Category: Health
Chicago group announces intent to purchase Studer Group
The Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group announced today on its website its intent to purchase the Studer Group for $325 million,paid via $323 million in cash…
Lawmakers to consider new medical marijuana plan
By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Less than three months after Florida voters narrowly rejected a plan to legalize medical marijuana, a Republican…
Weekend Buzz: Children, Cyber Warriors, LeaP and Wedgwood
The long-awaited decision for Ascension to build a regional children’s hospital in Pensacola has been made. The daily newspaper reports in its Monday edition that…
GB mom named to medical marijuana rules panel
Five nurseries will be part of a 12 member panel announced Friday to hammer out rules on who can grow medical marijuana and how it…
Latest draft of Charlotte’ Web rules fleshes out requirements for growers
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A panel comprised of the director of the state Office of Compassionate Use, an accountant and a…
Florida Chamber offers alternative health insurance plan
The Florida Chamber of Commerce today released its “Smarter Healthcare Coverage in Florida” plan, a seven-point comprehensive healthcare plan that “calls for bending the cost…
More delays for Charlotte’s Web
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Lawmakers will have to sign off on a new rule to kick-start the state’s nascent medical marijuana…
Big day for Charlotte’s Web
The Florida Department of Health will hold a workshop today as it tries to develop a regulatory framework to carry out a new law that…
Senate president opens door to expand health coverage
By MARGIE MENZEL THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Senate President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, left open the possibility Wednesday that his chamber will consider an expansion…
Churches challenged to trim the fat
Healthy Lives of Baptist Health Care has created a Get Healthy Pensacola Church Challenge for local area churches. The church-based weight loss competition is to…
Affordable Care Act Navigator Office Hours
The Epilepsy Foundation of Florida (EFOF), a state licensed and federally certified provider of in-person Navigation assistance for Floridians wanting to shop and enroll in…
Local hospitals could lose millions without Medicaid expansion
Florida’s non-profit and charity medical facilities that serve low income uninsured face a loss of almost $2 billion in annual revenue when the state’s Low-Income…
Baptist CEO Faulkner named Vice Chair/Chairman-Elect of the Florida Hospital Association
Baptist Health Care President and CEO Mark Faulkner has been selected the Vice Chair/Chairman-Elect of the Florida Hospital Association 2014-15 Board of Trustees. “It is…
State redirects funds to prepare for possible Ebola threat
Letter from State Surgeon General to CDC: Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta, GA 30341 Re:…
Pot rule placed on hold
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Health regulators will almost certainly delay a rule that will eventually create the framework for the state’s…
Legislative panel questions proposed pot rule
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A legislative panel that plays a key role in overseeing state agencies has joined the chorus of…
STD rates soar in Escambia County
Escambia County has a sexually transmitted disease problem. Infectious syphilis cases have more than doubled in Florida over the past decade — and in Escambia…
Studer named Healthcare Visionary
Modern Healthcare will honor next month Quint Studer, founder of Studer Group, with its first-ever Healthcare Marketing Visionary IMPACT Award. The special award was created…
Report: Florida BLue eyes rate increase
Major insurer Florida Blue could raise rates in 2015 for people enrolled through the federal health-care exchange after seeing a large number of older and…
Studer Group leader Dan Collard address House committee
Studer Group Senior Leader Dan Collard testified yesterday before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs about the importance of reducing variance and creating a culture…
