North Central Florida Local News

No Surprises Act Parts 1 and 2

Jan 13, 2022 at 08:05 pm by pj

By Sara D. McLaughlin, Michael R. Lowe, Brian C. Evander, Esquires On January 1, 2022, the No Surprises Act went into effect. T.... Read More

Why Medical Clearance Is Really a Preoperative Evaluation

Jan 12, 2022 at 05:34 pm by pj

By DEBRA DAVIDSON, MJ, CPHRM and DAVID L. FELDMAN, MD, MBA, FACS The term medical clearance is subject to debate in the medical community. Depending on how the term i.... Read More

Recent UCF PhD Nursing Grad Develops App to Help Youths with Epilepsy Transition to Self-Managed Care

Jan 12, 2022 at 05:27 pm by pj

Michelle Tall, MSN, PhD, recently completed her Nursing PhD at the University of Central Florida after developing and testing the Medilepsy app to help youths ages 16-.... Read More

Black-Owned Hospice Seeks to Bring Greater Ease in Dying to Black Families

Jan 12, 2022 at 05:11 pm by pj

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Kaiser Health News This time, it didn’t take much persuading for Mary Murphy to embrace home hospice. When her mot.... Read More

AMA Announces CPT Update for Third Dose of the Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine

Jan 12, 2022 at 03:34 pm by pj

The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced an editorial update to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®), the nation’s leading medical terminology code.... Read More

CMS Proposes Medicare Coverage Policy for Monoclonal Antibodies Directed Against Amyloid for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

Jan 11, 2022 at 07:44 pm by pj

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a proposed National Coverage Determination (NCD) decision memorandum. The proposed National Coverag.... Read More

Supreme Court Weighs Biden’s Workplace Vaccine Requirements

Jan 10, 2022 at 08:11 pm by pj

By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News The Supreme Court on Friday took up one of the most contentious issues of the covid-19 pandemic, hearing a series of ca.... Read More

Hospitals Recruit International Nurses to Fill Pandemic Shortages

Jan 10, 2022 at 08:02 pm by pj

By Nick Ehli, Kaiser Health News BILLINGS, Mont. — Before Mary Venus was offered a nursing job at a hospital here, she’d never heard of Billings or v.... Read More

The War on Cancer at 50: The Origin Story Begins With a Socialite Citizen-Lobbyist

Jan 10, 2022 at 07:58 pm by pj

By Gabrielle Emanuel, WBUR, Kaiser Health News The roots of the National Cancer Act can be traced to a small home in Watertown, Wisconsin. In the early 1900s, a.... Read More

A New Paradigm Is Needed: Top Experts Question the Value of Advance Care Planning

Jan 10, 2022 at 07:49 pm by pj

By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News For decades, Americans have been urged to fill out documents specifying their end-of-life wishes before becoming termi.... Read More

Nursing Homes Bleed Staff as Amazon Lures Low-Wage Workers with Prime Packages

Dec 29, 2021 at 11:28 am by pj

By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News ERLANGER, Ky. — The sleek corporate offices of one of Amazon’s air freight contractors looms over Villaspri.... Read More

As Patients Fell Ill With Covid Inside Hospitals, Government Oversight Fell Short

Dec 29, 2021 at 11:19 am by pj

By Lauren Weber and Christina Jewett, Photos by Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News One by one, the nurses taking care of actress Judi Evans at Riversid.... Read More

Pandemic Poses Short- and Long-Term Risks to Babies, Especially Boys

Dec 27, 2021 at 10:09 am by pj

By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News The pandemic has created a hostile environment for pregnant people and their babies. Stress levels among expectant mother.... Read More

Veterans Burial Benefits: Did you know…

Dec 22, 2021 at 12:09 pm by pj

By TEE ROGERS First, to all veterans, thank you for your service. I hope this information will help you or someone you know. Recently I met with a young man whose fath.... Read More

NICU Bill Installment Plan: That’ll Be $45,843 a Month for 12 Months, Please

Dec 22, 2021 at 11:56 am by pj

By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News Close to midnight on Nov. 12, 2020, Bisi Bennett was sitting on the couch in her pajamas and feeling uncomfortable. She wa.... Read More

Crash Course: Injured Patients Who Sign ‘Letters of Protection’ May Face Huge Medical Bills and Risks, Especially in Florida

Dec 22, 2021 at 11:33 am by pj

By Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News Jean Louis-Charles couldn’t afford spine surgery to ease nagging neck and back pain after a car crash. So he sign.... Read More