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The Financial Wire

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Lee Health says it will leave UnitedHealthcare’s networks, including Medicare Advantage, on Jan. 1, 2027 without a deal, as Florida members face a Dec. 7 deadline

Lee Health, the Fort Myers hospital system, says it will leave UnitedHealthcare’s networks on Jan. 1, 2027, including the Medicare Advantage network, unless the two sides sign a new contract first. UnitedHealthcare’s member page says Lee Health “intends to leave” its commercial and Medicare Advantage networks and notified the insurer in late August. Florida members... The post Lee Health says it will leave UnitedHealthcare’s networks, including Medicare Advantage, on Jan. 1, 2027 without a deal, as Florida members face a Dec. 7 deadline appeared first on The Financial Wire .

Fort Myers, FL · 2d

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Plans for Lee Memorial Hospital site could include parks, homes

A linear park along Cleveland Avenue, rowhouses like those in Philadelphia, bike trails and a big civic green are some of the ideas for what the Lee Memorial Hospital site could look like when the hospital closes in 2028. Members of the Fort Myers Economic Development Advisory Board received an...

Fort Myers, FL · 17h

Main Street Dollars

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Sarasota Memorial says it is very unlikely to renew its UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage contract, so its hospitals could leave UHC’s network on Jan. 1

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System says it is very unlikely its Medicare Advantage contract with UnitedHealthcare will be renewed for 2027. If that holds, UnitedHealthcare could remove Sarasota Memorial’s hospitals and First Physicians Group practices from its network on Jan. 1, 2027. The current contract runs through Dec. 31, 2026, and Medicare’s open enrollment period […]

Sarasota, FL · 3d

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Where patients with UnitedHealthcare insurance can still get care if Lee Health goes out of network

FORT MYERS, Fla. — With Lee Health in active negotiations with insurance provider UnitedHealthcare, thousands of Southwest Florida residents are in danger of losing in-network coverage on Jan. 1, 2027. Back in August, Lee Health announced that it would be dropping UnitedHealthcare as an in-network provider due to what...

Lee County, FL · 1d

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UnitedHealthcare delivers proposal to Lee Health that could maintain network access

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — UnitedHealthcare said it delivered a proposal to Lee Health on Oct. 30 that could maintain long-term network access. According to the website, the proposal from UnitedHealthcare could maintain the access for commercial and Medicare Advantage plans. In addition, UnitedHealthcare said it continues to provide an...

Lee County, FL · 2d

The Daily Sun

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SMH breaks ground on Venice rehab facility

VENICE — Sarasota Memorial Hospital took another step forward in the expansion of services in Venice on Friday, breaking ground on a rehabilitation pavilion scheduled to open in the summer of 2028.

Venice, FL · 11h

Main Street Dollars

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Naples Comprehensive Health in Florida will stop accepting Cigna HealthSpring and Wellcare Medicare Advantage plans on Jan. 1, 2027, the hospital system says

Naples Comprehensive Health, the hospital system in Naples, Florida, will stop accepting Cigna HealthSpring and Wellcare Medicare Advantage plans on Jan. 1, 2027. The system, known as NCH, says care under those plans is unchanged until then. After that date, its doctors and elective hospital services will not schedule appointments for patients who still hold […]

Naples, FL · 16h

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VA's New 135,000-Square-Foot Outpatient Clinic Will Serve More than 120K Veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs is opening a new outpatient clinic in Sarasota, Fla. The new 135,000-square-foot clinic announced Oct. 30 is the second VA initiative in Sarasota County and is projected to serve more than 120,000 veterans annually across Sarasota and Manatee counties. "This future VA clinic serves as...

Sarasota, FL · 3d

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Sarasota Memorial Honors Lifetime Legends and Installs New Medical Staff Chiefs

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System celebrated two longtime physicians for their dedication and named new medical staff leaders for the coming year at both the SMH-Sarasota and SMH-Venice campuses. John Abu, MD, took home the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award, while Steven Halbreich, MD, earned the 2026 Physician of the Year...

Sarasota, FL · 3d

The Daily Sun

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SMH, UHC closer to new Medicare Advantage deal

VENICE — Sarasota Memorial Health Care System is hopeful, but not positive, that it will have a new agreement in place before the Dec. 31 expiration of its Medicare Advantage contract with UnitedHealthcare.

