Healthcare News

  • Pediatric Care in the Sunshine State Brightens Up

    Pediatric Care in the Sunshine State Brightens Up

    By Dr. Kenneth Rothaus In 2005, two professional organizations, the Florida Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics filed suit in Federal Court on behalf of 6 families. The complaint was that the children were being denied care to which they were entitled under Federal law.  The Federal

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  • Recent Cholesterol News

    Recent Cholesterol News

    By Dr. Ted Tyberg In a study announced yesterday at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting, taking place this year in Washington, DC, a drug projected to be a sure fire hit, turned out to be a total miss. The drug, evacetrapib lowered LDL ( bad ) cholesterol 37% and doubled HDL ( good

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  • Changing from A La Carte to Fixed Price

    Changing from A La Carte to Fixed Price

    By Dr. Kenneth Rothaus The traditional system by which hospitals and physicians are reimbursed by insurance companies has been on an item by item (or service by service) method. For example, when a patient is admitted to the hospital for a hernia repair, the hospital would bill the patient’s health insurance company separately for tests,

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