E-News Article Archive

 

Dr. John M. Montgomery (BCBSFL) Receives National Honor

E.R. Patients Often Left Confused After Visits

House Committee Approves Health Care Bills

Mental health parity legislation gains new life

Orlando summit to focus on healthcare reform

Patient-Centered 'Medical Home' Models Lag in Key Areas

Prosthetic parity bill introduced in Senate

Public needs to know vaccines are safe, docs say

While the U.S. Spends Heavily on Health Care, a Study Faults the Quality

CA Legislature enacts no major healthcare overhaul but OKs some key changes

Facing Veto, Democrats Drop Plan for Vote on Child Bill

More Companies Invest In Workers' Health

State to detail plan for 4M uninsured adults

Crist's health insurance plan draws low-cost bid.

Lack of Insurance, High Medical Costs Put More in a Bind

Medicare fraud suspects linked to check-cashing chain

Report Rejects Medicare Boast of Paring Fraud

2 Orlando hospitals win OK for transplants

Report Faults Medicare Audits

Medicare assailed for extent of fraud

Rise in C sections stirs health worry

Unisured to Spend $30 Billion, Study Says

Battle to block release of errors

Congress tight with Medicare anti-fraud funds

Guaranteed health care key plank in Dems' platform

Health care costs seen rising 10 percent in 2009

Older Hispanics find health care lacking

Rx for trouble

While the U.S. Spends Heavily on Health Care, a Study Faults the Quality

Uninsured doctors on the rise in South Florida

'Big' budget deficit ahead for Florida

Medicaid - Keep the incentives

Doctor and Patient, Now at Odds

Health care cost trends leveling- Report

How Changes In Medicare Affect Patients

Insurers Increasingly Going Against Doctors' Orders

Health insurance ambition narrows

Millions With Chronic Disease Get Little to No Treatment

Surgical Errors Cost Almost $1.5B a Year

Business balking at health changes

'Medical home' guide published

Senate Overrides Veto of Medicare Funding

Support for law varies, poll shows

Health coverage to include more uninsured

House-Senate Pact Reached On Mental-Health Bill

Long-Term Fix Is Elusive in Medicare Payments

White House vows veto of Medicare bill

Baptist Health Care to Pay $245 Million for HCA's West Florida Hospital

Bill to Block Medicare-Fee Cuts

CDC's e-cards spread health information

CMS proposes quality improvements and other changes for hospital services

Doctors Press Senate to Undo Medicare Cuts

Drug Industry to Announce Revised Code on Marketing

Mass. proposes changes to health reform rules

South Florida hospitals join trend of becoming stroke centers

Web site shows hospital costs vary greatly, while quality is difficult to discern

Health insurance lags most in Southwest, CDC says

House Clears Medicare Package

More Americans Delay Health Care

Number of Americans with Diabetes Grows

U.S. electronic health record standards agreed

Mental health parity bill clears hurdle

\When a Mammogram Isn't Enough

AMA Discourages 'Secret Shopper' Program

Insurance Rule Puts FSU In A Class Of 1

Bernanke Talks Health Care

Study -Health Costs to Rise Nearly 10 percent

Writing New Prescriptions For Change

Can Even High Ranked Hospitals Get Better

Insurers expand use of doctor rankings

NY Medicaid to stop paying for 'never events'

Ranks of Underinsured Are Rising, Study Finds

AHIP's proposal to reduce health care costs

CA legislators revive plans to expand healthcare insurance

Health Care Has Racial, State Disparities

Mass. Uninsured Totals Tumble After Reforms

Mccain's free market health plan

More Young People Going Without Health Ins

Study Praises Mass. Health Care Program

Congress renews mental health, pension laws

Consumers Union to Rate Hospitals

Study ranks Florida 50th in health care for children

Blue Foundation launches $8 million FL study of child obesity

CBO Questions Savings from Digital Health Care Records

Day of Admission Dictates Length of Stay for Heart Failure

Evidence-based health care sites picked

Government ads show consumers how hospitals rate

Physicians group files suit over rankings

Texas urged to put PPOs under license

Crist,Marino cheer autism insurance bill

High-deductible plans report rapid growth Low premiums

Hospital profits ailing

Process eased for adding hospitals in Florida

 

 

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