Category: Healthcare
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Broward’s two hospital districts lobby for bill that would give them sweeping new business powers
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Nearly identical bills quietly filed in the Florida House and Senate would grant Broward’s two taxpayer-supported hospital districts sweeping new powers they could use to merge or go into business with any public or private company without fear of violating state or federal antitrust laws. -
Landlord aims to evict Liberty City free clinic, food pantry after complaints about collapsed ceiling at their rental
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A corporate landlord is trying to evict a Miami medical clinic, food pantry and community center that complained when a big chunk of their ceiling caved in. -
Elderly South Florida mobster Thomas Farese at the top of $93 million healthcare fraud, feds say
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Since the 1970s mobster Tommy Farese has been a recurring character on the pages of South Florida newspapers. So it was surprising when the reputed Colombo family consiglieri didn’t make the Sun-Sentinel last week for his latest alleged caper: a $93-million health care fraud scheme. -
NSU to pay $5.5 million to settle class-action suit over unsterile dental tools used on hundreds of patients, mostly children
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Nova Southeastern University will pay $5.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that arose after NSU disclosed that student dentists training in orthodontics failed to properly sterilize equipment used on patients, according to a Broward judge’s final order.
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