Newsroom
Years: 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |

05.09.13 - FITCH PLACES MUNROE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM'S (FL) REVS ON RATING WATCH EVOLVING

Fitch Ratings-New York-09 May 2013: Fitch Ratings has placed the following bonds issued by Marion County Hospital District on behalf of Munroe Regional Health System (MRHS) on Rating Watch Evolving.

04.26.13 - What will Munroe do with $250 million from deal?

The Marion County Hospital District stands to reap about a quarter of a billion dollars when it completes a deal to lease Munroe Regional Medical Center to a private hospital company, probably sometime in the fall.

04.23.13 - Special week for volunteers as they are honored

3.4 million Floridians volunteered more than 458 million free hours to an array of organizations such as hospitals, churches, youth mentoring groups and such in 2011, according to one estimate. Monday marked the beginning of National Volunteer Week, which is meant to bring attention to the need for volunteers and the satisfaction volunteers get from the work they do for others.

04.22.13 - New Munroe boss promises changes to satisfy critics

After Shands/Health Management Associates was selected to take over operations of Munroe Regional Medical Center Thursday night, HMA executives and supporters exchanged congratulatory handshakes and breathed sighs of relief.

04.20.13 - Maintaining high standards a key in Munroe's lease deal with HMA

Having chosen a private hospital company Thursday night to take over Munroe Regional Medical Center, the hospital's trustees will soon begin hammering out a lease with the company that will largely determine how Munroe operates for the next 40 years.

04.19.13 - Trustees pick Shands/HMA to run Munroe

Hoping to solidify Munroe Regional Medical Center's tenuous financial footing, the hospital's trustees on Thursday chose Shands/Health Management Associates to run the hospital for the next 40 years.

04.19.13 - HMA donation a ‘gift from God' for Interfaith

A week ago at a Legacies of Love fundraiser, former Interfaith Emergency Services clients shared stories about how the not-for-profit agency changed their lives with food and shelter.

04.18.13 - Ocala Star Banner Editorial: Decision day for Munroe Regional

It's been seven years since the conversation about what to do about Munroe Regional Medical Center's future started in earnest. Tonight, the panel charged with recommending a company to lease this beloved community institution for the next 40 years is expected to make its decision.

04.15.13 - Duke LifePoint ups bid, offers $40M more for Munroe

Duke LifePoint has increased its offer from $138.7 million to $200 million as it competes for the right to lease Munroe for the next 40 years.

04.14.13 - Munroe decision will change Ocala's health care dynamic

On Thursday, the Marion County Hospital District Board of Trustees will likely make a decision impacting the future of Munroe Regional Medical Center for the next 40 years.

03.26.13 - Munroe Regional enters into a Healthcare Partnership with YMCA of Marion County

This exclusive healthcare partnership will evolve over time, but highlights include health screenings, risk assessments, health and wellness education classes, nutritional counseling, support groups, diabetes and other chronic disease management programs, therapies and even on-site medical services, specializing in preventative and wellness care.

03.26.13 - Marion still lags in county health rankings

Marion continues to be among the sickest counties in Florida, ranking in the bottom half on a key metric.

03.25.13 - Munroe, YMCA announce community health partnership

Munroe Regional Medical Center and the Frank DeLuca YMCA of Marion County on Monday announced a collaboration designed to improve the community’s health.

03.25.13 - Distance between Munroe and Duke LifePoint not a factor

The distance between Ocala and Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. is about 600 miles. That geographic divide certainly concerned the officials considering a Duke LifePoint proposal to lease Munroe Regional Medical Center.

03.24.13 - Letter to the Editor: An ominous admission

03.24.13 - Care needed to ensure Munroe decision is about more than money

What happens when the decision-makers are blinded by the color of money? Often today the loudest, most respected and most loved voices at the table of major decisions, whether it is in the public or private sector, are from the finance people.

03.22.13 - Judge clears Ocala trauma center

Ocala Regional Medical Center's new trauma center will continue operations for the foreseeable future following a Tallahassee judge's refusal on Friday to close the facility. Munroe Regional Medical Center and Shands at the University of Florida had petitioned the judge last month.

03.19.13 - Munroe group mulls options

For many Munroe Regional Medical Center officials who met Monday, it all came down to a single question: Was there $60 million worth of difference between the two healthcare giants wanting to lease their public hospital?

03.15.13 - Munroe visits N.C., Va.; exploring Duke LifePoint

DURHAM, N.C. — Munroe Regional Medical Center officials continued their search this week to find the health care company best suited to lease the county's 421-bed hospital as it struggles financially to remain competitive.

