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Healthcare

  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 16, 2026
60-bed inpatient rehab hospital opens in Bradenton

“We want to be the best,” Bradenton Rehabilitation Hospital CEO Tom Marnejon said. “We want to be the best in South Florida. We want to be the best in the state of Florida.”

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • July 11, 2026
Hillsborough clinic to pay $115K to vet turned away over service animal

Prosecutors say APC, Inc. cited a “no pets policy” and said its office was a “sterile environment.”

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 10, 2026
BayCare tops out Manatee hospital

BayCare Hospital Manatee is expected to open in 2028.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • July 9, 2026
St. Pete woman seeks $10M in discrimination lawsuit against employer

The lawsuit alleges California-based Veracyte ignored disability accommodations, interfered with protected leave and retaliated against the sales rep — a top performer — after she disclosed a high-risk pregnancy.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 7, 2026
President selected for BayCare Hospital Manatee

The leader of BayCare’s new hospital being built in Palmetto also heads up a hospital in Riverview.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 7, 2026
Freestanding ER projects on major growth track in region

Baycare bought the site, a former CVS, for $6 million in what will be the latest in a long line of freestanding ER projects from a variety of healthcare organizations in the region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 30, 2026
Clearwater health system secures $8.35M in state funding

The money going to BayCare will be used for projects at three care facilities in the region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Jay Heater
  • June 29, 2026
180-bed Lakewood Ranch hospital names new CEO

Universal Health Services picks Jason Madsen to take over its 180-bed facility in the growing community.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • June 26, 2026
Over $126M in Tampa Bay health fraud alleged amid federal crackdown

The alleged schemes involve Sarasota, Ellenton, Apollo Beach, Tampa, Bradenton and Pasco residents now charged in connection with fraud.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 26, 2026
$2.4 billion sale of Tampa REIT expected to close July 1

Sila Realty Trust shareholders approve agreement to sell the company, setting up deal closing and removal from NYSE trading.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • June 26, 2026
New $500M hospital with 300-plus beds to open in Lakeland

Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital, which plans to begin accepting patients July 8, is the first new hospital in Lakeland in over a century.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • June 19, 2026
$214M expansion underway at AdventHealth hospital in Hillsborough

The expansion project includes a new patient tower, more beds and increased surgical services.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 18, 2026
Tampa, St. Pete employees among 178 laid off with home health company closure

The jobs are being eliminated as Southeast Homecare Services shutters four of its businesses.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • June 16, 2026
Inpatient rehab hospital breaks ground in south Hillsborough

The new Exalt Health Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital is slated to open in 2027.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • June 12, 2026
Sarasota Memorial opens $220M cancer pavilion

The Milman-Kover Cancer Pavilion is the third facility within the Brian D. Jellison Cancer Institute.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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