Baptist Health

Details of the insurance agreement is starting to come into focus for Northeast Florida patients. Meantime, an impasse remains in negotiations between United Healthcare and UF Health.

As many as 50,000 Florida Blue members in northeast Florida would have to pay out-of-network costs for most but not all services at Baptist Health and Wolfson Children’s Hospital.

The hospital-insurer agreement expires Sept. 30, meaning Florida Blue clients would need to pay for their care at NCH hospitals and physician groups. Florida Blue is alerting customers of the impasse.

The three-year hospital-insurer agreement between Baptist Health and Florida Blue will expire Sept. 30. Accusations are flying from both sides, but both sides say they want to end the impasse before then.

The proposed 118,000-square-foot project slated for Silverleaf includes a freestanding 24/7 Baptist Health/Wolfson Children’s Emergency Center, office space and a maintenance building.

The demand for heart rhythm care has exploded with the growing and aging population in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, Baptist Heath says.

Baptist Health will soon break ground on its Nassau Crossing Medical Campus in Yulee, and construction is underway on a primary care facility in St. Johns.

As it neared the end of the first week resuming elective surgeries, Baptist Health COO Matt Zuino said May 7 the hospital is operating at 40% of its...

Baptist Medical Center is expanding its mental health acute care clinic to include children.

The head of Baptist Health of Northeast Florida is retiring after nearly 20 years at its helm.