The University of South Florida is creating a USF Health Specialty Care Center at The Villages, a mega retirement community in Central Florida, in a collaboration that could have a spillover effect in Polk County. USF specialists will work with primary-care doctors who are employees of...
Baby boomers in search of a South Florida retirement community look for certain amenities: accessible apartments, activities, on-site nurses. But if you're severely hearing impaired, you also may need sign language interpreters, video phones, movie captions and other deaf-friendly services. Most retirement communities, assisted living centers or nursing homes...
ive Polk County senior citizens have been nominated to be Florida's Outstanding Senior Volunteer. Seventy-six Florida nominees have been selected for the annual Salute to Seniors program, sponsored by the Home Instead Senior Care network. The program honors outstanding seniors ages 65 and older who have contributed...
Move over H1N1. We now have H7N9. The latest strain of bird flu is quickly gaining strength in China. "We're just monitoring this right now," Florida Department of Health official Dain Weister tells us. Weister says despite the deaths of 22 people in China, the strain seems contained...
For years, we had a health insurance market that was broken for small businesses. Because they had less bargaining power, small businesses paid an average of 18 percent more for the same health insurance plan offered to the bigger business down the street, and their...
One of the most important decisions the Florida Legislature will make this year will be how to provide health care to those Floridians who are not covered by either Medicaid or a private health plan. The Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate are...
Armada Health Care (Armada), the nation's largest specialty pharmacy group purchasing and channel management organization, is pleased to announce that the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has chosen Armada to be its primary purchasing partner. Armada and AHF will work together to leverage the vast industry...
Florida voters have given lifelong smokers like Jack Ferrara new reason to breathe easy. After nicotine patches, acupuncture and hypnosis failed him, the Hollywood retiree finally snuffed out his 58-year cigarette habit — thanks to a state-run program gaining notice for making big strides in stamping...
A Florida Hospital Association report released this morning claims the state’s health centers provided $2.7 billion in community benefits in 2011, an amount that includes charity care and discounted medical treatment. The lobbying group looked at Internal Revenue Service data and information reported to the state’s...
West Florida Hospital’s Mobile Mammography Unit will be at the following locations during the week of April 22 to offer convenient, high quality mammography services for women age 35 and over. West Florida Hospital files most insurance, including Medicare (Medicare will cover screening mammograms every...