Baptist Health South Florida

Baptist Health South Florida is a faith-based,[1] not-for-profit healthcare organization and clinical care network in southern Florida.[2] It operates seven hospitals, about fifty outpatient and urgent care centers, as well as several community health and outreach programs.

Baptist Health South Florida
Geography
Location	Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
Coordinates	25.777337°N 80.140507°W / 25.777337; -80.140507
Organization
Funding	Non-profit hospital
History
Opened	1960
Links
Website	baptisthealth.net
Lists	Hospitals in the United States

Company overview

The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.[3] It began as a single hospital on North Kendall Drive in suburban Miami,[4] and is now the second largest employer in the State of Florida[3] with about 16,000 employees.[5] In 2015, the company had $2.4 billion in revenues,[3] $3 billion in financial reserves,[4] and provided $302 million in Community Benefit and charity care.[6] The CEO of the company is Brian Keeley,[3] a position he has held since 1995.[7] The company’s infrastructure includes multidisciplinary committees and leadership groups that involve employees from all work categories, to provide standardized processes and forms within the network. For example, its Patient Safety Leadership Group standardizes the handoff of patients within its system from one employee or department to another.[8] It also has internal tools that evaluate and engage in diversity hiring and talent development.[9] In 2016 the group created the Baptist Health Care On Demand, which connects patients to physicians through live video on-demand at all hours for non-emergency care.[10] The Department of Justice (DOJ), on behalf of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), agreed to accept $7,775,000 as a settlement amount after Baptist admitted to violations of the federal physician self-referral law (the "Stark Law"). On December 2016, another one of its affiliates, South Miami Hospital, paid $12 million to settle Medicare fraud charges [11]

Network

As of October 2017, Baptist Health South Florida has 10 hospitals in its network, including Baptist Hospital, Baptist Children's Hospital, Bethesda Hospital East, Bethesda Hospital West, Doctors Hospital, Homestead Hospital, South Miami Hospital, West Kendall Baptist Hospital, Mariners Hospital, and Fishermen's Hospital. They are located in Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties. Additionally, it has about 50 outpatient and urgent care centers, located in cities that include Coral Springs, Davie, Pembroke Pines, Sunrise and Weston.[5] Baptist Health is set to absorb new facilities, including two new hospitals in Palm Beach County, from Bethesda Health as of October 2017. In 2015, Baptist Health began constructing the $485 million Miami Cancer Institute,[12] which has an affiliation with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. It is also the parent of companies like AmSurg Baptist Network Alliance, a subsidiary that purchased a majority stake in Northpoint Surgery Center during 2016.[13] During 2015, Baptist Health South Florida saw 75,440 patient admissions, 346,093 emergency department visits, and 289,907 urgent care visits.[6]

Programs

Baptist Health South Florida also operates community wellness and health programs,[14] free community outreach programs,[15] and annual health symposiums such as the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Symposium.[16] Baptist Health also operates the Baptist Scholars program, which provides tuition support for individuals looking to train as RNs and work within its system.[17] It also runs employee programs that focus on health maintenance.[18]

Recognition

In 2015 the company received the Fred Graham Award for Innovation in Improving Community Health.[19]

References

1. Katz, Norman A. (22 April 2016). "Detecting and Reducing Supply Chain Fraud". Routledge – via Google Books.
2. "Baptist Health South Florida, Bethesda Health to merge".
3. "Baptist Health South Florida". 3 March 2016.
4. "How Baptist Health benefits from tax exemption".
5. Sun-Sentinel, South Florida. "Baptist Health to merge with Bethesda Health".
6. "Baptist Health takes rare loss in fiscal 2015".
7. Parks, Howard Kleinberg and Arva Moore (28 October 2013). "Legendary Locals of Greater Miami". Arcadia Publishing – via Google Books.
8. Jcr (1 January 2008). "Handoff Communications: Toolkit for Implementing the National Patient Safety Goal". Joint Commission Resources – via Google Books.
9. Nevaer, Louis E. V.; Ekstein, Vaso Perimenis (1 January 2007). HR and the New Hispanic Workforce: A Comprehensive Guide to Cultivating and Leveraging Employee Success. Davies-Black Publishing – via Internet Archive.
10. Teproff, Carli. "Need a doctor at your desk? Baptist Health launches Care on Demand". miamiherald.
11. Teproff, Carli. "South Miami Hospital settles Medicare fraud charges for $12 million". miamiherald.
12. "Baptist Health South Florida suffers rare quarterly loss - South Florida Business Journal".
13. "Baptist Health South Florida starts fiscal 2016 with lower profits, acquires Northpoint Surgery Center - South Florida Business Journal".
14. "Ditch the medicine — get moving with senior fitness programs".
15. "Combating Latino Health Disparities Through Nutrition Education & Cooking". 29 April 2016.
16. Ozner, Michael D. (21 August 2013). "Heart Attack Proof: A Six-Week Cardiac Makeover for a Lifetime of Optimal Health". BenBella Books, Inc. – via Google Books.
17. Media, Working Mother (1 October 2002). "Working Mother". Working Mother Media – via Google Books.
18. Borkowski, Nancy; Borkowski, Professor School of Health Professions University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Alabama Nancy (15 March 2015). "Organizational Behavior Theory and Design in Health Care". Jones & Bartlett Publishers – via Google Books.
19. "Baptist Health Medical Group Recognized with the Fred Graham Award for Innovation in Improving Community Health: Notes & News: South Florida Hospital News".

External links

baptisthealth.net