Mercy Health System News

A former senior vice president for Naples-based hospital company, Health Management Associates, is accused of falsifying a document to impede a federal investigation, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.

The former chief operating officer of Boston's Steward Health Care System has been indicted by a Florida grand jury on a charge he obstructed a federal investigation into the national hospital chain where he previously worked.

A former Health Management Associates executive has been indicted for falsifying documents with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Fort Myers.

Williamson Mayor Darrin McCormick says the city would be required to make cuts to its police and emergency services departments if the planned purchase of a hospital is completed.

Kimberly L. McCullock has been named the new director of finance and administrative affairs for the University of Tennessee's College of Engineering.

Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has assumed the thankless role of referee in the fisticuffs between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi and Health Management Associates over which hospitals will and won't be part of the insurance carrier's network.

Community Health Systems, Inc. and Health Management Associates, Inc. announced today that the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the companies' proposed merger has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission from CHS's website at www.chs.net and HMA's website at www.hma.com or by directing such request to CHS at ... (more)

Florida-based Health Management Associates has set a special Jan. 8 meeting for shareholders to vote on a proposed sale to Community Health Systems.

Leaders with Mercy Health System kicked off the construction on the $5.3 million clinic which will be located on Cliff Drive across from ABF Headquarters.

Health Management Associates has set Jan. 8 as the date of its shareholder meeting to vote on a proposed merger with Community Health Systems .

Rick Kriseman is getting busy. The St. Petersburg Mayor-Elect made news last week with the announcement that he had selected Dr. Kanika Tomalin, a vice president at Health Management Associates, to be his deputy mayor.

A water park project over budget, a 'pipeline' for females to be elected governor, and the continued fight over Obamacare are part of the Fort Smith area Friday Wire for Nov. 15. NOTES & ANALYSIS a The worried consumer Wal-Mart Stores on Thursday reported quarterly income of $3.738 billion , up 2.8% overall, but same store comps in the U.S. were ... (more)

About half of Health Management Associates' employees who work at the Sarasota office are from Manatee County, and the company wouldn't mind hiring a few more.

Currently, Kanika Tomalin is a regional vice president for Health Management Associates, the owner of Bayfront Medical Center.

Good morning. My name is Angie, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Health Management Third Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call.

Health Management Associates said Wednesday that its new board of directors supports the sale of the hospital company to competitor Community Health Systems.

Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren is on track to have a Tennessee-based owner in early 2014.

The new board of directors for Florida-based Health Management Associates has unanimously come out in support of the company's sale to Franklin-based Community Health Systems .

Health Management will issue a press release before the market opens on Wednesday, November 13, 2013, and at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time the same day, management will host a listen-only conference call to provide additional details.

Mercy Health Systems of Maine became part of Brewer-based Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems at the beginning of October.