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  • Pop Quiz: Test your knowledge of managed-care plans

    Pop Quiz: Test your knowledge of managed-care plans

    Preventing health insurance mishaps by knowing how you’re covered THERE’S NO GETTING around the fact that healthcare insurance plans can be complicated and confusing. There are many different types of plans, such as managed-care plans, and each has its own set of rules and requirements. However, having the right information — down to the smallest…

  • Health insurance update: Who falls in the coverage gap and how can they get insured?

    Health insurance update: Who falls in the coverage gap and how can they get insured?

    “I think most of the providers that volunteer feel a moral and ethical obligation to help take care of those people.” — Dr. David Loewy, volunteer with We Care of Polk County LOCAL RESIDENTS who have issues getting health insurance coverage are fortunate in that there are many agencies here that offer a wide range…

  • Medicare and end-of-life care: What’s changing?

    Medicare and end-of-life care: What’s changing?

    New proposed policy encourages the process of advanced-care planning END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS are complicated and fraught with emotion, but a recent announcement by Medicare will hopefully offer some clarity to those facing such tough decisions. In early July, Medicare announced plans to pay doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician’s assistants for conversations with patients concerning end-of-life care.…

Columns

  • Publisher’s Note: Don’t let yourself or someone you know become a stroke victim

    MAY IS NOT ONLY a time we honor our nurses, it’s also National Stroke Awareness Month. Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. That means in the time it takes you to read this column, at least two people will suffer from this life-threatening “brain attack.”

  • Editor’s Dose: Top docs — a call for nominations!

    Editor’s Dose: Top docs — a call for nominations!

    DO YOU KNOW an area doctor who provides exceptional care and service, and has gone above and beyond when it comes to their patients? Tell us more! Top doctors who receive the most nominations will be recognized in the July edition of Central Florida Health News magazine.

  • PCMA Letter: ‘Thank you’ can make all the difference

    PCMA Letter: ‘Thank you’ can make all the difference

    AS WE ENTER the month of May, our thoughts often turn to Mother’s Day, the end of the school year for our children, prom night for our youth, Memorial Day, and the fast-approaching summer break. Perhaps lesser known than these staples of the month, however, is National Nurses Week, which is happening May 6-12. During…

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