Christine Sexton

February 13, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Despite concerns about safety and potential effects of competition on hospitals, the Senate Health Policy Committee this week unanimously passed a measure that would authorize “advanced birth centers” and allow them to offer certain women access to cesarean deliveries and epidurals.

By Christine Sexton

4 minute read

January 30, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Administrative Law Judge Lawrence P. Stevenson said the proposal exceeded the Board of Physical Therapy's “grant of rulemaking authority because it would expand the scope of physical therapy practice, not merely establish a standard of practice.”

By Christine Sexton

3 minute read

January 18, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Bill Herrle, executive director of the National Federation of Independent Business in Florida, has since 2016 called for the Legislature to limit what plaintiffs' attorneys can charge injured workers.

By Christine Sexton

4 minute read

January 16, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Before being licensed in Florida, doctors have to divulge their medical histories to the state, including disclosing whether they have been treated for mental-health or substance-abuse disorders in the past five years. That could change soon.

By Christine Sexton

4 minute read

January 09, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The requirement for physicians to check the database is aimed, at least in part, at preventing drug abusers from “doctor shopping” to improperly get controlled substances.

By Christine Sexton

4 minute read

January 07, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The Agency for Health Care Administration late last month issued a final order in a long-running dispute between the state and Positive Healthcare, a division of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

By Christine Sexton

3 minute read

December 17, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The state Agency for Health Care Administration wants $16.3 million to help insure an additional 22,000 children in the Florida Healthy Kids program and lower the costs for some children already in the program, according to a legislative budget request.

By Christine Sexton

4 minute read

December 07, 2018 | Daily Business Review

While Jeanette Nuñez says she and Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis continue to discuss her duties, it's clear that she is going to put her eight years of legislative experience to use.

By Christine Sexton

2 minute read

December 06, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The affable speaker has agreed to tackle the rising costs of health care, namely how much money is spent at hospitals or hospital-owned facilities.

By Christine Sexton

5 minute read

November 28, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Florida hospitals are battling about cancer treatment and the appropriate level of state regulation of bone-marrow transplants.In one corner is…

By Christine Sexton

4 minute read