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Monday, 20 May 2013 00:00 |
Proof of Heaven Popular Except With the Church
“God, help me!”
Eben Alexander shouted and flailed as hospital orderlies tried to hold him in place. But no one could stop his violent seizures, and the 54-year-old neurosurgeon went limp as his horrified wife looked on.
That moment could have been the end. But Alexander says it was just the beginning.
CNN.com
US Senate Confirms Tavenner as Medicare/Medicaid Chief
In a rare show of bipartisanship on a healthcare issue, senators voted 91-7 to back President Barack Obama's nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an $820 billion agency that oversees the bulk of federal healthcare spending and healthcare reform.
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Yahoo! News
Most Doctors Still Reject Medicaid
Miami Herald
Philadelphia Doctor Found Guilty of Murder in Late-Term Abortions
Health News Florida
Why the IRS Scandal Could Bring Down Obamacare
The Fiscal Times
Feds to help uninsured Floridians sign up for health coverage
Facing the next big health-care challenge in Florida, Uncle Sam plans to enlist hundreds of consumer "navigators" over the next several months to help enroll up to 3.5 million uninsured state residents by January, when everyone is required to have health insurance.
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SunSentinel.com
DOJ sues hospice company founded by Florida Senate President Don Gaetz
Miami Herald
CA Weighs Expanded Role for Nurse Practitioners
Kaiser Health News
Dems Urge Governor Scott to Call Special Session to Address Medicaid
Miami Herald
FL Legislature Ends Session Without Medicaid Expansion
Florida lawmakers ended their session Friday, waiting until the final hour to pass a $74.5 billion budget and then leaving without passing a bill to extend health coverage to 1.1 million Floridians.
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Source: Kaiser Health News
Additional Guidance Issue on Summary of Benefits & Coverage Disclosure Requirements
MWE.com
Med Mal Bill Set to Go to Governor
Orlando Business Journal
FL House Rejects Healthcare Plan
Christine Jordan Sexton
SFBJ
Docs Debate Whether Patients Need to Know They Are Dying
Los Angeles Times
Bionic hand controlled by iPhone app
Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN via YouTube
FL Senate Moves Ahead with Medicaid Expansion Alternatives
Christine Jordan Sexton
Tampa Bay Business Journal
In the Aftermath of the Boston Marathon Bombing, Thank Goodness for Level I Trauma Centers
Our Health Policy Matters
Doctors: Suspect can be brought out of sedation in minutes to answer questions
CNN.com
Scooter Store Goes Bust After Audit Reveals Medicare Fraud
ABC News
The Doctor Is In but Hundreds of Miles Away
New York Times
FL Senate Passes Med Mal Bill
Jacksonville Business Journal
Akshay Desai and the rise and fall of Universal Health Care
"...For 'Doc' (as Desai is uniformly known) being a physician wasn't fulfilling enough; he yearned to be an entrepreneur.
After earning a medical degree in his native India, he headed to America for his residency and a master's degree in administrative medicine...
...Desai, a geriatrician, opened a practice in St. Petersburg because of its large elderly population. He soon began managing the practices of other doctors, and in 2003 started a health maintenance organization, Universal Health Care, for people on Medicare and Medicaid.
With his new company and big waterfront home, Desai quickly established himself in Tampa Bay's civic circles..."
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Tampa Bay Times
Bidding War? MLB and Player(s) Offering Big Bucks to Former Biogenesis Employee(s) for Company Documents
Major League Baseball's investigation of an anti-aging clinic linked to performance-enhancing drugs has taken a new turn, with the commissioner's office paying a former employee of the facility for documents related to the case. At the same time, two people briefed on the matter said, at least one player linked to the clinic has purchased documents from a former clinic employee in order to destroy them.
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New York Times
Top 5 FL HMOs
According to the South Florida Business Journal, the top five health maintenance organizations (ranked by number of enrolled members) are:
5. Amerigroup of Florida
4. Aetna HealthCare
3. UnitedHealthcare of Florida
2. Humana Medical Plan
1. Wellcare of Florida
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'Stuck on Stupid?' Healthcare Battle Gets Louder
Christine Jordan Sexton
The legislative battle over whether to accept billions in federal aid for health insurance took a sharp turn on Monday, including featuring the unusual sight of a sitting member of Congress engaging directly in the issue.
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SFBJ
Florida's Crackdown Makes Big Dent in Pill Mills
Orlando Sentinel
Mako Surgical Wins Injunction Against Rival
Mako Surgical Corp. won a permanent injunction against rival Blue Belt Technologies in a federal lawsuit.
The Davie-based manufacturer of a hip and knee replacement surgical robot (NASDAQ: MAKO) previously filed a lawsuit against Pittsburgh-based Blue Belt and former Mako employee Jeff Gellman. It alleged that Gellman violated...
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SFBJ
4 Steps for Running a Profitable Radiology Practice
Fierce Medical Imaging
How a Neurosurgeon's Online Reputation Survived a Front Page Newspaper Story
Kevin Pho, MD
The Boston Globe recently had a front page story on how a neurosurgeon sued a patient's husband for a blog critical of the physician.
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KevinMD
Worries Mount About Enrolling Consumers in Federally Run Health Insurance Exchanges
Kaiser Health News
Humana Walmart PDP Picks Up Universal Drug Plan Members
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Salesman in the Surgical Suite
New York Times
State Loses Round on Medicaid Physician Pay
News-Press.com
Reimbursement Changes Drive Radiology Group Consolidation
Mike Bassett
Consolidation continues to be a dominant trend in the hospital and healthcare industry, including in radiology, according to a recent article in Diagnostic Imaging.
"[G]roups are gobbling up other groups," Patrick Moore, president of Smart Physician Recruiting, told Diagnostic Imaging. "Or, even in some cases, hospital systems are saying to radiology groups, 'We're done negotiating. Either you'll be our employees or we'll find someone else.'"
Fierce Medical Imaging
State Regulator Steps In to Assist Universal Health Care Members
Tampa Business Journal
Prostate Cancer Patients Driving Penile Implant Boom
Fierce Medical Devices
Seeking Profit for Taxpayers in Potential of New Drug
New York Times
The Trouble with Nurse Practitioners
Health Leaders Media
Hospitals are Going on a Doctor Buying Binge and It Is Likely to End Badly
Forbes
Orlando Attorney to Lead Medical Marijuana Initiative
Tampa Bay Times
Innovative Endoscope: Ultimate Minimally Invasive Imaging System?
Mike Bassett, Fierce Medical Imaging
Stanford University engineers have developed a high-resolution endoscope that is as thin as human hair, but has a resolution four-times stronger than previous endoscopes of a similar design.
According to an article published in the journal Optics Express, the prototype of the device can resolve objects that are about 2.5 microns in size. Today's high-resolution endoscopes can resolve objects to about 10 microns in size. A micron is one-one thousandth of a millimeter.
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Medicaid Expansion Aside, More Decisions Remain in Affordable Care Act
Christine Jordan Sexton
SFBJ
Florida Ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) Subject of Grand Jury Investigation in Miami
Washington Post
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