Central Healthy Start and Healthy Start of North Central Florida have released the Winter 2016 issue of A Healthy Start. Readers can expect to learn valuable information on topics such as prenatal care, breastfeeding tips for working moms and car seat safety. Designed for pregnant women and mothers of children up to three years old, the bulletins are published twice a year by WellFlorida […]
The Gainesville Sun
In Brief
Health Fair coming to Library Partnership
Library Partnership will host its 4th annual Health Fair to empower the community with the knowledge and tools they need to make healthier lifestyle choices.
It will take place from noon-4 p.m. Tuesday at Library Partnership at 1130 NE 16th Ave. It is free and open to the community.
Featured will be free health screenings, including vision and dental, blood pressure checks and cholesterol testing as well as information from representatives from health care organizations and programs related to […]
Lead by the VA, the Office of the National Coordinator and the US Department of Health and Human Services, the VIECC allows veterans to send their VA health information to their civilian providers electronically through MyHealthStory.
This service provides medication adjustments and follow up treatments with civilian providers available on the same day without being delayed because of missing paperwork. It also makes […]
Based on its poor county health rankings, Marion County received the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Partners in Community Health award to create an initiative to improve health in the county.
As one of the 39 funded programs in the United States, the initiative Measure up Marion is confident that they can increase Marion’s health rating and decrease disease […]
Aiming to improve health across the state of Florida, the OneFlorida Consortium is a collaboration of patients, professionals and researchers. The consortium is creating a learning network for the state where care lessons are systematically captured and translated into improved health, healthcare and health policy for Floridians.
This program encompasses 10 million patients through all of Florida’s 67 counties. Their partners work through 22 […]
Statewide research consortium receives $7.9 million for research to improve patient outcomes
One Florida Clinical Research Consortium
A statewide partnership among the University of Florida, University of Miami, Florida State University, health care systems, health plans, providers and patients was approved for a three-year, $7.9 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or PCORI, to support patient-centered health care research throughout Florida and the country.
The funding award will create a clinical data research network that is part of a larger collaborative initiative called […]
The Gainesville Sun
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Health Insurance Marketplace Navigators from the WellFlorida Council will offer free enrollment assistance to individuals and families who wish to enroll or re-enroll in the Affordable Care Act.
The deadline to sign up is Sunday.
The “Last Chance” enrollment event will take place from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the Santa Fe College Center for Innovation & Economic Development at 530 W. University Ave. Walk-ins and RSVPs are welcome.
Attendees should bring or know the Social Security numbers of everyone who will be on the […]
Special to the Citrus County Chronicle
The Florida Department of Health in Citrus (DOH-Citrus) recently released the 2015 Citrus County Community Health Assessment and Technical Appendix (CHA). Some 1,100 Citrus County residents participated in the project designed to provide an in-depth look at the community’s health. Developed in partnership with WellFlorida Council and Citrus Community Health Advisory Partnership, the assessment was built using multiple sources of community-based data, community surveys and comments collected at community focus groups.
The purpose of the CHA is to […]
Cedar Key News
Health Insurance Marketplace Navigators from WellFlorida Council will be providing free enrollment assistance to help individuals and families enroll or re-enroll in health insurance prior to the Jan. 31 deadline. The public is invited to attend an Open Enrollment event on Saturday, Jan. 30 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Luther Callaway Public Library, 104 NE 3rd St. in Chiefland.
Attendees should either bring or know the Social Security numbers for everyone who will be on their health insurance plan […]
Special to The Sun
By Lauren Vagelakos
Open enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace has been underway since Nov. 1 and ends Jan. 31. If you wish to enroll in health coverage for the year, you must pick a health plan on Healthcare.gov before the end of the month or you may face financial penalties.
The penalty for not having health coverage in 2016 has gone up significantly from previous years — the fee for not having health insurance in 2016 is $695 per […]
