The Pensacola News Journal’s Sunday print edition has a front-page article on Black leaders’ concerns about what happens after Baptist Hospital moves from its E Street campus- “Blight or opportunity” by Mollye…
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Presser Notes: Annexation, Feedback and the Tree Fund Reprise
After knocking out some announcements — the city’s completely replaced all its old cast iron pipes and the fire department’s been installing residential smoke alarms — Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson spent the…
Live Work Learn Play shares concepts for West Moreno District
Richard Martz revealed the concepts Tuesday that Montreal-based Live Work Learn Play have come up with for the West Moreno District, part of the 25 city blocks owned by Baptist Hospital located…
Podcast: Leadership Save Lives at Baptist Hospital
On “Pensacola Speaks,” Dr. Ray Aycock and Leslie Smith of Baptist Health Care talked about the Leadership Saves Lives research initiative. Baptist Hospital is one of only 10 hospitals nationwide chosen to…
Scott continues to pressure hospitals, wants to audit 129
Gov. Rick Scott’s administration is continuing to ratchet up pressure on the hospital industry, with Scott saying Monday that 129 hospitals face audits related to Medicaid managed-care contracts. NorthEscambia.com reports that those…
CRA contributes to West Moreno Strategic Plan
By Claudia Carlson Plans are underway to improve West Pensacola with the help of Live Work Learn Play (LWLP), an international real estate development and advisory firm, Baptist Hospital, Escambia County, and…
Stubblefield heads REAP, will hold Community Leadership Program on Sept. 3
Al Stubblefield, former CEO of Baptist Hospital, has taken on a new role as President of Re-Entry Alliance Pensacola, Inc. (REAP) and is inviting community leaders to join him for a special…
CRA population trends
Consultant, Looney, Ricks & Kiss, assessed population trends as part of their work on the CRA 2010 plan, which will be presented to the Pensacola City Council on Thursday, Jan. 14. EDUCATION…
Stubblefield explains cancellation
Today I interviewed Al Stubblefield, president of Baptist Hospital, on the cancellation of its purchase of West Florida Hospital. I wanted to hear what caused the once-touted agreement to fall apart and…
Is Baptist/West Florida deal off?
Nearly a month ago, I reported on this blog that Baptist Healthcare’s purchase of West Florida Hospital had fallen through…a victim of the tight bond market (Buzz: Baptist/West Florida deal off). At…
Baptist move increases need for CMP
Baptist Hospital moving out of the west side of Pensacola could have a dire impact on the economy on that part of the city. All the small businesses that depend on the…
Finally some consolidation…in health care
For years, people have said the Pensacola area had too many hospitals – Baptist, Gulf Breeze, Sacred Heart, Santa Rosa Medical Center. West Florida and Naval Hospital. As our population declined, it…
Wall Street Journal tackles hospitals
WSJ focused on the huge profits reported by non-profit healthcare systems – Nonprofit Hospitals, Once For the Poor, Strike It Rich. Riding gains from investment portfolios and enjoying the pricing power that…
Baptist merger costs county $1.07 million
If Baptist mergers/buys West Florida Hospital and the Davis Highway complex becomes a non-profit entity, Escambia County will lose $1,070,436 in property taxes annually. Not saying the merger/purchase is a bad thing,…
Hospital scores are in
The HCAHPS are in for our hospitals and are available on the federal website:www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov HCAHPS is the first national, standardized, publicly reported survey of patients’ perspectives of hospital care. HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer…
Feds rate hospitals
The U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services has created a website that rates hospitals on their care of heart patients. It actually compares them with national and regional averages. Remember we…
Hospitals without real need
For years Baptist Hospital has been trying to put beds in its Nine Mile Road facility and make it a full hospital. West Florida Hospital is only blocks away and has empty…