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Efforts to prevent teen pregnancy have been remarkably successful in recent years. The national teen birth rate reached a record low in 2015--22.3 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to [...]

From falls to fatalities, injuries and violence send 27 million people to emergency rooms, result in 3 million hospitalizations and cause 192,000 early deaths each year. Almost 60 percent of [...]

Tampa office blew whistle on sale of Southeast jet The Miami office of accounting firm Price Waterhouse has been accused in a Miami court of hiding alleged bid rigging in [...]

Panel recommends workers comp measures The Florida Workers' Compensation Oversight Board has completed its reform recommendations to be submitted to the state Legislature March 31. 'We propose stiff fraud penalties [...]

Government Putting Fix On Outpatient Costs In 1983 the health care industry was revolutionized by the federal government's fixed-reimbursement plan for hospitals treating Medicare beneficiaries in inpatient settings. The industry [...]

Tampa Food Store Finds Success Comes Naturally David Taylor is reaping what he has sown. Sales at his health food store, Nature's Harvest Market and Deli in Tampa, have more [...]

Florida health insurance agents grouped together to oppose the state health care reform. The agents believe that the reform, which will grant the state increased power to sell health insurance, will lessen the role of insurance agents and lead to job losses. The agents also believe that universal coverage is an impossible concept and are rallying to get Florida Agency Health Care Administration head Doug Cook out of office.

Regal Cruises Ltd's Richard Fleck has set up an office in south St. Petersburg, FL, that would offer Manatee County's first cruise ship, the 1,100-passenger Regal Empress starting late Oct 1993. The Regal Empress would offer four-day cruises to Mexico and mini-cruises into the Gulf of Mexico. Fleck believes that the service is not a speculative one since residents of west central Florida are regualr cruise passengers.

Dr Paul Ellwood reported that managed care plans have managed to wipe out traditional insurance in places such as Minnesota and California. Speaking before an audience of doctors, hospital offficials and health-care executives, Ellwood revealed that it has taken about 50 years for large health maintenance organizations and other managed care plans in those areas to eliminate 'indemnity medicine.'

Older Workers Becoming Big Part Of New Workforce As employers begin to look seriously at restructuring their workforces to prepare for the projected shortage of skilled labor, some see hiring [...]

Program Makes Home A Nicer Place To Be While the federal government contemplates large-scale day care programs as part of 'kinder and gentler' national policies, Pinellas County children and parents [...]

For Planning Consultant, Business Is A Disaster TAMPA Clad in his familiar military green beret, John Wayne gazes down intently from the wall at M.J. 'Doc' Fernandez, who eagerly calls [...]

Corporate Expressions Has Holiday Business In The Basket TAMPA Running a successful gift-basket store means first getting experience as a lawyer, a bank manager and an advertising agency executive. That's [...]

Tampa Firm Helps Others Work The Bugs Out A sense of history and world travel are everywhere in the offices of T. Roy Young, president of Young Pest Control in [...]

Patients May Be Viewing Waiting Room Differently A Tampa entrepreneur has found a way to combine the forces of two national marketing trends into one locally based company. Phil Cohen [...]

Tampa Duo After All Business That's Fit To Print Two Bay Area entrepreneurs have taken the advice of the athletic shoe commercial that commands, 'Just Do It.' After years of [...]

Eye Care Focuses On Area The Bay Area's eye-care industry is riding the crest of the wave of growth, according to industry officials. The extensive elderly population's need for eye [...]

Benefits Of Mandated Benefits Questioned Employers and insurance companies usually are at odds when it comes to health insurance premiums, especially when rate increases for renewal are nearing 100%. But [...]