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St. Pete Chamber PAC recommends Foster for mayor
After conducting what was described as an intensive interview process, the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee has recommended Bill Foster, the incumbent, as the best...
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BayCare, Winter Haven Hospital complete consolidation
BayCare Health System and Winter Haven Hospital have completed a planned consolidation, effective Aug. 30. The Polk County hospital brings to 11 the number of hospitals in BayCare’s nonprofit network,...
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Florida judge can use Twitter in re-election campaign
The Florida Supreme Court’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee decided that a judge running for re-election may create a Twitter account with a privacy setting open. The committee also decided that the...
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Community Health poised for growth
Community Health Systems Inc. (NYSE: CYH) has a deal to buy Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA) for $3.9 billion in cash and stock and will assume $3.7 billion in HMA debt. The transaction is...
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Diversity pleases clients, adds value, talent
Nearly three decades ago, newly minted lawyer Nancy Faggianelli researched Tampa area law firms to find one in which she would feel comfortable and succeed. She landed at Carlton Fields, partially...
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Nurse practitioners face restrictions in filling gap
The University of South Florida’s College of Nursing is graduating 230 advanced practice nurses this summer. These nurse practitioners are likely to be on the front lines of primary care to help fill...
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Stanton receives 10-year prison sentence
A Tampa federal judge sentenced John D. Stanton III, former president of Cast Crete, to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to interfere with Internal Revenue Service laws and failing to file...
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BP ordered to pay claims administrator
A federal magistrate judge in Louisiana ordered BP to pay its overdue bill for Pat Juneau, the claims administrator for the Court Supervised Settlement Program stemming from the Deepwater Horizon oil...
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Glenview continues campaign to replace HMA board
Glenview Capital Management LLC intends to continue its push for a complete change of Health Management Associates' board of directors regardless of the planned sale of the company and HMA’s proposal...
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Glenview: Shareholders approve replacing HMA board
Glenview Capital Management LLC, owner of 14.6 percent of Health Management Associates' common stock, has obtained approval from a majority of shareholders to remove and replace the current HMA board...
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Florida Hospital builds new urgent care facility in Brandon
Florida Hospital Centra Care has started construction on a 5,000-square-foot facility on Bloomingdale Avenue near State Road 301. It is the first Centra Care center in the Brandon/Riverview area and...
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Tampa man sentenced to five years in prison in tax fraud case
A Tampa federal judge sentenced James Earl Smiley to five years and a month in prison for committing stolen identity tax refund fraud. He pleaded guilty in March to theft of government property and...
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Bovie Medical loses lawsuit, faces noncompliance with lender agreements
Bovie Medical Corp. has lost a federal lawsuit involving Leonard Keen, former vice president and general counsel, resulting in an accrued charge of $1.04 million that includes severance pay,...
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Universal Health’s eclectic art set for auction
Interested in a custom portrait of Gandhi? Custom hand-blown glass plates in Universal Health Care Group’s corporate colors? A wave-embossed glass octopus sculpture? They can be yours when Moecker...
View ArticleFormer Arnstein & Lehr lawyers open Greenspoon Marder Tampa office
Greenspoon Marder has expanded into Tampa with an office in the Wells Fargo Center in downtown. Robin S. Trupp, who was a partner at Arnstein & Lehr in Tampa and West Palm Beach, joins the new...
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Work force boards: Less money to do the job
When state and federal investigators stormed Universal Health Group’s downtown St. Petersburg headquarters on March 28, WorkNet Pinellas was holding a job fair inside, trying to help some of the 800...
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Farmland sold, Red Rose Inn next up for auction
The first of four planned auctions of assets of a prominent family drew a crowd. Thousands of acres of farmland in Florida, along with packing facilities, labor camps and other assets used for growing...
View ArticleUSF, Medicaid plan partner for HIV/AIDS care
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Clear Health Alliance have partnered to provide focused care on the HIV/AIDS population in the Tampa Bay area. The partnership will work with community...
View ArticleOIR evaluating proposed 1 percent workers’ comp increase
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation received the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s annual rate filing proposing a 1 percent overall rate hike that would be effective in January. Claim...
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Health care leads number of CEO changes
Outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc. reported turnover among the nation’s chief executive officers increased to 128 in July, the highest monthly change in nearly three years. Health...
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