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- Shands eyes special session
- Swindler targeted Alzheimer's groups
- Outbreak nurse still has license
- Hospitals slam House plan
- Senate overhauls Medicaid
- ER relief bill on 'life support'
- Bill protects ER against lawsuits
- 3-day pill limit sparks fight
- Pain-doctor limits set
| Posted: By Jim Saunders 7/13/2010 © Health News Florida Warning that it will otherwise have to cut services, Shands HealthCare wants to use a special legislative session next week to reverse Gov. Charlie Crist's veto of $9.7 million for the University of Florida teaching hospital. |
| Swindler targeted Alzheimer's groups Posted: 7/08/2010 © Orlando Sentinel, Gainesville Sun A Central Florida man has been arrested for joining Alzheimer's support groups to defraud victims. Meanwhile, a UF study suggests that apathy in Alzheimer’s patients may be an aspect of the disease itself, not depression. |
| Outbreak nurse still has license Posted: By Marty Clear 4/13/2010 Health News Florida The nurse who apparently infected seven patients in the Tampa Bay area with hepatitis C still has her Florida nursing license, and therefore may still be practicing. But where? There's no way of knowing because state health officials will not identify her. |
| Posted: By Jim Saunders 4/7/2010 © Health News FloridaShould hospice patients be moved into HMOs? How about those who have an IQ of 50? No, say advocacy groups, adding their protests to those of hospitals and doctors who say a House Medicaid overhaul bill would force them into unwanted contracts with managed-care plans. |
| Posted: By Jim Saunders 4/1/2010 © Health News Florida Senate Republicans tossed a bomb into the debate about overhauling Medicaid on Wednesday, approving program caps, vouchers and a 19-county expansion. In the House, a committee took action that irked insurers and pleased doctors. |
| ER relief bill on 'life support' Posted: By Christine Jordan Sexton 3/25/2010 © Florida Tribune A bill that would have provided sovereign immunity protections to health care providers who treat patients in emergency situations is “on life support,” with a poor prognosis, according to its supporters. Tampa General lobbyist Jan Gorrie said, "We didn't expect to run into this buzz-saw." |
| Bill protects ER against lawsuits Posted: By Jim Saunders 3/4/2010 © Health News Florida Reopening a political battle about medical malpractice, a Florida Senate committee today passed a bill that would limit the liability of hospitals, doctors and other workers for emergency-room errors. Will it go all the way this time? |
| Posted: By Jim Saunders 3/2/2010 © Health News Florida Limiting clinics that dispense their own drugs to 3 days' worth would strike a blow at pill mills, but the proposal has alarmed some doctors who use dispensing as a lucrative sideline. See a related Sun-Sentinel story on middle-school lobbyists. |
| Posted: By Carol Gentry 3/1/2010 © Health News Florida Doctors who haven’t passed certification exams in pain management will be able to keep working in pain clinics as long as they have hospital privileges and a qualified supervising physician, under a rule adopted by a state board this weekend. |
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