MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AND MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAMS TO REMAIN STABLE IN 2024
September 26, 2023 – Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that average premiums, benefits, and plan choices for Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Part D prescription drug program will remain stable in 2024. Improvements adopted in the 2024 Rate Announcement, as well as the 2024 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rule, such as increased beneficiary protections around marketing and prior authorization and increased access to behavioral health, support this stability. CMS is committed to ensuring these programs work for people enrolled in Medicare, that benefits remain strong and stable, and that payments to plans are accurate.
Additionally, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, people with Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage will continue to have improved and more affordable benefits, including a $35 cost-sharing limit on a month’s supply of each covered insulin product, recommended adult vaccines at no cost, and additional savings on their Medicare Part D drug coverage costs in 2024. These savings include the expansion of the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) program, also called Extra Help, which helps eligible enrollees afford their premiums and cost-sharing, as well as a cap on out-of-pocket costs for millions of people with very high drug costs in the catastrophic phase of the Part D benefit.
CMS is releasing this key information, including 2024 premiums and deductibles for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans, ahead of the upcoming Medicare Open Enrollment, beginning October 15, 2023, to help people with Medicare determine the best Medicare coverage option for their health care needs.
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THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) AWARDS HEALTH CHOICE NETWORK WITH FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY-LED RESEARCH PROGRAM: ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 – Through the NIH Common Fund Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS), NIH awards Health Choice Network (HCN), the first funded nation-wide collaboration of health centers, with multi-year funding for the first-of-its-kind community-led research program to study ways to address the underlying structural factors within communities that affect health.
Led by Health Choice Network, the effort titled “Addressing Food Insecurity in Underserved Communities” or FoodCom, is a collaboration with coalition partners including the University of Miami’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), and Community Based Organizations including Feeding South Florida.
Two Florida Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Jessie Trice Community Health System (JTCHS) and Broward Community and Family Health Centers (BCOM), will be the champion FQHCs in initiating system wide implementation of FoodCom. They will then provide guidance to other FQHCs who join FoodCom, serving as a model for others to begin to address food insecurity on a system-wide level.
Through FoodCom, HCN will catalyze, deploy, and evaluate community-led structural interventions, leveraging multisectoral partnerships to address food insecurity, and reduce health disparities at HCN FQHCs across Florida. The goal of the project is to implement system wide, structural level and policy changes to address food insecurity at the network level.
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RICHARD MORGAN, D.O., JOINS BAPTIST HEALTH AS A SPINE CARE PHYSICIAN
September 25, 2023 – Spine care physician Richard Morgan, D.O., recently joined Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute as a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
“We are extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Morgan to Miami Neuroscience Institute,” said Michael McDermott, M.D., chief medical executive of Miami Neuroscience Institute. “His clinical training and extensive research background, along with his collaborative approach to care, will make him a valuable addition for our patients.”
As a physiatrist, Dr. Morgan focuses on providing physical medicine and rehabilitation interventions that help patients regain function and mobility. His clinical and research interests include diagnostic and interventional neuromuscular ultrasound, spasticity management and regenerative medicine.
Dr. Morgan’s research has been published in multiple medical journals, including the Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury. He has also presented extensively at national medical meetings and is a member of American Osteopathic College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Association of Academic Physiatrists and North American Spine Society.
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SYLVESTER RESEARCHER EARNS PRESTIGIOUS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AWARD
Glen N. Barber, PhD, receives university’s first Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for contributions to biology and biochemistry research
September 20, 2023 – A researcher with Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has been selected to receive a prestigious honor from Columbia University.
Glen N. Barber, Sylvester’s internationally known cell biologist who chairs UM’s Department of Cell Biology, will be awarded the 2023 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia for outstanding contributions to basic research in biology and biochemistry.
Barber is the first UM faculty member to receive this award, and more than 50% of previous honorees have gone on to win the Nobel Prize. The award, which carries a $10,000 prize was presented to Barber and fellow recipient, James Chen, at a recognition dinner in New York City.
Barber is being honored for his transformational research discovery known as STING (stimulator of interferon genes), a pivotal pathway controlling immune responses to infections and inflammation that also plays a vitally important role in triggering anti-tumor T-cell activity.
Since making the discovery in 2008, Barber and his team have conducted extensive research into STING signaling and made significant discoveries that have spawned efforts to design novel drugs that target this pathway for new treatments of various diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus and, more recently, leukemia and other cancers.
“This award is a tremendous honor for which I am both humbled and grateful,” Barber said. “I will be accepting it on behalf of many colleagues, past and present, whose contributions have been invaluable to our collective success.”
