October 9, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Laura Wuotila with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations Reuters TV Scrambling away pain for cancer […]
Tags: ABC30 Calif., ActionNewsJax, acute myeloid leukemia, Adiv Johnson, advisory board, Alto Nivel Mexico, Apple, Arizona Business Magazine, Arizona Daily Star, Arizona Republic, Ask the Expert, ASU News
June 22, 2012
Mayo Clinic’s Growing Footprint Takes It Into Georgia
Mayo Clinic is expanding into Georgia. The nonprofit heath provider announced Thursday that it is acquiring Satilla Health Services, which will be integrated with the Mayo Clinic Health System. It was a non-cash transaction, said Bob Brigham, the chief administration officer at the Jacksonville, Florida location of the Clinic. Additional coverage: Kaiser Health News, News […]
Tags: Bob Brigham, Mayo Clinic Health System, Satilla Health Services
May 25, 2012
Mayo Clinic Investing $100M to Accommodate Growth
Florida plans to invest nearly $100 million to expand its Northeast Florida presence, by adding on to its existing hospital and developing a new primary care center on the Southside. The existing 214-bed hospital is nearly 100 percent occupied, driving the need for additional beds, said Bob Brigham, chief administrative officer of the Florida campus […]
Tags: additional beds, Bob Brigham, hospital expansion, Jacksonville Business Journal
May 23, 2012
Mayo Clinic Expanding, Adding Roughly 400 Jobs
Patients come from all over the world to Jacksonville’s Mayo Clinic. So much so, it’s running out of space. Now, an expansion is in the works to bring more room and jobs. “Each morning we find that the number of patients waiting to get in sometimes exceeds the bed capacity we have,” said Chief Administration […]
Tags: Action News Jax, Bob Brigham, job growth
May 22, 2012
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Plans $100 Million Expansion
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville is planning a nearly $100 million expansion that will include a 40 percent increase in beds and a separate primary care clinic. The expansion will come in two projects and is expected to result in 250 construction jobs and 400 permanent employees at the clinic. The largest project is a two-story, $80 […]
Tags: Bob Brigham, expansion, Florida Times-Union
February 19, 2010
As economy dips, unpaid bills mount at First Coast hospitals
David Meyer says he is “anxiously hoping” that Congress passes a health-insurance overhaul that significantly expands coverage… Even the Mayo Clinic, which has strongly opposed some aspects of the plans before Congress, supports universal coverage. Mayo’s Jacksonville campus experienced a drop in write-offs last year, largely due to a move midway into 2008 to […]
Tags: Bob Brigham, insurance programs