Tampa General Hospital and Florida Hospital Announce West Florida Health, a New Jointly Owned Not-for-Profit Health Care Company
October 10, 2014
(PRWEB) January 09, 2015
The best two ranked healthcare providers in the state of Florida, Tampa General Hospital and Florida Hospital, officially announced the name of their jointly owned not-for-profit business, West Florida Well being. Considering that the formal partnership announcement in September 2013, the new company established a board of directors and started developing plans for new health care solutions in the greater Tampa Bay location. Officials of each hospitals tension the new business does not constitute a merger of current hospital operations, or the sale of either one.

“Our mission is to continue to construct on the experience of Tampa Basic and Florida Hospital to provide accessible, inexpensive care to our communities. West Florida Wellness allows us to combine sources, offer far more effective and cost-successful care while nonetheless meeting the healthcare demands of the neighborhood,” said Mike Schultz, President and CEO of Florida Hospital West Florida Area.

More than the next 12 months, West Florida Wellness will concentrate on three key initiatives. Very first, the business will break ground this year on an outpatient healthcare center positioned on South Falkenburg Road in Brandon, Florida. It will supply a broad range of healthcare solutions, like a free of charge-standing emergency space, ambulatory surgery center, imaging services, physical therapy, major care and specialty physician offices, as nicely as community education and café spaces. The business is launching a new house care agency in February that will supply home care solutions in Hillsborough, Hernando, Pasco and portions of Sumter counties. It is also licensed in Pinellas County and plans to expand property care solutions there in the close to future. West Florida Wellness has also submitted two certificate of want applications to supply hospice solutions in Hillsborough and Pasco counties.

“The concept is to move outpatient-primarily based overall health care solutions straight into the communities where folks reside,” stated Jim Burkhart, President and CEO of Tampa General Hospital. “Aligning these solutions with our two outstanding hospitals will give folks the continuity of care that leads to much better delivery of medical services in our neighborhood.”

The West Florida Health Board of Directors contains:
John A. Brabson, Jr., Chairman of the Board, West Florida Overall health
President &amp CEO of Lykes Insurance coverage Company
Chairman of the Board, Tampa Basic Hospital
Jeffrey N. Vinik
Owner, Chairman &amp Governor of the Tampa Bay Lightning &amp Tampa Bay Storm
Michael H. Schultz, President, West Florida Wellness
President &amp CEO, Florida Hospital West Florida Region 
James R. Burkhart, Vice President, West Florida Overall health
President &amp CEO of Tampa Basic Hospital
Steve L. Brief, Executive Vice President &amp CFO, Tampa Basic Hospital
Lars D. Houmann, President &amp CEO, Florida Hospital and Florida Division of Adventist Well being Program
Lewis A. Seifert, Senior Vice President of Finance, Adventist Health Technique and Senior Finance Officer, Florida Hospital West Florida Region
Brian S. Adams, President &amp CEO, Florida Hospital Tampa and Florida Hospital at Connerton, Lengthy Term Acute Care
West Florida Wellness is exploring many other initiatives and will continue to broaden its portfolio of overall health care services for the higher Tampa Bay neighborhood.

About West Florida Well being
West Florida Overall health is a jointly owned not-for-profit company and partnership among Florida Hospital and Tampa Common Hospital. The vision of West Florida Wellness is to redefine health and wellness by means of its mission to build on the knowledge of Tampa General and Florida Hospital to supply accessible, reasonably priced care to the neighborhood. Florida Hospital West Florida Area is a 1,257-bed hospital system composed of six hospitals in Tampa Bay and 3 in the Sebring/Wauchula location. Florida Hospital is a state wide network of 23 hospitals and element of the Adventist Well being Program. Tampa Common Hospital is a 1,018-bed academic healthcare center that serves as the region’s only center for Level I trauma care.