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Friday, February 13, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
Important provisions for physicians in the Consolidated Appropriations Act »
By Jarrod Fowler, MHA FMA Director of Health Care Policy and Innovation President Donald Trump recently signed H.R. 7...
Thursday, January 29, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
Legislation to lower drug costs clears first hurdle in Florida House »
The bill, which passed the Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee, would take a series of steps, including inst...
Thursday, January 29, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
Vax manufacturers could get hauled into court under bill moving in the Senate »
Source: https://floridaphoenix.com Manufacturers that advertise vaccines in Florida that cause injury or harm could...
Thursday, January 29, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
DeSantis Awards $20 Million in LINE Funding to Address State Nursing Needs »
Source:  https://floridianpress.com Gov.  Ron DeSantis  announced more than $20 million in LINE (Linkin...
Thursday, December 4, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Background screening requirements now apply to all physicians »
Don’t let background screening delays disrupt your license renewal Effective July 1, 2025, state law requires all Flor...
Monday, December 1, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Oversight Sought of AI in Insurance »
©2025 The News Service of Florida. TALLAHASSEE — As Florida lawmakers dig into issues involving artificial intelligenc...
Thursday, November 13, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Medicaid Modernization: Start Preparing for New Provider Enrollment System »
Florida Medicaid Health Care Alert November 13, 2025...
Tuesday, November 4, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Topline Summary of the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule »
Source: AMA On October 31, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule for the...
Tuesday, October 21, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
New Medicare Claims Guidance from CMS »
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its Medicare claims hold  guidance &nbs...
Tuesday, October 21, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Important QPP Updates- CMS Releases 2024 MIPS Final Scores »
The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) has released Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) payment ad...
Thursday, October 16, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Claims Hold Update from the CMS »
As the federal government shutdown continues, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued updated gu...
Monday, October 13, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Higher Liability Limits Sought »
Source: News Service Florida After a similar proposal died this spring in the Senate, a House Republican on Friday ren...
Friday, October 10, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' to Slash $3.8B from Florida Hospitals »
Florida's health care system is expected to lose $3.8 billion under President Donald Trump's " Big Beautiful Bill ," which...
Thursday, October 9, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Med Mal Issue Teed Up »
The News Service of Florida The Florida House next week could start a renewed effort to change state law to clear t...
Friday, October 3, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
AI in Insurance Eyed »
©2025 The News Service of Florida. A House panel next week will hold a discussion about use of artificial intelligenc...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Update on Medicare Operations during Government Shutdown »
When certain legislative payment provisions (“extenders”) are scheduled to expire, CMS directs all Medicare Administrative...
Monday, September 22, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Hospitals Challenge Transplant Proposal »
By Jim Saunders |    News Service Florida  |    Hospitals Challenge Transplant Proposal TA...
Tuesday, July 1, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
New AMA Report on Physician Practice Characteristics »
A new AMA report based on the AMA’s 2024 Physician Practice Benchmark Survey describes the changes in the ownership and...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
HHS Secretary Kennedy, CMS Administrator Oz Secure Industry Pledge to Fix Broken Prior Authorization »
HHS Press Office:  https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/kennedy-oz-cms-secure-healthcare-industry-pledge-to-fix-prior-autho...
Friday, May 30, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Governor DeSantis Vetoes Repeal of Florida's 'Free Kill' Law »
As promised earlier this month, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday vetoed legislation that would have repealed a 35-year-old le...
Wednesday, January 22, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Tampa General Hospital Tops Nation in Transplants in 2024 »
Tampa General Hospital performed 889 transplants in 2024, the highest number of any transplant center in the U.S., the hos...
Thursday, November 7, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Health Care Headlines You Need to Know: November Election Special Edition »
FSN Executive Director Fraser Cobbe and staff member Joe Daraskevich are digging into the big winners across Florida after...
Thursday, September 5, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
UnitedHealthcare to launch prior authorization gold card program »
UnitedHealthcare is launching a program next month geared toward streamlining prior authorization for qualifying providers...
Tuesday, August 27, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Hospitals, physicians split after noncompete strikedown »
A federal court on Aug. 20  struck down  the Federal Trade Commission's sweeping noncompete ban, claiming that i...
Tuesday, August 27, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
There’s a severe kidney shortage. Should donors be compensated? »
Martinez Majors Sr. of Alexandria, Va., 65, had no idea his kidneys were failing. Then, three years ago, a severe case of...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Hackers post Florida patients' info on the dark web »
Hackers posted more than 20,000 files stolen from the Florida Department of Health containing physician notes and personal...
Monday, July 8, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Medicaid managed care plans popped with more than $33M in liquidated damages last year »
Florida took 288 final actions against Medicaid managed care plans. All but one resulted in liquidated damages. The F...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Healthcare cyberattacks are costing an average of $11 million per breach »
Source: https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/  Author: Nathan Eddy The global healthcare sector experienced a s...
Thursday, June 13, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Legislation aimed at health plans that push patients to Medicare gets more co-sponsors »
A bill that would prevent health plans from limiting payments for dialysis care in an effort to push patients onto Medicar...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
‘Critical gap’ exists between recommended, prevalent nephrology practices »
Key takeaways: Overall, 92.2% of patients with advanced CKD had basic awareness of kidney disease. Additionally, 38.5%...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
CMS releases proposed rule aimed at increasing efficiencies, access to kidney transplants »
Key takeaways: CMS and HHS announced details of a new model aimed at improving efficiencies at transplant centers and re...
Friday, April 26, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
FTC Rule on Non-Compete Agreements »
A new rule from the Federal Trade Commission is set to transform the governance of non-compete agreements in the United St...
Thursday, April 25, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
721 New Residency Slots Created at Florida's Safety Net Hospitals »
The Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida, representing 14 hospital systems across the state, announced the creation of...
Thursday, April 25, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
UnitedHealth says a wide swath of patient files may have been taken in cyberattack »
It may take several months of analysis before UnitedHealth can identify and notify people who were affected in the Februar...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Florida Legislative Session: Comprehensive Health Care Post Session Report »
Your Comprehensive Health Care Post Session Report  Content Provided by Toni Large of Large Strategies Live...

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