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BROWARD HEALTH RECOGNIZED BY VIZIENT AS 2023 TOP PERFORMER IN SUPPLIER DIVERSITY EXCELLENCE
September 26, 2023 – Broward Health has been recognized as a top performer in the 2023 Supplier Diversity Excellence Ranking by Vizient, Inc. Broward Health was recognized in the Large, Specialized Complex Care Medical Centers cohort as a champion of supply chain inclusion and for accelerating economic growth in its local community through the engagement, empowerment, and utilization of minority business enterprises.
By actively seeking out and hiring small business enterprises, we not only enrich our own organization but also foster innovation, creativity, and a broader range of perspectives,” Broward Health vice president of supply chain and chief procurement officer Jorge Hernandez said. “Prioritizing local and small business enterprises is a strategic advantage that drives our success and enables us to better serve our customers and communities.”
This year, 113 Vizient provider customers were divided into four cohorts, and scoring for the awards was based on purchasing data from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
“Vizient is committed to enabling the participation of diverse suppliers in the healthcare supply chain via national and local contracting,” said Simrit Sandhu, executive vice president, of clinical supply solutions for Vizient. “We are proud to recognize Broward Health for its dedication to supplier diversity and increasing the success of minority-owned businesses in support of healthier communities.”
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BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR SAYS STRESS AWARENESS AND COPING TECHNIQUES CAN HELP WOMEN NAVIGATE THE NEW COURSE THEIR LIVES WILL TAKE
Isabel Toca, a participant in a stress-reduction study at Sylvester, says the need for stress-management skills and emotional support starts at diagnosis and keeps going.
September 26, 2023 – Isabel Toca is quick to point out how fortunate she was that her breast cancer was detected so early – almost by accident. She needed only lumpectomies for removal, a three-week course of radiation therapy and a long-term regimen of an oral drug that treats hormone-dependent breast cancer.
But while she’s thankful that her breasts and her life have been spared, she’s also keenly aware that there’s no such thing as an “easy” cancer – one that comes without a fight or fear or emotional trauma.
“Normal life as I knew it no longer exists,” she says. “You create a ‘new normal’ life.”
She got help in that creation by joining a cancer survivors’ group that’s part of a study at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of UHealth, the University of Miami Health System. The study was aimed at helping current and future survivors recognize and combat the many manifestations of cancer-related stress.
Toca, 59, a resident of Miami, had faithfully undergone annual mammograms and ultrasounds for years. She’d even had a few minor procedures to biopsy and remove benign cysts. But when the COVID-19 pandemic upended routine life, her January 2021 appointment was postponed until later that year.
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TGH HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE OPENS CLINIC TO SERVE SOUTH HILLSBOROUGH
Tampa General Hospital Heart & Vascular Institute Sun City Center opened its doors Sept. 26, expanding world-class heart and vascular care to patients in Sun City Center.
September 26, 2023 – Today, Tampa General Hospital (TGH) Heart & Vascular Institute opened its new satellite clinic. The TGH Heart & Vascular Institute Sun City Center clinic is located at 959 E Del Webb Blvd, Sun City Center, FL 33573. It is a joint effort between the TGH Heart Failure Center of Excellence and USF Health Cardiology and is the first cross-organization clinic to provide cardiac imaging and diagnostic testing.
“Our goal with this clinic is to establish a robust center for cardiology care for the south Hillsborough community,” said Dr. Benjamin D. Mackie, co-interim medical director of the USF|TGH Heart & Vascular Institute, medical director of the HVI Heart Failure Center of Excellence, and medical director of Heart Transplantation. “We are seeing a steady increase in the number of patients needing cardiac care in the hospital and by bringing leading-edge care and advanced diagnostic testing to the Sun City Center area, we hope to improve the heart health of the community,” Mackie said.
To provide comprehensive care, TGH Heart & Vascular Institute Sun City Center will be staffed by highly-trained cardiologists, cardiology providers, a stress testing nurse, and other essential clinicians.
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JOE RUDISILL NAMED CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR HCA FLORIDA ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL
September 25, 2023 – Joe Rudisill joined HCA Florida Englewood Hospital today as the new chief executive officer (CEO). He brings more than 16 years of healthcare leadership and operations experience.
Rudisill comes to HCA Florida Englewood Hospital from Mission Hospital, an 815-bed HCA Healthcare facility in Asheville, North Carolina, where he served as chief operating officer (COO) for the past four years. He oversaw various services, including burn, emergency department, facilities, laboratory, medical transport, oncology, pediatrics, radiology, rehabilitation, respiratory, surgery and wound care services. During his time at Mission Hospital, he added ten robotic systems to the hospital and directed some $271 million in capital construction projects.
