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Moncrief Nursing Home Slammed Over Filthy Conditions And Safety Lapses
State inspection files and family accounts are casting a harsh spotlight on Jacksonville Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare in the Moncrief neighborhood, where relatives and regulators describe a pattern of sanitation and safety problems that has them deeply worried about residents’ basic care. Visitors and state reviewers have reported...
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Jacksonville emergency medicine physician details significance of new freestanding emergency rooms
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Freestanding emergency rooms are meeting a significant need for people to have easier access to medical care, especially in the case of an emergency. “We are providing care and patients’ backyards,” said Dr. Shilpa Amin, who is the chief of emergency medicine at HCA Florida Memorial Hospital. “These are the same doctors who work at the main hospitals. They also work at the freestanding hospitals.”
Jacksonville Daily Record
St. Augustine ambulatory surgery center opens
Southeast Orthopedic Specialists, in partnership with Ascension St. Vincent’s, opened an ambulatory surgery center March 5 in St. Augustine, expanding options for outpatient orthopedic care in St. Johns County. The 18,500-square-foot surgery center at 45 Groover Loop, Suite 100, includes four operating rooms and 17 preoperative and postanesthesia care...
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Ascension St. Vincent’s and Southeast Orthopedic Specialists open ASC
Ascension St. Vincent’s and Southeast Orthopedic Specialists, both in Jacksonville, Fla., opened an ASC in St. Augustine, Fla. 1. The ASC is 18,500 square feet and part of a larger orthopedic and spine campus, according to March 9 news release. 2. The new ASC is part of Ascension St....
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Foundry Acquires Three Florida Senior Care Centers
Foundry Commercial has acquired three Florida assisted living and memory care facilities for $52 million. The three Florida properties are located in Jacksonville, Titusville and Plant City. The Jacksonville property, which opened in March 2023 and is located on the Northside at 1035 Starrat Road (shown), sold for $17.5 million....
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Northside Pharmacy Meltdown, Lem Turner Walgreens Buckles Under Crush Of Closures
On Jacksonville's Northside, the Lem Turner Road Walgreens has turned into a full-on bottleneck. Long lines are stretching through the drive-thru and wrapping inside the store as customers from shuttered locations pour into what has suddenly become the neighborhood's go-to pharmacy. Neighbors say the place is swamped after several nearby...
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St. Augustine Snags $30 Million Ortho Mega-Clinic as Expansion Wraps
Southeast Orthopedic Specialists has wrapped up a roughly $30 million, multiyear build-out of its St. Augustine clinic, turning the site into a larger hub for surgery and advanced imaging in St. Johns County and giving the practice a stronger launch pad into Northeast Florida. The project, which rolled out in...
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Jacksonville man pleads guilty to Medicare and Medicaid kickback scheme
JACKSONVILLE, Florida - Jonathan Simeon Gholston, a 35-year-old from Jacksonville, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to receive kickbacks for referring Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries for HIV prophylactic medications. Gholston, who owned a marketing company, entered into an agreement with a Jacksonville pharmacy to market HIV post-exposure prophylactic medications, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. The marketing company set up tents and tables in low-income areas, offering free government-sponsored cellphones in exchange for personal information, including health insurance details. Unbeknownst to the individuals, their information was used to generate prescriptions for HIV medications, which were then billed to Medicare and Medicaid. The pharmacy paid the marketing company $200 for each referred person, contingent on Medicare or Medicaid claim approval. The marketers received $50 per referral under the same condition. These payments were deemed illegal kickbacks under federal law. The scheme resulted in approximately 20,316 fraudulent claims, with Medicare and Medicaid reimbursing about $24,217,746 in total. Gholston personally received around $2,273,000, which he has agreed to forfeit to the government. The case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and is being prosecuted
Jacksonville Daily Record
Part II: Northeast Florida health care development update: Brooks Rehab, AdventHealth, Mayo Clinic, UF Health
New health care developments are taking place throughout Northeast Florida. More than $1 billion has been invested into local health care throughout Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties. Many have opened in the last year and others are planned throughout 2026. Here is a look at some of those projects.
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Fla. FD breaks ground on health and wellness center for firefighters
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department broke ground on Feb. 23 on a new Health and Wellness Center aimed at expanding medical support for firefighters. Officials said the facility will provide services including annual physicals, pulmonary testing, cardiac stress tests and ultrasound screenings, Action News JAX...
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Four Borland Groover Ambulatory Surgery Centers Named Among Best ASCs by U.S. News & World Report
Northeast Florida centers honored for high-quality colonoscopy and endoscopy care and superior patient outcomes in national ratings program. JACKSONVILLE, FL / ACCESS Newswire / February 25, 2026 / U.S. News & World Report has released its inaugural ratings of the nation’s top ambulatory surgery centers, naming four Borland Groover facilities among this year’s high performers in the colonoscopy and endoscopy category. The recognized centers include Orange Park Endoscopy Center, Jacksonville Center for Endoscopy Riverside, Jacksonville Center for Endoscopy Southside and St. Augustine Endoscopy Center.