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In Florida and everywhere, a big shift is underway. It's changing the way we go to the doctor.

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Jewell Hamilton, left, and Andre Curry attend the front desk at Florida Blue in Tampa, where consumers can get wellness checks in addition to buying insurance.

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In Florida and everywhere, a big shift is underway. It's changing the way we go to the doctor.

| 9/18/2018

The health care business in Florida is in the midst of monumental change as insurers, hospital chains and even retailers begin to venture outside their traditional roles. Hospitals are getting into the insurance end of the business. Insurers, along with drug stores, are delivering front-line health care. And consumers, confronted with blurring lines and a host of new options, may need a scorecard to keep up. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]

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Pediatric care in Florida, 2018

Pediatric Associates

A roundup of news on pediatric care in Florida opens with a look at South Florida's Pediatric Associates. They have quietly grown into Florida’s and the nation’s largest private pediatric practice. The company, founded from a Hollywood practice in 1955, now numbers more than 250 doctors and another 1,250 employees treating 500,000 patients in 35 cities from Miami to Jacksonville and Tampa Bay. More in this profile of Pediatric Associates.

How will outcome of governor’s race affect healthcare? Depends on Florida Legislature.

Even if Democrats take back the governor’s mansion, don’t expect Medicaid expansion — let alone Medicare for all — in Florida any time soon. That’s the message from leaders of the Florida Legislature as the governor’s race between Democrat Andrew Gillum and Republican Ron DeSantis inches toward its November conclusion. [Source: Miami Herald]

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AIDS Healthcare Foundation loses Florida contract, files lawsuit

The Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Rick Scott to get public records related to the state's Medicaid AIDS care contracts. The nonprofit serves 2,000 patients with AIDS and HIV in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. The organization's contract to provide Medicaid managed care was not renewed for 2019. [Source: Health News Florida]

State uninsured rate increases, tops national average

More than 2.6 million people in Florida lacked health insurance at some point in 2017, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. That means about 12.9 percent of the state’s population last year was uninsured --- up from 12.5 percent in 2016 --- as Florida continued to be higher than the national average of 8.8 percent. [Source: WLRN]

ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› Florida Medical Center names new chief executive officer
Jeffrey M. Welch has been appointed to the position of chief executive officer of Florida Medical Center and Tenet’s Miami-Dade Group, which consists of a network of five hospitals.

› Florida Hospital NICU 'compassion rounds' provide emotional support to parents
Dr. Reina Mayor, a neonatologist at Florida Hospital, created the Compassion Rounds in 2016 in collaboration with a hospital chaplain because the families’ well-being is as much a part of the babies’ healing process as is medicine.

› Nursing home advocacy group on new generator rules
In 2016, federal funding for the in-person counselors was nearly $10 million in Florida. Last year, it was cut to $6.6 million. On Thursday, health leaders said it was reduced to a mere $1.25 million across the state.

› Nursing home advocacy group on new generator rules
According to the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration, more than 90% of the state’s 3,758 facilities either have implemented the requirement or have had an extension approved- meaning they are in compliance.

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