John Agan was doubly unlucky today – he got bit by not one but two venomous snakes. ...more

October 27, 2009

Physicians and pharmacies need dual billing: Liability and release from liability; a release from liability charge would likely be about 20 percent as much as a liability charge. When an obstetrician's annual malpractice insurance and redundant lab work of $300,000 is divided by a 250-day work year, the obstetrician needs $1,200 per day just to cover liability, which must be passed to the patient. ...more

September 15, 2009

Physicians need to more specifically itemize their bills. For instance, a $100 charge could perhaps read: Lab work $35 ($15 medically needed, $20 legally defensive) $40 malpractice insurance ($25 of which is for attorney advertising.) ...more

July 18, 2009

A man suspected of shooting and killing a well-known doctor who performed late-term abortions was in jail Monday. ...more

June 1, 2009

TAMPA More than 80 children who have undergone heart surgery at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital came together as one special group to celebrate life during the fourth annual Heart-to-Heart Reunion on April 11. ...more

May 13, 2009

Longtime city commissioner and former mayor Mike Sparkman is scheduled next week for nonsurgical treatment for prostate cancer. The 64-year-old Sparkman said he will undergo prostate seeding brachytherapy on Monday. ...more

February 12, 2009

He blamed his dog, but authorities and physicians didn't buy it. John Joseph MacCarelli III faces a charge of felony child abuse, accused of beating an infant he was watching while the boy's father worked. ...more

January 14, 2009

He blamed his dog but authorities and physicians didn't buy it. Now, John Joseph MacCarelli III faces a charge of felony child abuse, accused of beating an infant he was watching while the boy's father worked. After the 3-month-old's father picked him up from MacCarelli's home early Sunday morning and tried to wake him up at home for a feeding, he noticed the boy was bruised and bleeding, a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report states. ...more

January 13, 2009

He blamed his dog but authorities and physicians didn't buy it. Now, John Joseph MacCarelli III faces a felony charge of felony child abuse, accused of hurting an infant he was watching while the boy's father worked. ...more

January 13, 2009

Barbara Stewart, chairwoman of the Highlands County commissioners, said she will ask her four fellow commissioners to endorse a proposed doubling of the $1.50 fee on license plate renewals that funds the Transportation Disadvantaged program. ...more

January 6, 2009