October 22 2021 – A new, retrospective study of medical and insurance records indicates health care costs for people with a rare disease have been underestimated and are three to five times greater than the costs for...

The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County (DOH-Miami-Dade) is offering appointments for the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson’s Jannsen COVID-19 vaccine. The Pfizer BioNTech vaccine is available to...

October 22 2021 – At a time when interest in first-doses of the COVID-19 vaccine is waning at the Health Care District of Palm Beach County’s mobile clinics, the agency’s Chief Executive Officer is encouraging the public...

October 22 2021 – Broward Health Medical Center has welcomed a new partner in obstetric and maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) services, Pediatrix® and Obstetrix® Medical Groups, affiliates of Sunrise-based Mednax®, Inc. As of...

National Association of ACOs Call for the Creation of an ‘Enhanced Plus’ ACO Track Accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Next Generation (Next Gen) ACO Model, Medicare’s most advanced, greatest risk-taking ACO program...

Different mRNA-1273 boosters are equally protective against variants. What A booster dose of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine given to rhesus macaques about six months after their primary vaccine series significantly increased...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month October 21 2021 – Portia Williams, a health teacher at Deerfield Beach High School, is on a mission. She is sharing her breast cancer story in hopes of encouraging women,...

Translated handbooks are available to order from Medicare.gov or 1-800-MEDICARE The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that the “Medicare & You” handbook is now available in Chinese, Korean,...

October 21, 2021 – The Federal Communications Commission today approved an additional 71 applications for funding commitments totaling $40,468,845 for Round 2 of its COVID-19 Telehealth Program.  This is the FCC’s third...

October 21, 2021 – HCA East Florida is proud to announce that four of its hospitals across the state will be participating in “Crush the Crisis” on Saturday October 23. Kendall Regional Medical Center in Miami, Northwest Medical...