Monday, June 28, 2010

Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News

Unsealed complaint slams WellCare

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By Carol Gentry and Mike Wells 6/28/2010 © Health News Florida The whistleblower complaint that launched a federal investigation of WellCare Health Plans four years ago has now been unsealed, portraying a company so heartless it rewarded employees who dumped hundreds of sick newborns and terminally ill patients from the membership rolls.

Was Scott 'crook or schnook' at HCA?

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6/27/2010 © Miami Herald Columbia/HCA Hospitals paid kickbacks to doctors and committed other forms of health fraud, but the CEO at the time, Rick Scott, says he didn't know about it.  Whistle-blowers in South Florida helped expose what was going on.

Profits driving new center, oncologists warn

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6/27/2010 © Ocala Star-Banner Urologists in five practices banded together to build a radiation treatment center in The Villages and are sending prostate cancer patients there from several counties. But cancer specialists say many who could be better served by different treatment methods may be sent to radiation to pay for the pricey equipment.

Physician who treats pain fights stigma

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6/27/2010 © St. Petersburg Times Patients who actually need pain medication and the physicians who treat them are feeling a backlash as police crack down on Florida's pill mills.
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