03.13.13 - 'Florida Remedy': Expand Medicaid Now

Burdened with the expense of medical care for more than a million uninsured Floridians, the Florida Hospital Association isn't ready to accept that Medicaid won't be expanded in Florida under Obamacare.

03.08.13 - HMA woos Munroe team

One way of predicting how Health Management Associates would operate Munroe Regional Medical Center is to look at what HMA has done at other facilities it has bought or leased.

03.04.13 - Munroe leaders to visit hospitals owned by competing bidders

Munroe Regional Medical Center leadership will begin next week to visit hospitals owned by two companies competing to lease the local, nonprofit MRMC.

02.21.13 - In 25 years, Munroe Heart has served thousands

The Munroe program that began with two heart doctors and 18 support staff in 1988 has come a long way. It now has an office in The Villages and has branched out, offering services not even contemplated when the program began.

02.20.13 - Letters to the editor for Feb. 20, 2013

We keep reading how the Munroe Regional Medical Center has financial problems. If we were to lose Munroe Heart, Marion County would be losing one of its most valuable assets.

02.13.13 - Munroe gets final lease bids

Munroe Regional Medical Center leadership was handed final lease offers Monday as HMA/Shands and Duke LifePoint Healthcare jockey to take over the not-for-profit hospital.

02.12.13 - Munroe gets final lease bids

Munroe Regional Medical Center leadership was handed its final lease offers Monday as HMA/Shands and Duke LifePoint Healthcare jockey to take over operation of the non-for-profit hospital.

02.12.13 - Trustees Review Options for Leasing Munroe Regional Medical Center

Trustees of Marion County's Medical District on Monday began the process of choosing between two private healthcare companies to take over Munroe Regional Medical Center's operations.

02.11.13 - Letters to the editor, Feb. 11, 2013 | ORMC’s commitment

Let’s get on with the business of improving health care for all with a healthy ORMC-MRMC competition. And yes, it will require money to do that.

02.03.13 - Trauma center battle about turf interests not patient interests

As a trauma surgeon with 35 years of experience, I have seen and treated all types of life-threatening traumatic injuries, and patients have the best chance for survival when they receive trauma care within 60 minutes of their injury. Here in Florida, only 35 percent of trauma patients are treated in designated trauma centers, compared to the state's published goal of 65 percent, and lives are being lost as a result.

01.31.13 - ER visits on the rise and flu isn't the only reason

Marion County emergency rooms are becoming more crowded as a growing number of patients head to those facilities instead of primary care offices.

01.30.13 - Consultant: 2 nonprofits - late arrivals - no longer interested in Munroe

Ponder & Co., hired by Marion County Hospital District trustees to help lease Munroe, told district leadership this week that the Baycare Health System and the University of South Florida Health System were no longer interested in a partnership with Munroe.

01.20.13 - Trauma center challenge shows Munroe’s real priorities

Our community recently watched, studied and debated the funding model of our community hospital, Munroe Regional Medical Center, and the merits of a property tax to provide additional support. To say this issue was divisive is to be kind.

01.16.13 - More fuss over trauma centers

After seeing their trauma center proposals get shelved, two hospitals in Miami’s Jackson Health System have filed legal challenges contending that the Florida Department of Health has made “selective” decisions about allowing new trauma facilities.

01.11.13 - Classes address health issue for Marion - widespread diabetes

Although Dennis has suffered from heart problems linked to diabetes, he attributes much of his otherwise healthy life to area organizations like Diabetes Healthways, part of Munroe Regional Medical Center, where he meets with support groups and learns about the disease.

01.06.13 - Big questions that will be answered in 2013

The public hospital, which is owned by the people of Marion County and overseen by a board of trustees, has watched its financial picture worsen for years because it serves a large number of poor people who can't pay for medical care and because its reimbursement rates from the insurers who do pay is low by industry standards.

01.04.13 - Munroe Regional pharmacy coordinator recognized

Eric J. Renker, PharmD, the Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator for Munroe Regional Medical Center/Ocala, has been recognized for outstanding contributions to the Florida/USVI Poison Information Center – Jacksonville.

01.01.13 - Little Davon is Marion's first baby of 2013

According to matriarch Diana McCullough, there are two sets of twins and an uncle in her family all born on the first day of the year. And now there's Davon Johnson, born Tuesday when 2013 was but 95 minutes old — the first and, as of mid-afternoon, the only baby born New Year's Day at Munroe Regional Medical Center, which boasts the only maternity center in Marion County.
 

Munroe Regional Medical Center

  • 1500 S.W. 1st Avenue
  • Ocala, FL 34471
  • 352.351.7200

© 2010 Munroe Regional Medical Center

YouTube Twitter Facebook