HMA to lease Ocala hospital

NAPLES — The trustees of Marion County Hospital District selected Health Management Associates to begin exclusive negotiations for a long-term lease of the 421-bed Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala.

Naples-based Health Management's lease of Munroe Regional Medical Center will be done in partnership with Shands Hospital, the University of Florida's affiliated teaching hospital.

“Munroe Regional has a devoted medical staff, and enormous support among the community, the associates, volunteers and its board,” says Alan Levine, HMA's senior vice president and Florida group president, in a statement.