Author: Dorron Blumberg

Florida Hospitals File Lawsuit Against Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors On the front lines of the opioid crisis, hospitals experience significant financial and operational harm

Posted by | Sep 20, 2019 | |

September 18, 2019 – A group of 27 Florida hospitals have filed a civil lawsuit against the manufacturers, distributors and retailers of opioid-based drugs. Florida hospitals have experienced significant financial and operational harm as they’ve fought and treated the complications of addiction on the frontlines of the nation’s opioid epidemic. The Florida hospitals are among hundreds across the U.S. that have filed similar lawsuits.
 
The complaint, filed in Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida, alleges negligence, fraud and civil conspiracy by the defendants, which include Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Laboratories and almost 20 other companies and individuals involved in the manufacturing, distribution and sales of prescription opioids. 
 

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Jackson Health System Earns 2019 CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired Performance Excellence Award Prestigious award given for excellence in healthcare information technology

Posted by | Sep 20, 2019 | |

September 19 2019  – The Information Technology department at Jackson Health System achieved Most Wired Certified Level 9, receiving a Performance Excellence Award by the 2019 College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) HealthCare’s Most Wired program. 

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Weighted vests, stability balls do not help children with ADHD

Posted by | Sep 20, 2019 | |

September 20, 2019 — Weighted vests and stability balls do not help elementary schoolers with ADHD focus in class, according to a new study by researchers at FIU’s Center for Children and Families.
 
This is the first study to evaluate the effect of occupational therapy (OT) techniques, specifically weighted vests and stability balls, on classroom behavior and academic productivity in elementary-aged children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
 

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Campaign Season Is Here! And So Are New Tax Proposals on High-Income Families

Posted by | Sep 20, 2019 | |

Septemnber 20 2019 – As the race for President starts to heat up, Democratic hopefuls are putting forth numerous tax proposals to fund their agendas and appeal to their respective electoral bases.  Some of these proposals will die on the vine, and others will persist and perhaps soften as the race thins out and the candidates “move to the center.”
 
Former Vice President Joe Biden proposes to return the highest marginal income tax rate for individuals to 39.6% (from the current 37%) for taxpayers earning more than $1 million per year, to raise the tax on capital gain by treating it as ordinary income (taxable at rates up to 43.4%) for those earning more than $1 million per year, and to eliminate the step-up in basis on death that currently allows decedents to transfer capital gain to heirs without tax.
 

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