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INVERNESS, Fla.—The Citrus County Hospital Board narrowed the bidding for its struggling Citrus Memorial Health System to three for-profit suitors. The board received five proposals from four bidders looking to take over the hospital, which is saddled with $80 million in debt and $30...
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HCA, the Nashville-based hospital giant, is buying three hospitals in Florida from Iasis Healthcare, marking the smaller chain's exit from the state.
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Where some see consternation in the rollout of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, others see opportunity, including a few South Florida doctors who have designed websites, electronic apps and other products to deliver efficiencies that will soon be mandated under the law.
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The Citrus County (Fla.) Hospital Board will meet Wednesday to weigh five proposals from four suitors looking to take over struggling Citrus Memorial Health System.
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Outliers knows researchers can make a lot of sacrifices to do their work. But snatching eggs from alligator mothers-to-be? Now that's dedication.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla.—Health Management Associates is on its way to forging its third deal this year after it was selected to begin negotiations with Bert Fish Medical Center. The public Southeast Volusia Hospital District chose Naples,...
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Nearly a year to the day after the Supreme Court ruled the reform law constitutional, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius launched her department's public awareness and outreach campaign.
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Lee Memorial Health System, Fort Myers, Fla., will appeal a state decision this month barring the organization from building an $81 million, 80-bed hospital in the fast-growing Bonita Springs/Estero community.
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Douglas Duffield is leaving his post as president and CEO of Florida Hospital Zephyrhills (Fla.) to be president and CEO of San Joaquin Community Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif., effective July 15.
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Health Management Associates is on its way to forging its third deal this year after it was selected to begin negotiations with Bert Fish Medical Center, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
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