New names for HCA’s two Ocala hospitals and other outlets
Ocala Regional Medical Center has been renamed HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, and West Marion Community Hospital is now HCA Florida West Marion Hospital following HCA Florida Healthcare’s uniting of over 450 affiliated hospitals, emergency rooms, urgent care centers and other care sites across the state under one brand.
HCA Florida Healthcare, which will provide care to over 6.4 million patients each year, is part of Nashville-based HCA Healthcare, which operates 182 hospitals and over 2,000 other care sites in 20 states and the United Kingdom. Other local HCA facilities, which were previously encompassed by Ocala Health under HCA Healthcare, are now known as HCA Florida Summerfield Emergency, HCA Florida Maricamp Emergency and HCA Florida Trailwinds Village Emergency.
All hospitals and physician practices are now under a unified website, hcafloridahealthcare.com, but there are no changes to facility hours of operation or phone numbers.
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Some members of the Ocala/Marion County Association of Realtors went to Tallahassee on Feb. 8 as part of the annual Great American Realtor Days.
“Florida is experiencing a housing affordability crisis,” the association said in a news release. “We are asking lawmakers to support Senate Bill 788 by Sen. Ed Hooper. This legislation would create the Hometown Hero Housing Program (HHHP), a new zero-interest revolving loan program that provides down payment and closing cost assistance to front-line and emergency workers.”
Learning all about Google
CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion is partnering with online education company Coursera to provide Google Career Certificate scholarships.
“Accepted candidates can choose to take an online course in Google Data Analytics, Google Project Management, Google IT Support, Google UX Design or Google IT Automation with Python,” CareerSource said in a news release. “Candidates do not need a college degree or relevant experience in order to take advantage of this opportunity.”
To apply, visit bit.ly/GoogleCareerCerts.
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The Gainesville-based Purvis Gray accounting firm has opened a Tampa location and announced a new partner: CPA Robert White.
Purvis Gray now has offices in Ocala, Gainesville, Tallahassee, Sarasota, Orlando, Lakeland and Tampa, the company said in a news release.
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A groundbreaking ceremony was held Feb. 18 for Hospice of Marion County’s Grace Davis Hall House. The new facility is made possible by Ed Hall’s donation.
The new house will have eight patient rooms and be located next to the current Estelle’s House, 2897 SE 62nd St., Ocala, which will be repurposed, hospice said in a news release.
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Meanwhile, Justin McQuary, also an auction adviser, was honored for having the highest contracted sales volume, according to a company news release.
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Doug Peebles has been named the new director for Ocala Electric Utility. He previously served as deputy director and is a 21-year industry veteran, the city said in a news release.
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The company, founded in 1985, has nine locations and serves more than 40,000 individual and corporate clients.
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