Sunday, January 31, 2010

Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News


Is offshore med school worth cost?

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1/1/2010 St. Petersburg Times
Many Florida doctors received their education at Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica, which accepts those who have low test scores and receives more than $150 million in U.S. education funding each year. Investigators are studying whether that expense is justified. 

Latest outrage: home-care scams

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12/7/2009 © Associated Press
A new report says scams in Miami- Dade brought half a billion dollars in Medicare payments for home health-care into the county last year, more than the entire rest of the nation combined. Many "patients" got big-screen TVs or free maid service.

Medicaid to launch huge data project

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By Christine Jordan Sexton
11/13/2009 © Health News Florida 
Florida is preparing to make the health histories of more than 1 million Medicaid patients accessible to 80,000 doctors, clinics and hospitals in the state on a secured-access system, the project director said Thursday. The aims: improve patient care, avoid duplication.

Insurer rethinking rules after chat

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By Christine Jordan Sexton
11/4/2009 © Health News Florida
Following a meeting with Sen. Don Gaetz, the state’s largest health insurer is examining its policies for providing health insurance to cancer patients who undergo clinical trials.

Ban balance-billing, advocate says

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By Carol Gentry and Mary Jo Melone
11/3/2009 © Health News Florida 
Sean Shaw, Florida's Insurance Consumer Advocate, is shopping around for a lawmaker brave enough to take on the medical lobby. He wants to outlaw balance-billing, a common practice that sticks patients with big bills their plan won't cover.

Public option finds favor even in FL

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10/29/2009 © Miami Herald
From the house staff at Jackson Memorial to the president-elect of the AMA, Florida doctors and nurses in quite different venues expressed support Wednesday for health-reform legislation that includes a public option, although there's disagreement on some details.

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