ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Effective today, Orlando Health announces its expansion into Hillsborough and Pasco counties by joining forces with Florida Medical Clinic (FMC). FMC is a multi-specialty physician group consisting of 54 locations, more than 350 providers, 40 medical specialties, and a team of 2000+ employees.
“Florida Medical Clinic has provided its patients with access to distinguished physicians and providers for three decades,” said David Strong, president and CEO, Orlando Health. “Together we will continue that legacy while also providing the world-class patient care that both health care systems are known for throughout the Tampa Bay region.”
“We are excited to join the Orlando Health family, which has a strong history of providing exceptional care to the communities it serves,” said Joe Delatorre, CEO of FMC. “The synergy between our two companies will enhance opportunities moving forward. Joining Orlando Health enables us to further advance our ability to provide innovative and quality care with greater capabilities and sustainability than ever before.”
Founded in 1993, Florida Medical Clinic is a multi-specialty medical group dedicated to improving both the quality and delivery of healthcare to the communities it serves. FMC brings together primary care and medical specialists to provide integrated, coordinated patient care. Specialties include allergy, asthma & immunology, anesthesiology, audiology, cardiology, dermatology, diagnostic labs, endocrinology, gastroenterology, infectious disease, interventional & non-interventional pain management, oncology, nephrology, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, optometry, orthopedics, otolaryngology, palliative care, physical therapy, podiatry, proctology, psychiatry, pulmonology, radiology, rheumatology, general surgery, urology, and vascular surgery. Florida Medical Clinic offers two urgent care centers, as well as two surgery centers accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAHC).
As part of the new partnership, Orlando Health and FMC plan to open a new hospital in Wiregrass Ranch, a high-quality, master-planned community of more than 5,000 acres. To be located at the northeast corner of the intersection of State Road 56 and Wiregrass Ranch Boulevard, this new hospital will be easily accessible for residents living in Pasco County and northern Hillsborough County. An opening date will be announced at a later date.
About Orlando Health
Orlando Health, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, is a not-for-profit healthcare organization with $9.2 billion of assets under management that serves the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico.
Founded more than 100 years ago, the healthcare system is recognized around the world for Central Florida’s only pediatric and adult Level I Trauma program as well as the only state-accredited Level II Adult Trauma Center in Pinellas County. It is the home of the nation’s largest neonatal intensive care unit under one roof, the only system in the southeast to offer open fetal surgery to repair the most severe forms of spina bifida, the site of an Olympic athlete training facility and operator of one of the largest and highest performing clinically integrated networks in the region. Orlando Health has pioneered life-changing medical research and its Graduate Medical Education program hosts more than 350 residents and fellows.
The 3,888-bed system includes 29 hospitals and emergency departments – 24 of which are currently operational with five coming soon. The system also includes nine specialty institutes, more than 100 adult and pediatric primary care practices, skilled nursing facilities, an in-patient behavioral health facility under the management of Acadia Healthcare, and more than 60 outpatient facilities that include imaging and laboratory services, wound care centers, home healthcare services in partnership with LHC Group, and urgent care centers in partnership with FastMed Urgent Care. More than 4,750 physicians, representing more than 100 medical specialties and subspecialties have privileges across the Orlando Health system, which employs more than 27,000 team members and more than 1,200 physicians.
In FY22, Orlando Health served nearly 142,000 inpatients and 3.9 million outpatients. The healthcare system provided more than $782 million in total value to the communities it serves in the form of charity care, community benefit programs and services, community building activities and more in FY 21, the most recent period for which this information is available. Additional information can be found at http://www.orlandohealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @orlandohealth.
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