Baptist Health South Florida

The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida. It began as a single hospital on North Kendall Drive in suburban Miami,{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article48264880.html|title=How Baptist Health benefits from tax exemption|website=Miami Herald|publisher=}} and is now the second largest employer in the State of Florida with about 23,000 employees.{{cite news |last=Zbar |first=Jeff |date=26 August 2020 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2020/08/26/ultimate-ceo-insights-brian-keeley.html |title=Ultimate CEO Brian Keeley on shepherding his organization through a pandemic |work=South Florida Business Journal |access-date=23 December 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/strategy/baptist-health-south-florida-finalizes-boca-raton-regional-acquisition|title=Baptist Health South Florida Finalizes Boca Raton Regional Acquisition}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/consumer/fl-baptist-bethesda-hospitals-20151002-story.html|title=Baptist Health to merge with Bethesda Health|first=South Florida|last=Sun-Sentinel|publisher=}} In 2015, the company had $2.4 billion in revenues,{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/best-companies/baptist-health-south-florida-25/|title=Baptist Health South Florida|date=3 March 2016|publisher=}} $3 billion in financial reserves, and provided $302 million in Community Benefit and charity care. Since 1995, Brian Keeley has been CEO of the company.{{cite book|last=Parks|first=Howard Kleinberg and Arva Moore|date=28 October 2013|title=Legendary Locals of Greater Miami|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FeD7AAAAQBAJ|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781467100823|via=Google Books}} In 2016 the company created the Baptist Health Care On Demand, which connects patients to physicians through live video on-demand at all hours for non-emergency care.{{cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article94835252.html|title=Need a doctor at your desk? Baptist Health launches Care on Demand|first=Carli|last=Teproff|website=miamiherald}}

In 2015, Baptist Health began constructing the $485 million Miami Cancer Institute,{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2015/08/17/baptist-health-suffers-rare-quarterly-loss.html|title=Baptist Health South Florida suffers rare quarterly loss - South Florida Business Journal|publisher=}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/blog/morning-edition/2016/02/baptist-health-starts-fiscal-year-with-lower.html|title=Baptist Health South Florida starts fiscal 2016 with lower profits, acquires Northpoint Surgery Center - South Florida Business Journal|publisher=}} During 2015, Baptist Health South Florida saw 75,440 patient admissions, 346,093 emergency department visits, and 289,907 urgent care visits.{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2015/12/28/baptist-health-takes-rare-loss-in-fiscal-2015.html|title=Baptist Health takes rare loss in fiscal 2015|publisher=}}

Baptist Health South Florida operates community wellness and health programs,{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health-fitness/article73243612.html|title=Ditch the medicine — get moving with senior fitness programs|website=Miami Herald|publisher=}} free community outreach programs,{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-novick-okeefe/combating-latino-health-d_b_9795430.html|title=Combating Latino Health Disparities Through Nutrition Education & Cooking|website=HuffPost|date=29 April 2016|publisher=}} annual health symposiums,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ys5Ld33MtjgC|title=Heart Attack Proof: A Six-Week Cardiac Makeover for a Lifetime of Optimal Health|first=Michael D.|last=Ozner|date=21 August 2013|publisher=BenBella Books, Inc.|isbn=9781936661886|via=Google Books}} and the Baptist Scholars program, which provides tuition support for individuals looking to train as RNs and work within its system.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbdxvAjcQi8C|title=Working Mother|first=Working Mother|last=Media|date=1 October 2002|publisher=Working Mother Media|via=Google Books}} It also runs employee programs that focus on health maintenance.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MUFsCgAAQBAJ|title=Organizational Behavior Theory and Design in Health Care|first1=Nancy|last1=Borkowski|first2=Professor School of Health Professions University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Alabama Nancy|last2=Borkowski|date=15 March 2015|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Publishers|isbn=9781284050899|via=Google Books}}

In 2019 and 2020, People magazine named Baptist Heath one of the “50 Companies That Care”.{{cite web| url = https://people.com/human-interest/people-50-companies-that-care-2020/| title = PEOPLE's 50 Companies That Care 2020 {{!}} PEOPLE.com}} The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has also conferred a silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Baptist Hospital, part of Baptist Health South Florida.https://southfloridahospitalnews.com/page/American_Association_of_CriticalCare_Nurses_recognizes_the_NICU_at_Baptist_Hospital_with_silver_Beacon_Award_for_Excellence/16294/25/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

In 2023, Baptist Health South Florida had 11 hospitals in its network, including Baptist Hospital of Miami, Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Baptist Health Hospital Doral, 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.Baptist Health South Florida, [https://baptisthealth.net/about-baptist-health Our Hospitals], baptisthealth.net, USA, retrieved February 20, 2023

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").

In December 2016, another one of its affiliates, South Miami Hospital, paid $12 million to settle Medicare fraud charges {{cite web|last=Teproff|first=Carli|title=South Miami Hospital settles Medicare fraud charges for $12 million|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article119791708.html|website=miamiherald}}

In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the fundraising foundation for Baptist Health South Florida sent emails to 3,000 wealthy donors to inform them those who made six-figure financial contributions would be eligible for vaccines at a time when vaccines were in short supply. When asked by Politico, Baptist Health South Florida refused to divulge how many of the donors were ultimately vaccinated.{{Cite web|last1=Sarkissian|first1=Arek|last2=Dixon|first2=Matt|title=Major donors to South Florida hospital foundation got early vaccine access|url=https://politi.co/3vxHMKo|access-date=2021-03-20|website=Politico PRO|language=en}}

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