As St. Joseph's Hospital awaits final approval to build a new facility on Big Bend Road, South Bay Hospital is still planning relocation to the area. ...more

November 4, 2009

A lawmaker has filed a bill seeking to limit the state's authority to operate a Medicaid privatization experiment ...more

March 2, 2009

The state Agency for Health Care Administration is investigating an incident at St. Joseph's Hospital this week in which police accused a 39-year-old homeless man being treated in the psychiatric ward of raping a female psychiatric patient. ...more

December 6, 2008

TAMPA - WellCare Health Plans Inc. will lay off 100 marketing and sales employees across Florida, according to company officials. ...more

September 10, 2008

A judge's recommendation last month that St. Joseph's Hospital should build a new regional hospital on Big Bend Road puts a crinkle in South Bay Hospital's plans to build across from the site. ...more

June 16, 2008

Federal Medicaid officials released the names of the 52 worst nursing homes in America last month, then patted themselves on the back for a job well-done in protecting the nation's frail elderly. ...more

December 29, 2007

Like it or hate it, Medicaid reform probably isn't in Tampa's near future. ...more

December 7, 2007

The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration has revoked the license of a Hillsborough County adult family care home and fined its operator, Daphne Jones, $20,000 after an agency investigation of allegations that she moved residents from her sprawling riverfront home to a cramped boarding home in West Tampa. ...more

November 9, 2007

TAMPA - The Agency for Health Care Administration has revoked the license of a Hillsborough County adult family care home and fined its operator, Daphne Jones, $20,000 after an agency investigation of allegations that she moved residents from her sprawling riverfront home to a cramped boarding home in West Tampa. ...more

November 8, 2007

Florida's health regulators, citing the ongoing investigation of WellCare Health Plans by state and federal agents, on Monday night slammed the brakes on the company's expansion in Florida and announced it will review its own contracting policies. ...more

October 29, 2007