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- Baptist challenges 'huge' UM health center
- Teen who was set on fire rebuilds life
- PACE slow to arrive but finally here
- Hospital chain paid kickbacks: suit
- Health execs offer 'solutions'
- Keys hospital unhappy with HMA
- Insurers stop writing for kids
- Doctor riles family with gun question
| Baptist challenges 'huge' UM health center Posted: 10/12/2010 © Miami Herald Baptist Health, a dominant hospital system in south Miami-Dade, wants Coral Gables to delay a decision about a proposed 200,000-square-foot facility on the UM campus. Meanwhile, in Southwest Florida, Lee Memorial Health System is ending its contract with United Healthcare for two Medicare Advantage plans. |
| Teen who was set on fire rebuilds life Posted: 10/9/2010 © Sun Sentinel One year after he jumped into a pool to escape when other boys set him on fire, 16-year-old Michael Brewer continues to outpace doctors' predictions in his recovery. He's even gone back to school. |
| PACE slow to arrive but finally here Posted: 10/9/2010 © Tampa Tribune It’s tough for sick or disabled older people to spend days alone and make it to all their doctors' appointments. The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly offers them a place to enjoy their day and offers the full range of caregivers they need, right where they are. |
| Hospital chain paid kickbacks: suit Posted: By Mike Wells 8/10/2010 © Health News Florida Health Management Associates, a hospital chain based in Naples, offered doctors money, free rent, and even jet trips to a golf tournament in return for referring Medicare patients, a former HMA executive says. Editor's note: corrections added. |
| Health execs offer 'solutions' Posted: By Nancy McVicar 8/4/2010 © Health News Florida A state senator's "Health Care Solutions Tour" kicked off in Miami today with a slide show that hit the major Republican talking points, including warnings about the cost of "Obamacare" and growth in Medicaid. Public officials and health-industry executives spoke, but no patients or advocates were there. |
| Keys hospital unhappy with HMA Posted: 7/30/2010 © Miami Herald What to do with Fisherman's Hospital, a facility that has only a handful of beds filled and flies all its chest-pain patients to Miami? |
| Insurers stop writing for kids Posted: 7/24/2010 © Associated Press In Florida, UnitedHealthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield have stopped issuing new policies that cover children as individuals, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty says, because they worry that only the sick will sign up. |
| 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. |
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