly Transforming Medicine

Oct 21, 2017 at 03:50 pm by Staff

Courtesy Florida Medical Magazine While the debate over national health care reform has understandably generated big headlines, ongoing systemic changes in the health care del.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Nemours Children's Hospital Wins Two Florida Hospital Association Awards

Oct 21, 2017 at 01:26 pm by Staff

Orlando, Fla - A scoring system that helps protect patients from developing shock and sepsis was honored by the Florida Hospital Association (FHA) Thursday night as was a un.... Read More
Independent Physicians

Physicians Come Together to Help Children in Need

Oct 19, 2017 at 08:45 pm by Staff

Fraser Cobbe Orange County Medical Society Physicians throughout the community are coming together tonight, Nov. 3, to support local children and their families through a ga.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Despite GOP Efforts To Corral Medicaid Spending, States Expand Benefits

Oct 19, 2017 at 08:23 pm by Staff

  Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News While congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump have been seeking major cuts in federal funding of Medicaid, 26 states th.... Read More
Business/Technology

Doctors Meet to Discuss Ways to Stay Independent

Oct 19, 2017 at 01:42 pm by Staff

The fight for doctors' independence was all the talk at the AID-Florida town hall dinner meeting Wednesday night. After a busy networking hour, AID co-founder Tom Thomas ki.... Read More