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Pasco Regional Medical Center

Pasco Regional Medical Center celebrates 40 years

September 25, 2013 By B.C. Manion

Pasco Regional Medical Center is inviting the public to take a stroll down memory lane, reminiscing about a history in Dade City that stretches back four decades.

The hospital is having its 40th anniversary celebration from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 1, at the facility’s 13100 Fort King Road location. The event will feature hospital tours, a bit of nostalgia and hors d’oeuvres.

Pasco Regional Medical Center, which is changing its name to Bayfront Health Dade City, has a long history in the East Pasco County area.
Pasco Regional Medical Center, which is changing its name to Bayfront Health Dade City, has a long history in the East Pasco County area.

Visitors will be able to hear about some of the many advances the hospital has made since it opened on Oct. 1, 1973, as Community General Hospital.

On that first day, the hospital had 14 patients, one surgery, 64 beds, 28 physicians, a five-bed intensive care unit, two operating rooms and a nursery that was large enough to accommodate eight babies. It was Dade City’s second hospital.

Over the years, the hospital has changed ownership and names several times.

Recently, the hospital announced its affiliation with Bayfront Health network and soon will change its name to Bayfront Health Dade City. The Bayfront Health network consists of seven hospitals, stretching 150 miles along the Interstate 75 corridor from Brooksville to Punta Gorda.

To put things in perspective, when Pasco Regional Medical Center opened its doors, a postage stamp cost 8 cents, the average household earned $10,512 a year, and people, on average, lived to slightly more than 71 years old.

In the four decades since the hospital opened its doors, it has gone through enormous change, too. It now is one of Pasco County’s biggest economic generators, with an annual payroll of $23 million.

The nationally accredited hospital is a 120-bed acute care facility providing inpatient, outpatient and emergency care.

The hospital serves as a Designated Primary Stroke Center, and specializes in advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques including single-incision laparoscopic surgery, robotic surgery and incision-less procedures.

The hospital is now under new ownership following a $7.6 billion buyout of its parent company. Health Management Associates Inc., the Largo-based company that owns Pasco Regional and 22 other hospitals in Florida, was sold to Community Health Systems Inc., in a deal announced July 30. The sale is not expected to affect the hospital’s name change.

For more information about the hospital, visit PascoRegionalMC.com.

Highlights through the years

1973: Hospital has a ribbon cutting on Sept. 30, drawing a crowd of more than 2,000. The 65-bed Community General Hospital opens officially on Oct. 1, with 14 patients.
1997: Named one of the Nation’s Top 100 Hospitals
2002: Conducts first lap-band surgery in the Tampa Bay area
2006: First East Pasco hospital to offer 64-slice computerized tomography technology
2009: First hospital in Pasco to offer single-incision laparoscopic surgery for hernia repair and gallbladder removal
2010: First hospital in East Pasco to acquire a da Vinci Surgical System SI
2010: Earned designation as a Primary Stroke Center from the Agency for Health Care Administration
2011: Acquired 4-D ultrasound technology
2012: Had grand opening for expanded emergency room
2012: Partnered with Gulfside Regional Hospice to office hospice services on the hospital’s second floor.
2013: Created and introduced Bayfront Health network of seven hospitals stretching 150 miles along the Interstate 75 corridor between Brooksville and Punta Gorda

By the numbers 

20,750: Emergency room visits
4,305: Surgeries
195: Physicians
$23 million: Annual payroll
120: Licensed beds

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Dade City, Pasco Regional Medical Center

Nothing expected to change at Pasco Regional after takeover

August 7, 2013 By Michael Hinman

Pasco Regional Medical Center in Dade City is now under new ownership after a $7.6 billion buyout of its parent company.

Health Management Associates Inc., the Largo-based company that owns Pasco Regional and 22 other hospitals in Florida, was sold to Community Health Systems Inc., in a deal announced July 30.

For the first time in 13 years, Pasco Regional Medical Center — soon to become Bayfront Health Dade City — has a new owner. But the deal is not expected to finalize until the end of the year.
For the first time in 13 years, Pasco Regional Medical Center — soon to become Bayfront Health Dade City — has a new owner. But the deal is not expected to finalize until the end of the year. (Photo by Michael Hinman)

Once completed, Community Health Systems will own 25 hospitals in Florida, and 206 nationwide. Before the takeover, Nashville, Tenn.-based Community Health had just two hospitals in Florida, with the closest in Lake Wales.

“We are pleased that this combination will create an even stronger organization for the benefit of our patients, physicians, associates and the communities we serve,” said William J. Schoen, chairman of the board for Health Management, in a release.

The purchase will likely not affect the upcoming name change for the local hospital, which will become Bayfront Health Dade City, according to a Community Health Systems spokeswoman. Tomi Galin referred questions to Health Management spokesman Eric Waller, but added that the acquisition won’t be completed for “several months.”

Waller released a statement about the acquisition that didn’t address any previously announced name changes for the hospital. Instead, he made it clear that no immediate changes were planned for the Dade City hospital in light of the purchase.

“The combination of Health Management and CHS is not expected to impact local hospital operations,” he said. “Our deep commitment to providing the highest quality patient care will not change.”

Pasco Regional announced the name change early last month, before the deal to purchase the hospital chain was finalized.

The Dade City hospital has been through several name changes over the years. It was originally founded in 1973 as Community General Hospital, but was renamed Humana Hospital-Pasco in 1982, according to the facility’s website. In 1993, after the Columbia network of hospitals purchased it, the name was changed to Dade City Hospital.

Five years later, the name was changed again to Pasco Community Hospital, and then was renamed Pasco Regional Medical Center not long after Health Management purchased the hospital in 2000 for $17 million.

The 120-bed acute care hospital is at 13100 Fort King Road in Dade City.

Filed Under: Health, Local News, Zephyrhills/East Pasco News Tagged With: Bayfront Health, Community Health Systems, Dade City, Eric Waller, Health Management Associates, Pasco Regional Medical Center, William Schoen

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