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Christine Jordan SextonJune 10, 2015

Fort Walton Beach Medical Center — included in the list of hospitals with some of the highest Medicare charges in the nation — could get a $1 million gift from the Florida Legislature. House and budget health care conferees on Tuesday made their best and last offer to settle differences between the House and Senate […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 8, 2015

Forty percent of the highest Medicare-charging hospitals in the nation are in Florida and all are for-profit facilities, a report published in the Monday journal of Health Affairs shows. The analysis found that 49 of the 50 top Medicare charges are for-profit facilities and half are owned by the for-profit hospital chain Community Health Systems. Twenty-eight […]

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Tag: North Okaloosa Medical Center

NW Florida hospital with high Medicare mark-ups could get $1 million from Legislature

Florida home to 20 for-profit hospitals among the highest Medicare billers