Christine Sexton

September 16, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The bill is not the first time that the Legislature has been asked to weigh in on what has become a pressing public-health issue in Florida and nationwide.

By Christine Sexton

3 minute read

August 22, 2019 | Daily Business Review

A U.S. District Court judge denied a bid to block a newly enacted law that voided no-compete clauses, comparing the happenings at the state Capitol to the famed black-and-white horror movie “Creature from the Black Lagoon.”

By Christine Sexton

4 minute read

August 21, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The economists this month came up with revised estimates that predict the state employee health-insurance trust fund will grow by hundreds of millions of dollars by 2022.

By Christine Sexton

4 minute read

August 07, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Economists, meeting as the Financial Impact Estimating Conference, could not reach consensus on the impact on the state budget and overall economy of a proposed constitutional amendment to expand Medicaid.

By Christine Sexton

4 minute read

July 26, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Physicians who serve on the Florida Board of Medicine will have no say over one of the most-contentious parts of the law: registration costs for out-of-state doctors who can use telehealth to begin caring for Florida residents.

By Christine Sexton

4 minute read

July 08, 2019 | Daily Business Review

House Speaker Jose Oliva made eliminating the certificate of need programs a top priority during the legislative session that ended in May.

By Christine Sexton

4 minute read

July 01, 2019 | Daily Business Review

21st Century Oncology, the state's largest provider of radiation oncology services, is asking a federal judge to block the state from enforcing a new law that would retroactively ban noncompete contracts the company entered into with five physicians.

By Christine Sexton

4 minute read

June 28, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Larkin Community Hospital in South Miami is a 147-bed facility with about 347 residents in training, according to the complaint, while Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs is a 247-bed facility that is training about 50 residents.

By Christine Sexton

5 minute read

June 18, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The idea of the shared-savings programs is to give policyholders an incentive to look for cheaper health services.

By Christine Sexton

4 minute read

June 11, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Board of Medicine is recommending that physician Harvey Craig Roth pay a $10,000 fine and take additional courses because of performing a surgical abortion on a 35-year-old woman instead of a medication-induced abortion.

By Christine Sexton

5 minute read