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- GOP filibuster blocks Medicaid funds
- Shands takes surprise hit
- Crist bombarded with abortion pleas
- Managed-care difference 'dramatic'
- Medicaid overhaul gets nips, tucks
- Limits on pain pills defeated
- 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
| GOP filibuster blocks Medicaid funds Posted: 6/18/2010 © New York Times The failed measure would have provided a reprieve for doctors about to get hit with a big cut in their Medicare payments, as well as further jobless aid for the long-term unemployed and $24 billion in aid to cash-strapped state governments. |
| Posted: By Jim Saunders 5/28/2010 © Health News Florida Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed $371 million from the new state budget today, largely sparing health- and human-services programs. But he immediately raised questions by vetoing millions of dollars for the Shands Healthcare System --- and by trying to prevent rate cuts for nursing homes. |
| Crist bombarded with abortion pleas Posted: By Jim Saunders 5/6/2010 © Health News Florida From the Christian Coalition to the ACLU, groups who oppose or support the bill to require an ultrasound before abortion are waging an e-mail campaign. Meanwhile, doctors protest the intrusion. |
| Managed-care difference 'dramatic' Posted: By Carol Gentry 4/16/2010 © Health News Florida Medicaid patients in traditional fee-for-service care get some services at two to three times the frequency of those who are in managed care, a preliminary state report suggests. What it doesn't say: Is that good or bad? |
| Medicaid overhaul gets nips, tucks Posted: By Jim Saunders 4/16/2010 © Health News Florida Trying to win votes in the House and prepare for negotiations with the Senate, architects of a Medicaid overhaul agreed to changes Thursday that could help defuse concerns of doctors and hospitals. |
| Posted: By Jim Saunders 4/14/2010 © Health News Florida The House and Senate have dropped proposals that would have limited doctors to dispensing 72 hours' worth of controlled drugs from their offices. It had been seen as a way to fight pill mills, but Florida Medical Association opposed it. |
| 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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