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| Mentally ill forced into HMOs, group says Posted: 4/17/2009 © Health News Florida Thousands of Florida Medicaid patients who were being treated in specially-designed mental health plans were recently switched without warning or consent into HMOs that removed them from their treatment and support, according to the advocacy group Florida CHAIN. | ||
| Softball player, 15, in induced coma Posted: 4/17/2009 © Orlando Sentinel A softball player who suffered a seizure that caused her heart to stop after a game on Wednesday was revived with an external defibrillator. She's in an induced coma at West Boca Medical Center, where doctors plan to begin reviving her over the weekend. | ||
| USF offers free e-coaching for doctors Posted:
A lot of doctors say they can't afford to adopt electronic prescribing. Others need technical help. Today, USF's top doctor Stephen Klasko and Allscripts Inc. announced an end to both barriers with free software and 1-on-1 in-training in doctors' offices in up to 10 counties. | ||
| Coalition: Protect drug access Posted: 3/10/2009 © Florida Health News USF psychiatrist Michael Bengtson advises the Florida Medicaid program on which drugs need to be readily available. But even he can't always get the drugs his patients need, he says, because the process is "murky." Consumer groups agree; they've formed a coalition to keep drugs available at a time of budget cuts. | ||
| Reform could cost hospitals $4B Posted: 2/27/2009 © Florida Health News A former state health official says if Florida’s Medicaid Reform plan is expanded statewide it will cost hospitals nearly $4 billion a year in uninsured emergency-room visits and make it difficult for patients to get immediate treatment. | ||
| Crist wants to merge health agencies Posted: By Christine Jordan Sexton 2/25/2009 © Florida Health News Gov. Charlie Crist is reportedly preparing to recommend a merger of the two largest state health agencies into one, a proposal that would affect thousands of state employees. He also wants to keep Medicaid “Reform” unchanged and increase the fees doctors and HMOs get for treating the poor. |
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