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Wednesday, September 9, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Providers, staff must make ‘radical changes’ to reach HHS goals for home dialysis »
It could take close to 5 decades for dialysis providers to reach the Advancing American Kidney Health goal of starting 50%...
Thursday, August 27, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Pharmacy Board Moves Forward On Expanded Practice »
TALLAHASSEE --- Members of the state pharmacy board agreed Wednesday to remove heart failure from a list of chronic condit...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Debate Continues Over Expanded Role For Pharmacists »
TALLAHASSEE --- Florida pharmacists and physicians continue to wrangle about medical treatment patients will be able to re...
Tuesday, August 4, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
State Hits Medicaid Plans For Contract Breaches »
Managed care plans were sanctioned 187 times and paid more than $2 million in damages during the 2019-2020 state fiscal ye...
Monday, July 20, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Bill for lifetime immunosuppressive drug coverage heads for a House vote »
Legislation that would provide lifetime immunosuppressive drug coverage for patients who receive a kidney transplant regar...
Monday, July 20, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
HHS updates guidance for solid organ transplants »
Healio (6/26, Jaramillo) reported the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Public Health Service “u...
Monday, June 29, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
HHS updates guidance for solid organ transplants »
  Healio (6/26, Jaramillo) reported the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Public Healt...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
California ballot initiative would mandate physicians to monitor all dialysis treatments »
California voters will likely decide on Nov. 3 whether a physician needs to be present during all dialysis treatments in a...
Tuesday, June 2, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
June 3rd Deadline for Round 2 of the $100B Provider Relief Fund »
When the 1st phase of Provider Relief Fund money went out in April, the amount received was based on 2019 Medicare reimbur...
Thursday, May 28, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Administration considering ban on “surprise” medical bills »
he White House is renewing a push to end “surprise” medical bills — possibly as part of the next coronavirus rescue packag...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Strategic Alliance Provides a Wealth of Resources for Physician Practices »
Cobbe Consulting & Management (CCM) and Acevedo Consulting Incorporated (ACI) today announced a strategic partnership...
Wednesday, March 11, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Wednesday, March 11, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Be Prepared: Kidney Patient Prep for Coronavirus »
Coronavirus is spread mainly from person to person. Older adults and people with kidney disease or other severe chronic me...
Friday, February 21, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Health Professionals Aided on Loan Defaults »
February 12, 2020 With no discussion, the Florida Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that would shield he...
Friday, February 21, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Bill Correctly for Medicare Telehealth Services »
In a recent   report ,  the Office of Inspector General (OIG) determined that the Centers for Medicare &...
Friday, February 14, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Ransomware Attacks Cost Healthcare Sector At Least $160M Since 2016 »
Comparitech researchers assessed ransomware attacks on the healthcare sector since 2016 and found providers have spent at...
Friday, February 14, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Health Professionals Aided on Loan Defaults »
With no discussion, the Florida Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that would shield health-care providers...
Thursday, February 13, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
House panel advances bipartisan surprise billing legislation despite divisions »
BY  PETER SULLIVAN The House Education and Labor Committee on Tuesday approved a bill to protect patients fro...
Tuesday, February 11, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Bipartisan Ways and Means leaders unveil measure to stop surprise medical bills »
The bipartisan leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday released their legislation to protect patients from...
Friday, February 7, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
FSN Joins Florida Patient Protection Coalition »
Florida Patient Protection Coalition formed to combat misinformation regarding the level of education, training between...
Wednesday, December 18, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Administration proposes new rules to increase organ transplants »
The AP (12/17, Neergaard) reports the administration “proposed new rules Tuesday to increase organ transplants – ste...
Friday, December 6, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Supreme Court To Hear Medical Malpractice Dispute »
SUPREME COURT TO HEAR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE DISPUTE December 4, 2019 NSF Staff The Florida Supreme Court...
Friday, November 8, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Medicaid Health Plans Get Mixed Grades »
Managed care plans that participate in Medicaid and the Florida KidCare program received mixed grades on a “scorecard” rel...
Friday, November 8, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
State Launches Health Care Cost Transparency Website »
The State of Florida is now providing consumers with more information about health care costs. Governor Ron DeSantis vi...
Friday, October 25, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
HB 831 Electronic Prescribing »
At the behest of the Florida Retail Federation and the big chain pharmacies, Rep. Amber Mariano introduced HB 831, a bill...
Friday, October 25, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
RPA Joins AMA on Surprise Billing Letter to Congress »
On Oct. 16, RPA joined with the AMA and other organized medicine groups in a letter petitioning Congress to enact surp...
Monday, October 21, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Florida Supreme Court Eyes Medical Malpractice 'Crisis' »
In a case stemming from a woman’s lung-cancer death, an appeals court Friday urged the Florida Supreme Court to look again...
Thursday, August 1, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Kidney Community Bill Introduced in House »
On July 23, the House version of the Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2019 (H.R. 3912)...
Friday, July 26, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Fees A Sore Subject As Telehealth Moves Forward »
Source: The News Service of Florida ,  Christine Sexton TALLAHASSEE --- The Florida panel that regulates medic...
Monday, July 1, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Information On Nonopioid Alternatives For The Treatment Of Pain Pamphlet »
House Bill 451, Nonopioid Alternatives, was approved by Governor DeSantis and is effective July 1, 2019. The bill requires...
Monday, June 3, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Supreme Court Reverses Course On Expert Witnesses »
TALLAHASSEE --- In a move that left little doubt about the new direction of the Florida Supreme Court, justices on Thursda...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Home health referrals and clinical documentation requirements »
A collaboration webinar Wednesday, July 24 1-2:30 p.m. ET Delivery language: English Do you order or certify...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
HHS Report Confirms Cost-Effectiveness of Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage »
On May 10, the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) issued a report indicating tha...
Monday, May 13, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
For The First Time, Employed Docs Outnumber Self-Employed Docs »
he milestone continues a long-term trend that has shifted the distribution of physicians away from ownership of private pr...
Monday, May 6, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Lawmakers OK Ride-Share Services For Medicaid »
Transportation options for Medicaid patients could be just an app away. Lawmakers this week gave final approval to a bill...

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