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HMA Turmoil Causing Buzz in Hospitals

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.
Thomas Bender
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The Florida Channel
Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

Hospital employees at HMA-owned Venice Regional Medical Center say they’re stressed out by the parent company’s turmoil, from a threatened shareholder takeover to possible sale of the company -- not to mention the abrupt resignation of its chief executive -- the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports. 

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