Clarence McKeeThe Broward Health board has a new maverick. Clarence McKee was first to express reservations to the public hospital district’s proposal to lease its assets to a nonprofit. And now McKee wants to reverse a trend whereby contracts for physicians, lobbyists, and other professional services are negotiated without oversight…
Bernstein says this definitely wasn’t his idea.The North Broward Hospital District is eager to prove that its CEO and president, Frank Nask, did not come up with the idea to lease the district’s assets to a nonprofit organization all by himself. Because if it was his idea, then he would…
The pending changes at the North Broward Hospital District have been advertised as a way to make the hospitals more profitable and adaptable in the era after health-care reform. But a far more recent news event may have played a bigger role in the move: Florida’s Republican primary for governor…
browardhealth.orgCommissioner Richard Paul-HusIf the North Broward Hospital District follows through on plans to lease its assets to a nonprofit organization, then it will “take the politics out” of managing that public hospital district, according to Commissioner Richard Paul-Hus, who responded to questions posted yesterday on the Juice.Paul-Hus may be right…
deGroot: An ornery ol’ cuss.If 72-year-old former Sun-Sentinel scribe John deGroot truly has a “humongous allergy to bullshit,” as he claims on his eponymous blog, then he ought to have known not to attend yesterday’s public hearing about the North Broward Hospital District’s proposal to convert itself into a private…
Broward General Medical Center: Scene of the crime?It’s time to start paying attention to what’s happening at the North Broward Hospital District (AKA Broward Health). Or rather, it was time back in January, when Gov. Charlie Crist removed two commissioners who were going to reform the district from its corrupt…
FlickrRon KleinFor seniors who enjoy Social Security checks and Medicare coverage, Congressman Ron Klein has a message: Vote for me if you want to keep those entitlements. Vote for Allen West if you’re willing to lose them. That’s the theme of an ad Klein’s campaign released this morning. It quotes…
A Fort Lauderdale entrepreneur is looking for contestants who think they can fuck for a game show he calls So You Think You Can Fuck.That entrepreneur, adult filmmaker Dominic Ford, was inspired by the Fox network’s So You Think You Can Dance. That show’s already pretty gay. Ford’s idea: What…
We totally meant to tell Juice readers that international fitness model / mother / self-help guru / first-name-collector Jennifer Nicole Lee was going to be appearing at Zoo Health Club on Fort Lauderdale Beach Saturday afternoon to sign copies of her book, but… we forgot. Sorry about that JNL! (She’s…
Imagine you’re a lawyer with his eye on one of the most powerful legal positions in Broward County: general counsel for the massive public health care district Broward Health.But to make things even tougher, let’s imagine you have a conflict of interest in representing the district. Worse yet, you don’t…
Assuming that Christians are right about life — that we live because God has a “plan” for us — then why did he construct miracles to preserve the lives of some of the most reckless and self-destructive people on the planet? Why are some people able to cheat death?God hasn’t…
ESPN recently released a comprehensive study of concession food preparation conditions at all major professional sports stadiums and arenas in the United States and Canada. Specifically, it lists and ranks stadiums by the percentage of food or beverage vendors at each location cited for so-called “critical” health code violations.Florida had…
Perhaps, in the spirit of altruism and giving, you’ve cut off some of your hair and donated to Locks of Love, the local organization that collects ponytails and the like and gives them to kids who’ve lost their hair.If you have, good for you — but have you ever donated…
The seventh annual “F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2010” is, first of all, apparently an R as in Real thing. But moreover, the study revealed that Florida’s adult obesity rate is 25.1 percent, making us the 36th most obese state in Americaland.It’s been a decade since…
With all the money Broward Health spends on lawyers, you’d think it would be able to cut down on its legal blunders. The district, it seems, has a tendency to pay its lawyers excessively — and to continue paying long after those lawyers have left.The latest example is Joe Truhe,…
Last week we brought the story of Esthelhomme Peterson (“Peter”), the 12-year-old Haitian boy brought to the U.S. to get treatment for the massive growth on his neck. His transportation and treatment were arranged by a coalition that included Sen. George LeMieux, a benevolent local attorney, several international aid organizations,…
Broward Health Commissioner Mike Fernandez is breathing a bit easier these days. He won’t face criminal charges or disciplinary action in connection with a conflict of interest between his public role and his private-sector work.A few weeks ago, the Florida Commission on Ethics ruled that Fernandez did not commit an…
The 12-year-old Haitian boy who was brought to the U.S. to treat the malignant tumor on his neck was in good spirits this morning. Through a translator, Esthelhomme Peterson said that he was in a lot of pain during the trip here but that he was feeling much better. He…
Estelhomme Peterson, a 12-year-old Haitian boy with a large malignant tumor on his neck, arrived in Fort Lauderdale around 7:30 last night with his mother. The boy, whom volunteers call “Peter,” is in stable condition at Broward General.”Peter is here and looking wonderful,” said Lauren Odman, the registered nurse at…
Yesterday we brought the story of a Haitian orphan — volunteers believe his name is Peterson Estelhomme. He has a large, malignant tumor on his neck. Republican Sen. George LeMieux is among the men and women working to bring the boy known as “Peter” to Broward General for life-saving surgery.We…
For all the thrills and spills that come with a roller derby match, it’s a pretty unlikely scene for a fundraiser. But then, it’s also unlikely that a girl who suffers from lupus would lace up skates for such a brutal sport. So Saturday’s fundraiser at the Gold Coast Roller…
Isn’t the Florida Council on Physical Fitness supposed to whip the state’s kids into shape? If so, it’s a bad sign when an 11-year-old boy faints in the Capitol — while attending an event for the Council on Physical Fitness. From The Buzz:An 11-year-old boy collapsed and fainted Wednesday in…
