A.G. GancarskiJuly 15, 2019
6min338
Curry promises a 'transformational' term.
Tag: UF HealthMike Johnson. Image via AP.
A.G. GancarskiJuly 15, 2019
Drew WilsonApril 3, 2019
8min774
Rivkees said he spoke at the “42nd Nobel Symposium.” He didn't.
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 19, 2018
4min228
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson returned to Jacksonville Wednesday, spotlighting the opioid crisis affecting newborns at UF Health, Jacksonville’s safety-net hospital. Nelson had made a similar visit in 2017, spotlighting the “pandemic” of neonatal addiction, and lamenting funding shortfalls exacerbated by his opponent in November, Gov. Rick Scott, not expanding Medicaid. Television cameras saw the babies in […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 8, 2018
3min284
For Jacksonville’s safety-net hospital UF Health, money has been tight for a number of years. And the latest fiscal constraints are driving a change to the business model, per UF Health CEO Leon Haley. In a letter to Jacksonville City Council President Anna Lopez Brosche, Haley notes that the hospital is negotiating to sell its outpatient dialysis […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 5, 2017
3min179
A potential change in health insurance for Jacksonville city employees and retirees could be in the offing, via a bill that cleared the first of three City Council committees Tuesday. Ordinance 2017-20 would authorize Jacksonville’s employee services department to offer the option to workers and retirees to enroll in the UF Health plan starting on Jan. […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017
8min325
The Jacksonville City Council launches into committees this Monday. A number of bills merit tracking, including measures related to historic Hemming Park and the Ability Housing settlement. Hemming Happening: Neighborhoods, Community Investments, and Services kicks off Monday morning with a consideration of a historic designation of the Coquina Road and Confederate monument structures in Hemming […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 16, 2017
2min249
A bill introduced to the Jacksonville City Council last week could increase the number of city employees getting health care from UF Health. In the bargain, it could improve the Northeast Florida safety-net hospital’s paying customer mix. Ordinance 2017-20 would authorize the city’s employee services department to offer the option to workers and retirees to enroll […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 1, 2016
13min388
Thursday saw a host of Northeast Florida stakeholders from the education, transportation, and healthcare sectors address the First Coast Legislative Delegation at Jacksonville University’s Public Policy Institute. Legislators from well beyond the First Coast, such as Gainesville Sen. Keith Perry, Lake City Rep. Elizabeth Porter, and Palatka Rep. Bobby Payne, are included in the delegation, which is a […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 20, 20165min288
In the Tuesday morning meeting of the Jacksonville City Council Public Health and Safety Committee, the panel voted to hold the funding level at $26.275 million for fiscal year 16/17. But there will be changes this year. Penny Thompson, vice president of government affairs for UF Health, noted that the money will be sent directly […]
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 2, 20163min304
The funding crisis for UF Health, Jacksonville’s only Level 1 trauma hospital and safety net hospital, continues. And Jacksonville is looking to Tallahassee to resolve it. After a meeting to discuss Consolidation Task Force recommendations where much of it focused on UF Health and other public health issues, Chief of Staff Kerri Stewart noted that talks between […]