Before that, Rudisill was the COO and Ethics & Compliance Officer for HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital and later became the Interim CEO.
“We are very excited to have Joe return to the West Florida Division where he will put his experience with a strong growth agenda and surgical robotic system expansions to work in some of the state’s fastest growing communities that Englewood Hospital so proudly serves,” explained Division President Jyric Sims. “He is a highly regarded popular leader who I am confident will do great things for the hospital as he expands access to healthcare services in southern Sarasota County communities.”
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BRENT BURISH NAMED INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT HCA FLORIDA ST. PETERSBURG HOSPITAL
September 25, 2023 – HCA Healthcare West Florida Division is pleased to announce that Brent Burish is the Interim chief executive officer (CEO) at HCA Florida St. Petersburg Hospital effective today. Burish assumes these additional responsibilities while continuing as CEO of HCA Florida Pasadena Hospital. Burish has more than 17 years healthcare leadership experience joining Pasadena Hospital as CEO in August 2022.
“Brent is an engaged leader whose passion for quality, growth and community involvement will drive stability and align strategies across the south Pinellas market,” said Jyric Sims, President of HCA Healthcare West Florida Division.
Since his arrival at Pasadena Hospital, Burish completed a $10 million renovation project and has been a strong advocate for community engagement, serving on the Board of the Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce and the Pinellas County Emergency Management Medical Control. He has been instrumental in the Project Search implementation at the hospital, supporting the education and development of five interns with unique abilities who successfully graduated from the program. Burish was promoted to CEO of Pasadena Hospital from HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital where he served as chief operating officer.
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NICKLAUS CHILDREN’S HEALTH SYSTEM NAMED TO NEWSWEEK’S LIST OF THE TOP 100 MOST LOVED WORKPLACES FOR 2023
September 21, 2023 – Newsweek today announced their annual rankings for the Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces® list, and Nicklaus Children’s Health System was ranked #41 – the highest-ranked health system within the listing. The 2023 Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces® are the result of a collaboration with the Best Practice Institute (BPI), a leadership development and benchmark research company.
The results were determined after surveying more than 2 million employees from businesses with workforces varying in size from 50 to more than 100,000. The list recognizes companies that have created a workplace where employees feel respected, inspired, appreciated and are at the center of the business model.
“Nicklaus Children’s is honored to be recognized once again among ‘America’s Most Loved Workplaces.’ This recognition is a testament of our commitment to our employees who work hard every day providing amazing, high-quality care to the children and families we serve,” said Matthew A. Love, president and CEO of Nicklaus Children’s Health System. “We know our workforce is the key to our success and the reason we are the place where children matter most. That’s why we strive to provide our employees with the benefits and resources they need to live healthy, well-balanced lives.”
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PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE-RESCUE DISTRICT CHIEF WILLIAM STANSBURY JOINS GOVERNING BOARD
September 27th, 2023 —Delray Medical Center welcomes Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue District Chief 42, William Stansbury, to the hospital’s governing board.
Stansbury has worked at PBCFR in various positions since 2004. He was a strike team leader for the Holocaust survivor vaccine mission in 2021, and in that same year, he was a strike team leader following the Surfside building collapse.
We value his experience and perspective as a first responder.
“A first responder can bring unique insights into the demands and challenges that emergency healthcare providers encounter,” said Delray Medical Center CEO Daniel Listi. “This outlook can help ensure the medical center is adequately equipped to manage various crises and that effective emergency response methods are implemented. His addition to the board will assist Delray Medical Center’s position as a prominent healthcare institution in the community.”
Chief Stansbury has a personal connection Delray Medical Center and expressed his excitement to join the board.
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WEST PALM BEACH VA RANKS 5-STARS
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 – The West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System (WPBVAHCS) is proud to announce the 5-star overall Community Living Center (CLC) Compare rating achieved at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center campus.
CLC Compare is a star rating system adapted from Centers from Medicare and Medicaid in which a facility is rated between 1-5 stars and serves as a mechanism to benchmark both VA and community facilities together.
The rating is determined based upon the outcomes within three domains which include the following: Unannounced Survey Performance; Staffing, and Quality Measures. The WPBVAHCS CLC achieved a five-star rating across all three domains, reflecting the highest level of performance possible.
