Federal prosecutors have released details about a Tampa-based health care company that defrauded Florida health agencies out of more than $20 million. A WellCare analyst pled guilty to defrauding Florida’s Medicaid program by falsifying documents to inflate bills for behavioral health care services. Authorities say he did not act alone, but involved other [...]

More than 90 percent of U.S. nursing homes were cited for violating federal standards of care in each of the past three years, according to a government report. Medicare is trying to increase the quality of nursing home care by posting on its Web site the names of facilities that perform poorly in state [...]

The HealthGrades Guide to America’s Hospitals and Doctors was released last month with important information for consumers about the quality of virtually every hospital in the country. The reference guide also devotes several chapters to getting the best medical care, from finding the best doctor and hospital to protecting yourself from medical errors.
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Abuse and neglect of Florida’s elderly have risen a dramatic 15 percent in the past year, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel. So far this fiscal year, the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) has received about 4,050 reports from Orange, Osceola, Brevard and Seminole counties alone.
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Nursing home patients and their families are increasingly giving up their right to sue over negligent care including death, even as claims of poor treatment are on the rise, according to a Wall Street Journal report. More and more, nursing homes are including mandatory binding arbitration agreements in their contracts, a clause that can [...]

A registered nurse is scheduled to go on trial in Orange County, Florida today in a case involving an alleged sexual assault of a 38-year-old hospital patient. It is not the first time nurse Kevin Laing has been accused of inappropriate conduct, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel. He was never [...]