Volusia-Brevard Local News

St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care Awarded CHAP Accreditation

Feb 16, 2022 at 07:24 pm by pj

  Achieving CHAP Accreditation demonstrates the provider’s commitment to excellence   TITUSVILLE — Community Health Accreditation Partner, Inc., (CHAP.... Read More

Zumpano Patricios Return as Presenting Sponsor for Jess Parrish Medical Foundation Golf Classic on April 1

Feb 16, 2022 at 07:22 pm by pj

  TITUSVILLE — Jess Parrish Medical Foundation (JPMF) has announced the law firm of Zumpano Patricios as the presenting sponsor for the annual.... Read More

Working with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in our Patients

Feb 15, 2022 at 03:28 pm by pj

By MARY-CATHERINE SEGOTA, Psy.D   According to the NIMH (2014), patients diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder experience more physical ailments, including heart.... Read More

Medical Boards Pressured to Let It Slide When Doctors Spread Covid Misinformation

Feb 15, 2022 at 03:18 pm by pj

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Kaiser Health News  Tennessee’s Board of Medical Examiners unanimously adopted in September a statement that said doc.... Read More

Why Millions on Medicaid Are at Risk of Losing Coverage in the Months Ahead

Feb 15, 2022 at 03:05 pm by pj

  By Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News    The Biden administration and state officials are bracing for a great unwinding: millions of people losing th.... Read More

UF Health Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Better Predict Hepatitis C Treatment Outcomes

Feb 13, 2022 at 01:14 am by pj

By Doug Bennett When hepatitis C treatments fail, patients can face major health risks and the expense of a second therapy. Now, University of Florida Health researchers have.... Read More

OMNI Healthcare Announces New COVID-19 Treatment Recommendations

Feb 10, 2022 at 08:07 pm by pj

MELBOURNE  – This past week OMNI Healthcare administered monoclonal antibody treatments (mAb) to more than 100 patients after receiving its weekly allocation. In re.... Read More

Physicians Report Prior Authorization Hurts Workforce Productivity

Feb 10, 2022 at 10:39 am by pj

AMA urges employers to grill health plans on the impact of prior authorization on patient careCHICAGO -- Health insurance companies tout prior authorization for certain medica.... Read More

Threats, Intimidation Against Doctors and Health Workers Must End

Feb 09, 2022 at 05:07 pm by pj

By GERALD E. HARMON, MD, President AMA The AMA has advocated against the culture of violence in America, including domestic violence, gun violence, racism, police b.... Read More

Polio, Chickenpox, Measles, Now Covid. It’s Time to Consult History on School Vaccine Mandates

Feb 09, 2022 at 05:02 pm by pj

By Elisabeth Rosenthal, Kaiser Health News  The rapid spread of omicron across the nation — and the finding that vaccines continue to provide strong protectio.... Read More

Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars

Feb 09, 2022 at 04:54 pm by pj

  By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News  The federal government has penalized 764 hospitals — including more than three dozen it simultaneously rates as amo.... Read More

‘Decision Fatigue’: Another Pandemic Malady

Feb 09, 2022 at 04:49 pm by pj

By Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News  Most all of us have felt the exhaustion of pandemic-era decision-making. Should I travel to see an elderly relative? Can I see m.... Read More

Mental Health Therapists Seek Exemption from Part of Law to Ban Surprise Billing

Feb 05, 2022 at 03:43 pm by pj

By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News   Groups representing a range of mental health therapists say a new law that protects people from surprise medical bills puts.... Read More

At Nursing Homes, Long Waits for Results Render Covid Tests ‘Useless’

Feb 02, 2022 at 10:49 am by pj

By Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News  More nursing homes are waiting longer for covid-19 test results for residents and staffers, according to federal data, makin.... Read More

The Advice to ‘Vaccinate and Test’ Isn’t Much Help to Parents with Kids Under Five

Feb 02, 2022 at 10:39 am by pj

By Bram Sable-Smith, Kaiser Health News  Just before my son’s 9-month checkup, my wife and I debated whether to postpone it. It was a “well baby visit,&.... Read More

Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage

Feb 02, 2022 at 10:18 am by pj

By Susan Jaffe, Kaiser Health News A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has likely ended an 11-year fight against a frustrating and confusing rule th.... Read More

After Miscarriages, Workers Have Few Guarantees for Time Off or Job-Based Help

Feb 02, 2022 at 09:56 am by pj

By Bryce Covert, Kaiser Health News For three years, Rachel Makkar said, she thrived in her job as a broker and asset manager at J&B Building Co. in Colorado. She ex.... Read More

With a Vaccine Mandate Looming, Nursing Homes Face More Staffing Problems

Jan 26, 2022 at 12:53 pm by pj

By Eric Berger, Kaiser Health News Jamie Smith, a staffing agency nurse who loves end-of-life care, said she has been warmly welcomed by staffers and residents at Fronti.... Read More

Pharmacies Are Turning Away Immunocompromised Patients Seeking 4th Covid Shot

Jan 26, 2022 at 12:47 pm by pj

By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News  Patients with weakened immune systems — who are at high risk from covid-19 — say pharmacies are turning them away when.... Read More

Why Medicare Doesn’t Pay for Rapid At-Home Covid Tests

Jan 26, 2022 at 12:42 pm by pj

By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News  What group is especially vulnerable to the ravages of covid-19 even if fully vaccinated and boosted? Seniors. And who will.... Read More