Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News

Some doctors won't take new Medicare patients

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3/9/2010 © Naples News Judith Formichella tried to get an appointment Monday with a particular physician at Anchor Health Centers, with no luck. An ongoing threat of a 21 percent Medicare pay cut has some  doctors turning away new Medicare patients.

Haitian patients meet cultural divide

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3/9/2010 © St. Petersburg Times Dr. David A. Smith, chief of the burn unit at Tampa General, says it has been a "cultural education" for hospitals in Tampa Bay treating the 67 gravely injured Haitians brought in for care after the Jan. 12 earthquake aren't typical hospital patients. 

Plans sold in FL target of suit

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2/10/2010 © Associated Press Minnesota's attorney general is suing two Texas companies that sell discount health plans in a number of states, including Florida: One of them, Association Healthcare Management Inc., is sold in Florida under the name Family Care Card. 

'Doctors Without Borders' recruiting

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2/11/2010 © St. Petersburg Times About 200 doctors and nurses from throughout Central Florida flocked to hear a recruiter from the Nobel Prize-winning international relief organization.

Doctor facing DUI charge

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2/11/2010 © Tallahassee Democrat Dr. Thomas Bixler, a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, has been placed on administrative leave in his private practice and will not be able to admit patients or perform any procedures in the hospital. In other news, TMH expands its robotic surgery program.

State agencies on trial today

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By Sammy Mack 2/9/2010 © Health News Florida A landmark lawsuit that seeks to rewrite Florida's Medicaid policy resumed today in Miami, with plaintiffs charging that state agencies' low pay for doctors and dentists and tendency to switch plans without notice often leave children with no access to care. A related story in Florida Today shows the struggle of dentists who take Medicaid. 

AvMed patients' data in stolen laptops

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2/9/2010 © Gainesville Sun The theft of two laptops from AvMed Health Plans may have compromised personal information on more than 200,000 patients and their dependents, the company says.

Red tape stalls Haiti evacuations

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2/9/2010 © New York Times Private evacuations of critically injured Haitian children for treatment have halted because many fear kidnapping charges if they transport children without proper paperwork, which is  unavailable. Meanwhile,  AP reports a UN claim that Haitian hospitals are charging patients for donated medicine. And in Tampa, donated supplies sit waiting.
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