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Middle District criminal, civil cases lead to collection of $51 million
Civil and criminal actions in the Middle District of Florida, based in Tampa, led to the collection of $51 million during last fiscal year. Nearly $46 million of the total was related to civil cases,...
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Dunedin Fine Art Center to host Highwaymen exhibit
The Dunedin Fine Art Center will present “On the Road: Highwaymen from Three Collectors,” a selection of paintings by the group of African-American artists who traveled around Florida and captured in...
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Bayfront’s plans to link up with HMA on track
A recent “60 Minutes” report regarding Health Management Associates’ admitting and billing practices at some of its hospitals had little effect on the company’s credit rating. The report also did not...
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Scrubbing in: Companies get serious about protecting health records
A pharmaceutical company that hires a consulting firm to analyze its prescription sales is required to cleanse any records disclosed to delete personal information that would identify a patient....
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Tampa General increases surplus, operating income in 2012
Tampa General Hospital had a good year in 2012. In the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the hospital had a total surplus of $49.5 million, more than twice the $22.8 million in the previous year. TGH’s...
View ArticleUSFSM College of Business maintains accreditation
The University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee’s College of Business recently finalized its fifth-year maintenance of accreditation report for the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of...
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St. Joseph’s CEO Isaac Mallah to retire
Isaac Mallah, president and CEO of St. Joseph’s-Baptist Health Care, is retiring. He will stay through April to assist with the leadership transition, according to a BayCare spokeswoman. Mallah was...
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Tampa General search for Hytoff’s successor narrows
A nationwide search to find a new CEO for Tampa General Hospital has been narrowed down to two finalists. John Dunn, TGH spokesman, declined to release names or other details. “The process is still...
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Choosing a partner: USF Health, Shands vie for hospitals
TAMPA — Competition is heating up in the quest to establish business and clinical relationships between academic medical institutions and hospitals. Shands HealthCare at the University of Florida in...
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Former Older Lundy partner breaks out, starts new practice
Lawyer Gary S. Weisman, formerly a name partner at Older Lundy in Tampa for four years, has left the firm and started his own practice. “It was just one of those deals where we needed to part ways,”...
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Shands Jacksonville CEO James Burkhart to lead TGH
James R. Burkhart, CEO of Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, was named president and CEO of Tampa General Hospital. He will succeed Ron Hytoff, who is retiring, and start March 4, according to a...
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Area CEO departures reflect trends
Tim Main. Ron Hytoff. Richard Wainio. Kelly Miller. Isaac Mallah. These five Tampa Bay area business leaders have two things in common: They are or were chief executive officers who are leaving or...
View ArticleZachariah elected chair of Florida Board of Medicine
Cardiologist Zachariah P. Zachariah practices on the state’s East Coast, but his name is familiar in the Tampa Bay area as a former nonprofit leader and co-founder of an HMO. Now he has statewide...
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BayCare, Cigna team up for collaborative care program
BayCare Health System and Cigna are extending their relationship with two new agreements involving a collaborative accountable care initiative with BayCare Physician Partners and a new three-year...
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Scott meets with Sebelius, seeks approval of health plans
Gov. Rick Scott requested federal approval of Florida’s long-term care and Statewide Medicaid Managed Care plans in a meeting today with Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
View Article$1.3M federal grant leads to biz for drug abuse treatment centers
WestCare Florida of St. Petersburg and the Center for Rational Living in Clearwater will provide treatment and testing services for a special Pinellas-Pasco court program paid for with $1.3 million in...
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Real estate lawyer Shawn Yesner opens new firm
Shawn Yesner, an experienced Tampa Bay area real estate lawyer, has opened Yesner Law PL, his own firm. He was formerly the founding partner of Yesner & Boss law firm, which was founded in 2007....
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Scott will seek elimination of sales taxes on manufacturing equipment
Gov. Rick Scott plans to ask the 2013 Legislature to eliminate taxes on the purchase of equipment to encourage growth of Florida’s manufacturing segment. For years, the state’s manufacturers have...
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Lockheed Martin shutting down gyrocam plant
Update at 4:17 p.m.: In a message late Thursday afternoon, a Lockheed spokeswoman updated the number of employees to be laid off at the Gyrocam Systems plant. The company’s Jan. 7 notification to the...
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Tampa lawyers’ buying power better than Miami, New York
Newly minted lawyers eyeing big law firm metros such as New York City and Miami for jobs could be better off in other cities like Tampa, where their salaries have greater buying power. The National...
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