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Patient Centered. Healing Focused.
Florida records a few dozen Vibrio vulnificus infections a year, and about one in five patients die. Who is at risk, how the wound presents, the CDC antibiotic regimen to start on suspicion, when to call surgery, and what to tell high-risk Florida patients.
Florida has 580,000 residents over 65 living with Alzheimer's dementia and 17 state memory clinics. Most memory complaints will be worked up first by the physician the patient already sees. What Medicare already requires at the wellness visit, how CPT 99483 pays for the full evaluation, and what the FDA-cleared p-tau217 blood test can and cannot do.
Locally acquired dengue is now a Florida clinical reality. How to recognize the phases, order the right test by day of illness, manage safely, and report on suspicion.
Better Practice
Keep abreast of laws and trends
The DEA's temporary telemedicine prescribing rule ends December 31, 2026, and the permanent rule is still under White House review. What Florida physicians should do now.
Most Florida physicians now sign employment contracts, and the restrictive covenant on page fourteen decides where they can practice next. What sections 542.335 and 542.336 say, why the 2025 CHOICE Act skipped physicians, where the FTC stands, and five things to read before you sign.
Better Life
Sustainable care for others starts with self care.
Updated Nov. 11, 2026: Physician burnout fell to 41.9 percent in 2025, but 8,331 Florida physicians told the state they plan to stop direct patient care within five years. What Florida physicians can do now.
Many physicians still believe that seeing a psychiatrist will end up on a license application. In Florida the application asks only about conditions that impaired practice. What the Board of Medicine form asks, how section 456.076 and the Professionals Resource Network work, and five steps to take.