Hospitals

TGH expands its Treasure Coast footprint through a five-year deal with the Palm Beach County Health Care District to help operate the 70-bed hospital in the rural Glades area.

The $265 million deal with Community Health Systems includes ShorePoint Health Port Charlotte and ShorePoint Health Punta Gorda, which has been closed due to hurricane damage.

The expanded facility is named for former hospital CEO Leon L. Haley Jr., who died in 2021 in a personal watercraft accident.

For snakebite victims, antivenom is critical — and costly. It took more than $200,000 worth of antivenom to save one toddler’s life after he was bitten by a rattlesnake.

More than a dozen computer scientists and software developers say OpenAI's Whisper tool, used in industries worldwide to translate and transcribe interviews, is prone to making up chunks of text.

Some 25,000 Americans depend on IVs containing life-sustaining nutrition. Hurricane Helene wrecked a factory in North Carolina that produced 60% of the fluids. Then, CVS closed its infusion business. Shortages and rationing ensued.

Details of the insurance agreement is starting to come into focus for Northeast Florida patients. Meantime, an impasse remains in negotiations between United Healthcare and UF Health.

Orlando Health has taken over day-to-day operations in the five Birmingham facilities after paying a reported $910 million. The system remains a faith-based organization with Tenet as a partner.

Florida Blue and NCH were able to come to a multiyear hospital-insurer agreement that will keep the Naples-based health system's doctors, hospitals and practices in-network for about 40,000 patients.

Naples-based NCH may be considered out of network at the end of September if the two parties can’t come to an agreement.

Attorney General Ashley Moody wanted the Florida Supreme Court to resolve a legal battle about whether local agencies could pursue lawsuits after she reached settlements with the pharmaceutical industry.

The three-year partnership will bring several services to Tampa, including T-cell cancer therapy, a bone marrow transplant initiative and the addition of mental health care to a veterans program.