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- UM scores an A on pharma ethics
- DOH: Closing TB hospital costs $$
- Insurance chiefs vote against industry
- Nurses doctors at odds on politics
- New concept to counter HMOs?
- Hospital chain paid kickbacks: suit
- Health execs offer 'solutions'
- Keys hospital unhappy with HMA
| UM scores an A on pharma ethics Posted: Miami Herald The University of Miami medical school was the only medical school in the state to receive an `A' on the PharmFree Scorecard for disclosing its faculty's relationships with healthcare. The medical schools at UF, FSU and UCF received "B" ratings. |
| DOH: Closing TB hospital costs $$ Posted: By Jim Saunders 11/3/2010 © Health News Florida Florida lawmakers have talked for years about shutting down the only state hospital for stubborn tuberculosis cases. But a new state report asks: Would other hospitals take those contagious patients? At what cost? |
| 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. |
| Nurses doctors at odds on politics Posted: By Jim Saunders and Carol Gentry 10/13/2010 © Health News Florida Anyone who hasn't noticed the big difference between the world views of doctors and nurses could catch on just by looking at their endorsements in the Florida governor's race. |
| Posted: By Jim Saunders, Phil Galewitz and Jenny Gold Health News Florida and Kaiser Health News Faced with a likely expansion of Medicaid HMOs, the Florida Medical Association is looking at a new possibility to give doctors more control over patient care: "accountable care organizations." |
| 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? |
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