The six companies that will sell the Cover Florida Plans were just announced by the Crist administration. These bare-bones plans were designed to make coverage available to all Floridians and help lower the rate of the many uninsureds we currently have. Two of the companies will only sell in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, while Blue [...]
The Florida medical liability insurance company, Healthcare Underwriters Group of Florida, recently announced it will pay its first cash dividends to policy owners/stockholders. The company, owned entirely by Florida physicians, achieved such good loss results for 2005, that it was able to announce this dividend. The company bases its success on top quality underwriting and [...]
Mathew Davies, the former CEO of UnitedHealthcare in Florida, has recently been appointed by Amerigroup to the Company’s National Advisory Board. The Board serves as advocates for the healthcare needs of seniors and people with disabilities. This growing segment of the population depends on publicly funded healthcare services. Davies, himself a quadriplegic as a result [...]
Many of Manatee County Florida’s children covered by the Healthy Kids Plan now find themselves without access to their own county hospital after a change in the HMO plan. Some children have also lost access to their normal doctors and specialists after the decision was made to switch from Staywell Health Plan of Florida Inc. [...]
Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Joe Biden, continues to draw voters’ attentions to what he calls the lies and deceits of the Republican party. Promising change and an improvement on current conditions, he continues to focus on the problems the country has faced in the last eight years in the hands of Republicans. Biden again focused his [...]
Medicare has finally gone on the offensive this month as it halts payments to the top 10 Miami-Dade County’s home health care agencies as it suspects fraudulent claims. This is the first action of its kind in the nation, targeted at what is considered fraud capital of the nation. Medicare has lost potentially millions of [...]
On Monday, the Orlando City council made the decision to give gay-domestic partner benefits. While this decision is not supported by everyone, nor is it overwhelmingly popular, many feel it was still the right thing to do. With the inability to legally marry, many gay-domestic partners face difficulty in not only getting health insurance coverage [...]
While a new law has been in motion for quite some time, Florida regulators are still looking at the specifics of this proposal which would allow dependents to remain on their parents’ health issurance policies until the age of 30 in certain cases. State regulators are still examining the impact this law would have on [...]
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Board Chairman and CEO Dr. Robert Lufrano was honored recently in a ceremony dedicated to “Captains of Industry.” Originating in 1999, the Florida Council on Economic Education, with support from Raymond James, has hosted the First Coast Business Hall of Fame. Each year the Council recognizes peers who [...]
In Jacksonville, FL two hospitals, St. Vincent’s Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital, will now be accepting Humana provided Medicare Plans. The decision will give elderly patients in the area more options and the ability to access the services of these two facilities. This may affect a large number of people, as Humana is Florida’s [...]