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In Florida, one wellness program that offered smokers a financial incentive to get help to quit drew just two participants in five years. And in Pennsylvania, patients in a cash lottery were eligible for prizes when they took medication as scheduled. Patients reported a sharp drop—to a mean...
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In 2010, Florida drug czar Bruce Grant called the prescription-drug epidemic the single greatest challenge to the state's public health and safety. Today, the picture is vastly different.
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It seems Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill plans to be an orthopedic surgeon one day, and this year he's getting the chance to dabble in the field—without even having to finish med school.
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Federal health officials say Florida owes millions in Medicaid overpayments, according to a report released Friday.
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Since January, at least 114 Central Florida doctors have traded their independence for steady paychecks from hospitals. The move, part of a nationwide trend, has wide implications not only for doctors but also for patients' pocketbooks, say members of a new trade association for independent...
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Bon Secours Health System appointed Carlos Beato CEO for Bon Secours New York Health System in Riverdale, effective April 15. Beato, 59, will replace Eileen Malo, interim CEO since March 2011. Beato joins Bon Secours from United Methodist Homes of New Jersey, where he served as...
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Voalte, Sarasota, Fla., has named company founder Trey Lauderdale president of the clinical communications technology firm and also announced it had named four new executives.
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Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, Fla., recently promoted Nina Beauchesne and Chantal Leconte—two of its top female executives—and brought Keith Gallagher, a retired Army brigadier general, on board.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Florida hospital officials are lobbying lawmakers to expand Medicaid coverage to roughly 1 million residents under the federal healthcare law. A rally last week in Tallahassee came a day after a Senate panel voted against traditional Medicaid expansion and instead...
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Eighteen years ago, Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford's family didn't have health insurance.
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