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Christine Jordan SextonNovember 17, 2014

For more than a year, a proposed rule that would lift the cap on what doctors could charge patients and their attorneys for copying medical records has been lingering before the Florida Board of Medicine. The proposed rule — 64B8-10.003 – will be discussed at least three more times before the end of the year, […]

Guest AuthorAugust 11, 2014

For about the last two years, the Florida Board of Medicine (BOM) has been evaluating a rule change that would simplify the fees charged by physicians for the reproduction of medical records. While the proposed rule change is not inherently controversial, many Florida personal injury attorneys are trying to make a controversy out of it […]

Guest AuthorApril 20, 2014

As insurance coverage expands and more Floridians have access to our system of high quality medicine, we at the Florida Medical Association recognize that our state is facing a potential shortage of doctors and nurses. These shortages are likely to come in primary care and in certain regions of our state. We recognize this growing […]

Guest AuthorDecember 29, 2013

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an unwarranted, unilateral, no-public-comment-allowed edict that will decrease payments for many interventional pain-medicine procedures. We expected some reductions due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A 4 to 7 percent cut was anticipated, but the greater than 50 percent decrease in reimbursement for cervical, lumbar and […]

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