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Healthcare News & Updates
Monday, October 7, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Hurricane Milton - Key Medicaid Information for Fee-for-Service and Managed Care Providers » The following is a Florida Medicaid Health Care Alert: Florida Medicaid recipients maintaining access to critic...
Monday, October 7, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Hurricane Milton: Special Needs Shelters » The following is a message from the Florida Department of Health: Tallahassee, Fla. — In response to Hurricane Milto...
Monday, September 16, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Nursing Turnover Improves for Florida Hospitals » The News Service of Florida by NSF Staff Florida hospitals are seeing reduced turnover and job-vacancy rates among nurses...
Monday, August 26, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Workers' Comp Rates Could Dip » The News Service of Florida by NSF Staff Florida businesses could see a slight decrease in workers’ compensation insuranc...
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) CMS News: Stay of Enrollment » The following content is provided by Acevedo Consulting : Effective May 30, a provider or supplier may be subjected...
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Legislative News
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) August recess is here – tell Congress to Fix Medicare Now! » The following message is from the American Medical Association : As Congress returns home for the annual August recess, p...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Bills Signed to Target Cancer, Rare Diseases » The News Service of Florida by NSF Staff Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed bills designed to help boost research into c...
Friday, March 22, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) DeSantis Signs Major Health Care Package » The News Service of Florida by Jim Saunders TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a package of bills that su...
Thursday, February 29, 2024 Behavioral-Health Teaching Hospitals Backed » The News Service of Florida By Jim Saunders TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a plan that...
Monday, January 22, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) A Step Closer to Living Healthy » The News Service of Florida by Ryan Dailey, NSF TALLAHASSEE — Just two weeks into the start of the 2024 legislative sessi...
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DCMS & Member News
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Dr. Ali Kasraeian Inaugurated as 2024/25 DCMS President » The 2024 Duval County Medical Society Annual Meeting took place last night and the DCMS is proud to announce Ali Kasraeian...
Monday, November 18, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Slice of Life: Spotlight on DCMS Member Ferdinand Formoso, DO, FAAPMR, DABPM » By Kristy Williford, DCMS Communications Manager If you’re used to seeing DCMS President Dr. Ferdinand Formoso i...
Thursday, November 7, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) DCMS Welcomes New Member Dr. Alexander Davis » The DCMS is excited to welcome new member Alexander Davis, MD. Originally from Greenville, South Carolina, Dr. Davis is no...
Monday, October 14, 2024 (1 Comment - view/add) “Keys” to Healing: A Spotlight on DCMS Member Vincent Degennaro, MD, MS » By Kristy Williford, DCMS Communications Manager During his career as a colon and rectal surgeon, you’d find DCMS...
Thursday, September 5, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) 2024/2025 Nominations for your Consideration » The DCMS Nominating Committee is pleased to present to the membership the following proposed slate of Officers, Board of D...
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Member Editorials & the Media
Friday, September 27, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) DCMS Welcomes New Member Dr. Anjali Gupta » The DCMS is excited to welcome new member Anjali Gupta, MD, an internal medicine physician with Baptist Health . Orig...
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Dr. Daniel Thimann: My experience with the COVID-19 vaccine trial » The following blog post is written by DCMS Member Daniel Thimann, MD: I am one of the pediatric emergency...
Thursday, May 9, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) DCMS President Dr. Galani Needs Your Help! » Dear Colleagues, Here’s a quick question for you. Do you own an HDTV made by Gateway Computers? Here’s an...
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) April in Tallahassee: An Update on the Legislative Session » By Mark Dobbertien, MD, FACS DCMS Treasurer & FMA Surgical Specialty Board Representative...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) House moves to expand scope of practice » By Mark Dobbertien, MD, FACS DCMS Treasurer & FMA Surgical Specialty Board Representative ...
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Hospital & Medical Organization News
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Volunteers in Medicine in Need of Physician Volunteers » Volunteers in Medicine is currently looking for volunteer gynecologists, ENTs, endocrinologists, and rheumatologists....
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) WeCareJax in Need of Volunteer Providers » WeCare Jax works to increase access to specialty health care for uninsured members of our community living at 200% or bel...
Friday, August 19, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) No Surprises Act information from CMS » A message from the American Medical Association : Late this afternoon, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (...
Monday, November 15, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) CMS to Apply MIPS Automatic Extreme & Uncontrollable Circumstances Policy for 2021 Performance Year » The following message is from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services : The Centers for...
Thursday, September 23, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Final Reminder: 10-1-21 Fee-For-Service Claims Change » The following is a news release from Florida Medicaid: Effective October 1, 2021, any fee-for-service (FFS) claim submi...
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Executive Director's Blog
Thursday, December 30, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Cautious Optimism for Recovery and Resurgence in 2022 » As difficult as it is to write our annual New Year’s Message amidst yet another surge in the pandemic, your team at the DC...
Thursday, March 12, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) DCMS expresses concern with scope of practice expansions signed into law » A Message from DCMS Executive Director Fraser Cobbe: The DCMS is currently analyzing the impact on physicians and p...
Thursday, February 20, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Update on proposed independent practice for APRNs & PAs » Scope of Practice for APRNs and PAs: (HB 607 by Pigman and SB 1676 by Albritton) A Legislative Update...
Thursday, January 16, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Continuing the Legacy » On behalf of the talented and dedicated team of professionals at Cobbe Consulting & Management, I would like to share...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) New healthcare laws take effect Monday » On Tuesday, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a number of bills passed during this legislative session that will go in...
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Department of Health News
Monday, October 21, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Update from DOH-Duval on Access to WIC (Women/Infants/Children) Program » The following announcement is from our partners at the Florida Department of Health - Duval County: We acknowled...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) FDOH updates new COVID-19 cases, announces one new death related to COVID-19 » Contact: Joint Information Center on COVID-19 for the State of Florida ( 850 ) 815-4940...
Monday, January 27, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) State of Florida renews Declaration of Public Health Emergency for Hepatitis A » State Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees, MD has renewed the renewed the Declaration of Public Health Emergency for He...
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Update and Interim Guidance on Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus » Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network January 17, 2020, 2030 ET (8:30 PM ET) CDCHAN-00426 Up...
Thursday, January 9, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Florida Surgeon General urges flu vaccination » The Florida Department of Health (Department) is strongly encouraging all unvaccinated residents to get their flu shot as...
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