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- Fraud brings U.S. gift: 42-ft.yacht
- Drop in Medicaid patients hurts Jackson
- Doctor riles family with gun question
- Hopkins' chief-to-be reassures
- Shands eyes special session
- Double-CT radiation a concern
- Medicare bids save 1/3 on costs
- This is an order: Do not resuscitate!
- Hospital charges remain mystery
| Fraud brings U.S. gift: 42-ft.yacht Posted: 9/2/2010 Florida Times-Union Three people, including a Miami couple, pleaded guilty to Medicare fraud; doctors' identifications were stolen and used to bill Medicare for expensive infusion therapy. |
| Drop in Medicaid patients hurts Jackson Posted: 9/2/2010 © Miami Herald In July alone, Jackson Health System saw a drop of about 500 Medicaid patients and lost $11.4 million in Medicaid income from April through July. |
| Doctor riles family with gun question Posted: 7/24/2010 © Ocala Star-Banner One mother who refused to answer when pediatrician Chris Okonkwo asked whether the family has a gun says it's none of his business. He says the safety of his patients is his business. |
| Hopkins' chief-to-be reassures Posted: By Carol Gentry 7/22/2010 © Health News Florida Jonathan Ellen, the Johns Hopkins professor in line to become physician-in-chief at All Children’s Hospital, says local doctors and USF faculty and residents should not be concerned. But confusion abounds. |
| 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. |
| Posted: By Dave Gulliver 7/9/2010 © Health News Florida A type of medical scan that delivers a double dose of radiation to the patient is recommended for only a small number of conditions. But some Florida hospitals perform the scans on more than half of their patients, a new study shows. |
| 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. |
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