Category: Healthcare
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Florida prison officials didn’t ask, companies didn’t tell about hundreds of malpractice cases
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The Florida Department of Corrections awarded a five-year, $1.2 billion contract to provide medical care for thousands of state prisoners in north and central Florida to Corizon, a Tennessee company that was sued 660 times for malpractice in the last five years. -
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Broward commission looks to defy Gov. Scott on access for Obamacare ‘navigators’
By Wiliam Hladky
BrowardBulldog.org
Heavily Democratic Broward County is expected to join Pinellas County in resisting Republican Governor Rick Scott’s decision to bar Obamacare enrollment advisors from state health department facilities. -
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Veterans disability claims languish while billions are wasted on records system upgrade
By Hannah Winston
News21
The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense spent at least $1.3 billion during the last four years trying unsuccessfully to develop a single electronic health-records system between the two departments — leaving veterans’ disability claims to continue piling up in paper files across the country, a News21 investigation shows. -
Broward Sheriff picks Armor for lucrative jail contract; questions about cost, care linger
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
UPDATE: Aug. 8 — Broward Sheriff Scott Israel has chosen Miami’s Armor Correctional Health Services for another lucrative term providing medical, dental and other care to the county’s jail inmates. Click through to read more. -
Broward jail healthcare firm up for new contract did not disclose $800K wrongful death payout
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A Miami healthcare company looking to renew its multimillion dollar contract to care for Broward’s jail inmates did not disclose in bid documents that it paid an $800,000 wrongful-death settlement earlier this year in Tampa. -
Amid intrigue and suspicion, Broward sheriff to award $145 million jail healthcare contract
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel is expected soon to award a contact worth as much as $145 million over the next five years for the delivery of healthcare services to the county’s approximately 5,000 jail inmates. The road to a deal has been full of turns, with intrigue and suspicion around every curve.
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