Hospitals
Health Care Charges Show High Prices Across South Florida
As President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act begins to take effect, the costs of health care are finally being revealed to customers. The numbers show wildly different charges for similar procedures across the country and no real explanation of why the prices vary so much.
Survey: S. Florida Hospitals Could Lose $368M If Deadline Passes
Returning Monday after a week off, Congress will have just five days to save South Florida hospitals from losing $368 million.
Best Hospitals In South Florida For Giving Birth
You’ll make plenty of decisions during pregnancy and choosing where to give birth, whether in a hospital or in a birth center setting, is one of the most important. Here’s a list of some of the best hospitals in South Florida to give birth. South Miami Hospital, Baptist Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Plantation General and West Boca Medical Center.
Gov’t. Rule Eliminates Co-Pays For Birth Control
Women on birth control have gotten a long-awaited financial reprieve from the Obama administration Friday.
At 11:11:11 on 11/11/11, People Will Ask, “What’s In A Number?”
It’s just a number, or is it? Shortly before Noon Friday, the clock will read 11 hours, 11 minutes, and 11 seconds on November 11, 2011. In other words, 11:11:11 11/11/11. For many, that’s a special, even mystical moment.
I-Team: Ignoring Patients’ Right To Know
Nearly eight years after Florida voters demanded change in the way bad medical incidents are tracked and reported at hospitals,little has changed. The CBS4 I-Team has discovered that most hospitals don’t comply with the part of Florida’s Constitution known as “Patients’ Right to Know About Adverse Medical.”
FDA Approves New MRSA Test
Doctors in hospitals across South Florida and the rest of the country now have a new test that can quickly show if a staph infection is methicillin-resistant.
Scott Investigating Transition Of Government-Run Hospitals
Governor Rick Scott is reviewing whether the government should be running hospitals around the state of Florida.
Senate Targets Medicaid And Mental Health For Cuts
Hospitals and mental-health treatment and care for thousands of people with debilitating illnesses are among the targets of a new Florida Senate budget proposal that would cut at least $1 billion from the Florida Department of Health & Human Services.
Medically Needy Program On Life Support
Governor Rick Scott and the Republican-led Florida Legislature may have a new target for budget cuts, the medically needy program.
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