The recent Florida Supreme Court decision to invalidate eight of Florida’s 27 Congressional Districts introduced new legal precedent. This opinion will govern the ongoing litigation concerning the Senate map adopted by the Legislature on March 27, 2012. Given these implications, the Senate has entered into a stipulation and consent judgment with
As complaints grow about exorbitant drug prices, pharmaceutical companies are coming under pressure to disclose the development costs and profits of those medicines and the rationale for charging what they do. So-called pharmaceutical cost transparency bills have been introduced in at least six state legislatures in the last year, aiming
A small e-prescription service is accusing the dominant player in the market, Surescripts, of running a monopoly, in a letter to customers obtained by POLITICO. PrescribersConnection, which connects long-term care providers and pharmacies, has been told by Surescripts that the larger company does not allow smaller-prescription aggregators to connect to
In an age where the importance of data, statistics and predictive modeling win big games for baseball teams and make fat money for high-frequency traders, we are at the dawn of a new age of transparency in healthcare. It behooves every actor, in every sector, to use this new perspective
A state appeals court Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a controversial change in Florida’s medical-malpractice laws, ruling in part that some privacy rights are “waived” when people pursue malpractice lawsuits. The decision by a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal stemmed from a 2013 law, which the
Lorena Martin’s 18-year-old son, Robert, hurt his ankle playing football one recent Friday evening. He was in pain and unable to walk, and she was concerned that he’d done real damage.. Both her doctor’s office and the nearby urgent care center were closed, so with no other options, she took
Citing “grave concerns” that they could be giving hospitals more money than is legal under the state’s Medicaid managed care program, Secretary of Health Care Administration Liz Dudek on Friday sent letters demanding information from health insurance companies. A copy of the letter asks for proof by Aug. 1 that the contracts
MIAMI, Fla – On Thursday, July 23, Governor Rick Scott’s Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding will make the third stop on its “Spotlight Transparency Tour” in Miami. Tasked to provide greater transparency to Florida’s taxpayers on the finances of publicly-funded hospitals, the Commission will focus on issues surrounding healthcare
TALLAHASSEE,Fla — Florida legislators announced Monday they will convene a 12-day special session starting Aug. 10 to comply with a court order to revise the state’s congressional districts and will take some extraordinary measures to make sure staffers draw an initial base map without consulting anyone but lawyers. The unusual
House Speaker Steve Crisafulli (R- Merritt Island) today issued the following statement regarding the Special Session on Congressional Redistricting. “Today, I have informed our members that we will be returning to Tallahassee from August 10 – August 21 for a special session on Congressional Redistricting. I look forward to working