Venice, FL · 14h

The Daily Sun

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Watchdog group: Nokomis scrap metal plant accused of polluting Venice waters

NOKOMIS — Already immersed in a lengthy, complicated and public legal battle with Sarasota County's code enforcement department over its permitting, a local scrap metal recycling facility has now been accused of additional transgressions.

Venice, FL · 13h

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South Sarasota scrap recycler faces potential federal pollution lawsuit

A south Sarasota County scrap metal recycling business already involved in a land use dispute with Sarasota County officials now faces another legal battle — this time over allegations it dumped polluted stormwater and other contaminants into nearby bays. Suncoast Waterkeeper, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving coastal waters and...

Sarasota County, FL · 2d

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Charlotte County business expansion at Fawcett Hospital

Charlotte County business expansion doesn’t always mean a new company moving in. Sometimes it means a longtime employer investing again in the place it already calls home. HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital is doing just that with a planned $16 million expansion and modernization of its emergency department in Port Charlotte.

Charlotte County, FL · 4d

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NCH says Naples patient got first US simultaneous implant of WiSE, Micra leadless heart devices

NAPLES, Fla. — A patient with a leaky heart valve and a need for synchronized pacing received a leadless biventricular system from an NCH team in Naples, Florida. The procedure was led by Dr. Dinesh Sharma, an electrophysiologist at NCH’s Rooney Heart Institute. The team paired a Medtronic Micra pacemaker in the right ventricle with EBR Systems’ WiSE CRT System, which paces the left ventricle.

Naples, FL · 4d

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Punta Gorda approves parking for new AdventHealth hospital

The return of a hospital to Punta Gorda moved closer to fruition after City Council granted variances allowing additional parking spaces and other allowances for a planned 17.46-acre AdventHealth hospital campus at 26072 Glasgow Ave., near Jones Loop Road. Previously, the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals recommended approval of AdventHealth...

Punta Gorda, FL · 7d

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NCH Rooney Heart Institute Performs Another “First”

NCH Rooney Heart Institute Performs Nation’s First Tricuspid Valve Repair with PASCAL Precision System Following FDA Approval. Minimally invasive treatment expands options for patients with severe heart valve leakage in Florida. Naples Comprehensive Health (NCH) has performed the nation’s first tricuspid valve repair using Edwards Lifesciences’ PASCAL Precision system...

Naples, FL · 9d

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Charlotte County Medicare Advantage patients could go out of network in UnitedHealthcare dispute

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Patients in Charlotte County are worried as Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, along with AdventHealth, face contract negotiations with UnitedHealthcare that could leave thousands out of network by the new year. "I then got a letter from my first physicians group up in Sarasota, which...

Charlotte County, FL · 17d

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Healthcare Is a Public Service: Congressional Candidate Matthew Montavon on Medicare for All

On The Healthy Steps Show (WMNF Tampa 88.5 FM), Dr. Fred Harvey, a board-certified functional medicine physician, interviews Matthew Montavon, the Democratic candidate for Florida's 17th Congressional District (Sarasota, Charlotte and Lee counties), about healthcare costs, access and the path to universal coverage. In this episode: - Why Americans delay care until it is chronic and costly - Medicare for All, the ACA compromise and the loss of ACA subsidies - Medicaid cuts and work requirements - Illness care vs. healthcare, and why daily walking matters - MAHA, food additives and public health policy - Citizens United, campaign finance, closed primaries and ranked choice voting - Live callers, including a provider whose Obamacare eye exam found early colon cancer Dr. Harvey also invited independent candidate Michael Quirk, who had an emergency, and the Republican incumbent, who did not respond to 3 requests to join us.

Charlotte County, FL · 8d

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Fort Myers crews clear Billy Creek as pollution levels improve

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK)—Fort Myers continued a multiday cleanup of Billy Creek's filter marshes as crews removed overgrown plants from a system built to keep pollutants out of the waterway. WINK News joined crews as they worked in the wetland filtration system, which treats stormwater runoff from surrounding urban...

Fort Myers, FL · 9d

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North Port’s Healthcare Boom: AdventHealth Expansion Sets the Stage for Massive 5-Story Hospital

North Port is on the verge of a big change in healthcare. AdventHealth plans to build a five-story, 240-bed hospital, but the process starts with a standalone emergency room, 24 beds, ready to serve the city’s growing population of 100,000. Last year, they broke ground for North Port’s first full-service hospital. Now, AdventHealth wants to bring even more medical care to the area.

North Port, FL · 19d