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The Dallas-based company, which runs eight hospitals in Florida, says it does not expect any interruptions in its day-to-day operations during the reorganization.

In Florida, providers may be down as much as $1 billion in payments as a result of the ransomware attack at Change Healthcare, a company that essentially allows providers to get paid.

The measure would create a process for public hospital districts to convert to nonprofit organizations. However, the Senate version hasn't moved through committees and the session ends Friday,

The measure was approved by the House State Affairs Committee. A Senate version, however, has yet to be heard in a committee.

Under current law, districts can sell or lease hospitals to other entities but cannot convert to nonprofit organizations. The measure would allow districts to go through a conversion process.

The new division extends TGH’s footprint into Citrus and Hernando counties. It includes three hospitals, an ER, two surgery centers and 10 clinics.

The donation is the largest gift ever made to USF Athletics. It will be used to name USF’s future Center for Athletic Excellence, which is part of its $340 million stadium project.

U.S. officials are trying to clamp down on private arrangements among some hospitals to pay themselves back for the Medicaid taxes they’ve paid. State health officials and the influential hospital industry argue that regulators have no jurisdiction.

The sale, valued at an estimated at $290 million, adds Bravera Health Brooksville, Bravera Health Spring Hill and Bravera Health Seven Rivers into the Tampa General system.

Congress has until October to avert cuts to a Medicaid program intended to support safety-net hospitals that, in practice, improves the bottom lines of other hospitals, too.