Late last week, while still celebrating the passage of its health care reform bill a month ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a little-noticed measure that would increase the payments made to doctors under Medicare. ...more

November 27, 2009

Tampa General Hospital psychiatric patients no longer are considered to be in imminent danger following a federal inspection that ended Friday. ...more

September 6, 2008

Tampa General Hospital psychiatric patients no longer are considered in imminent danger after a federal and state inspection that ended today. ...more

September 5, 2008

A federal agency has approved Tampa General Hospital's plan to improve patient safety in its psychiatric ward, reducing the threat the hospital would lose tens of millions of dollars in Medicare funding. ...more

September 4, 2008

The attorney for the family of one of two people who recently committed suicide at Tampa General Hospital has called on the State Attorney's Office to launch a criminal probe into the matter. ...more

August 26, 2008

An attorney for the estate of a woman who hanged herself at Tampa General Hospital is urging the state attorney's office to pursue manslaughter charges in the case. ...more

August 25, 2008

Conditions at Tampa General Hospital's psychiatric ward are so bad they pose "an immediate and serious threat to the health and safety of patients," according to a federal agency's investigation into two suicides at the hospital. ...more

August 22, 2008

It's a pity those eager to bash President Bush are using the emotional appeal of health insurance for poor children as a political club. ...more

October 4, 2007