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- Mammogram data show trouble
- 79 vets left out of colonoscopy alert
- Medicare bids save 1/3 on costs
- This is an order: Do not resuscitate!
- Hospital charges remain mystery
- Doctors, lawyers work together
- Unsealed complaint slams WellCare
- Chance of seeing Medicaid $ dims
| Posted: By Dave Gulliver 7/8/2010 © Health News Florida Most Florida hospitals are repeating either too many mammograms -- raising risks and cost -- or too few, indicating they may be missing cancers, new data show. One hospital in Palm Beach County repeated mammograms on a whopping 40 percent of patients, while one in Miami-Dade repeated almost none. |
| 79 vets left out of colonoscopy alert Posted: 7/7/2010 © Miami Herald Scores of VA patients in Miami were never notified about the risk presented by colonoscopies done with unsterilized equipment, officials say. |
| Medicare bids save 1/3 on costs Posted: By Jim Saunders 7/2/2010 © Health News Florida Medicare patients and taxpayers will save more than one-third on home-health equipment costs in South and Central Florida next year because of a new competitive-bidding program, officials said Thursday. But the industry is trying to kill it, with the help of a Florida Congressman. |
| This is an order: Do not resuscitate! Posted: 7/2/2010 © Kaiser Health News Too often, nursing homes or hospitals ignore patients' Living Wills, resuscitating and intubating against the patient's and family's wishes. It helps to have a physician's order in the medical file. FSU is leading an effort in Florida to spread the news. |
| Hospital charges remain mystery Posted: 6/30/2010 © Kaiser Health News More than 30 states, including Florida, make hospital prices public. But that doesn't mean patients can figure out what a procedure will cost ahead of time, let alone get a binding estimate. |
| Doctors, lawyers work together Posted: 6/29/2010 © Florida Times-Union Through the Northeast Florida Medical Legal Partnership, doctors and lawyers collaborate to help patients like Gina York, who needed legal status to make medical decisions for her adult autistic son. |
| Unsealed complaint slams WellCare Posted: 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. |
| Chance of seeing Medicaid $ dims Posted: By Jim Saunders 6/25/2010 © Health News Florida Florida's chances of receiving up to $1 billion in additional Medicaid money appeared to be in deep trouble Thursday; in other action, the Medicare doctors' pay cut was put off for six months. |
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