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- US: FL scam used mentally ill
- Insurance chiefs vote against industry
- Grassley cites Miami case demands action
- No need for health system to go private?
- Medicare bids save 1/3 on costs
- This is an order: Do not resuscitate!
- Hospital charges remain mystery
- Unsealed complaint slams WellCare
- Chance of seeing Medicaid $ dims
| Posted: 10/21/2010 © Associated Press Federal officials said a Miami company billed Medicare $200 million in a scam that preyed on patients with severe dementia. |
| Insurance chiefs vote against industry Posted: By Jim Saunders and Julie Appleby 10/21/2010 Health News Florida and Kaiser Health News The nation's insurance commissioners, meeting in Orlando, today adopted recommended rules on how much of the premium insurers must spend on patients. They shot down pro-industry amendments, including one from Florida's Kevin McCarty. |
| Grassley cites Miami case demands action Posted: 10/21/2010 © Miami Herald Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, demands that Health and Human Services crack down on doctors who prescribe too many drugs, a move sparked by the case of a Miami psychiatrist who wrote almost 100,000 prescriptions in under two years. |
| No need for health system to go private? Posted: 10/21/2010 © Sun Sentinel North Broward's hospital system doesn't need to go private to make legal agreements with doctors and for-profits, health attorneys 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. |
| 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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