An Alzheimer's Disease research center in Tampa will be part of a major clinical trial on the disease, part of a national initiative announced Tuesday. Nearly half a million Floridians have been diagnosed.

The pay for primary-care doctors who treat Medicaid patients will be raised to equal Medicare rates on Jan. 1, if the Affordable Care Act survives. The pay raise would be huge in Florida -- almost double.

A state-sponsored $700,000 study for a new Medicaid IT platform, which has extremely tight timelines and rules, will include the federal health exchange -- just in case.

Over the past two years, Florida qualified for as much as $200 million for efforts to find and enroll uninsured children. But the state didn't apply.

Florida's community health centers, which offer medical homes for uninsured low-income patients, will receive a share of federal grants under the Affordable Care Act -- the law that state officials are trying to get thrown out.

A Clearwater doctor has filed a “whistleblower” suit against the medical practice that employed him, saying he was fired for complaining about how patients were treated. His contract included financial incentives, such as a percent of the profits on ultrasound tests he ordered.

Florida Board of Medicine members said Friday they wanted to impose serious restrictions on Miami psychiatrist Steven Leslie Kaplan, but said they cannot for legal reasons. (Updated)

A Miami psychiatrist accused of overmedicating a 12-year-old boy who died may walk away from the long, strange case on Friday without any major penalty.

After five years in Medicaid fraud purgatory, WellCare has emerged with a clear field ahead. Analysts say the Tampa company could more than double its revenues over the next couple of years.

Two doctors who are among Florida’s most aggressive fund-raisers for the Republican Party have had a nasty falling-out over control of an HMO.

In a case that could jolt Medicaid programs across the country, a federal judge in Miami has ordered Florida officials to cover behavioral therapy for autistic children.