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WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE FLU, RSV AND COVID-19 RESPIRATORY SEASON
September 25, 2025 – From Mayo Clinic: Influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID-19 are all part of the seasonal respiratory virus lineup. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the upcoming fall and winter are expected to have a similar number of hospitalizations for respiratory diseases as last year. However, they say it’s important to note that these hospitalization numbers are higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic when the leading causes were the flu and RSV.
Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, says researchers in the Northern Hemisphere look to the trends in the Southern Hemisphere, where winter is ending, to help forecast the upcoming respiratory season.
Watch: Dr. Matthew Binnicker talks about the upcoming 2023-2024 respiratory season
“We saw in Australia that they had a typical to, in some areas, more severe influenza season. And that’s what I expect this year is more of what we saw pre-pandemic,” says Dr. Binnicker.
“Whether it’s an average year or a more severe year will be based on a few factors: how well people abide by all the lessons we learned about staying home when you’re sick, masking if you’re sick, getting your influenza vaccination, but also the type of virus that’s circulating,” he says.
The CDC says the 2023 Southern Hemisphere flu vaccine reduced hospitalizations by 52%. If similar influenza virus strains spread in the Northern Hemisphere, the 2023-24 vaccine might provide equal protection.
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HEALTH BENEFITS OF PICKLEBALL FOR OLDER ADULTS
September 14, 2023 – Pickleball is all the rage, and it’s been gaining popularity. It’s a sport that’s accessible for all ages, even those in their golden years and beyond.
The health benefits of pickleball for older adults are endless. The fairly simple sport is good for both the mind and the body, and it can also help you stay social as you age. So, if you think pickleball isn’t for you because of your age, think again.
ORIGINS OF THE GAME
You may think that pickleball is a fairly new, emerging sport in local communities around the world. However, it was actually invented in the summer of 1965 in Bainbridge, Washington.
According to USA Pickleball, a couple dads returning to their summer home one afternoon found their families bored and sitting around doing nothing. Their property had a badminton court, but they didn’t have enough rackets, so they improvised using ping pong paddles and a perforated ball instead. They quickly found the ball bounced better on asphalt, and thus, the popular past-time began.
Today, it is considered the fastest growing sport in the United States. It is estimated that Pickleball has 4.8 million participants nationwide and is growing by 39.3%.
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5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT NEW ACCENTCARE CEO LAURA TORTORELLA
AccentCare recently tapped Steward Health Care COO Laura Tortorella as its new CEO. A look at her background reveals some of the reasons Tortorella may be well-suited for the role.
The Dallas-based home health and hospice provider announced on Sept. 14 that Tortorella would succeed former CEO Stephan Rodgers as he steps down. AccentCare is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Advent International.
“Laura has one of the sharpest analytical and entrepreneurial mindsets in the field and has spent her entire career building highly functioning teams that are committed to culture, performance, accountability and collaboration,” Carmine Petrone, managing director at Advent International, said in a press release. “She knows what is needed to maintain AccentCare’s position as a leader in the industry for years to come.”
IN ADDITION TO HER MORE THAN YEARS OF HEALTH CARE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE, FIVE KEY QUALITIES LIKELY UNDERLIE TORTORELLA’S SELECTION.
EXPERIENCE WITH VALUE-BASED CARE
Value-based reimbursement is a rising tide, particularly for AccentCare’s diverse business lines. Medicare Advantage and Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) are making big inroads in the home health and palliative care markets, and hospice continues to inch in that direction.
Moreover, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) indicated in 2021 that it wants to align 100% of Medicare beneficiaries with a value-based or accountable care payment system, a change to which health care providers of all stripes will have to adapt.
Steward Health Care, an integrated health system, has extensive relationships with commercial, Medicare Advantage and risk-based Medicaid organizations across every state in its footprint. All told, the company covers close to 1.5 million full-risk beneficiaries through its managed care and health insurance services.
The company also operates a large ACO that in 2020 received the second highest payout among 513 participants in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), according to CMS. The health system reportedly generated more than $68 million in cost savings for Medicare that year.
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LEE HEALTH TAPS DR. KEVIN CAO JOINING BOTH THE CARDIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY TEAMS
September 26, 2023 — Dr. Kevin Cao has joined Lee Health on both their Cardiology and Oncology teams bringing an important and specialized perspective to patient care.
As a Cardio-Oncologist, Dr. Cao joins Dr. Juan Lopez-Mattei at Lee Health to grow and support the specialty in the Southwest Florida region.
Cardio-Oncology is one of the most rapidly growing specialties across the national and international healthcare landscape. It focuses on diagnosis, management, and treatment of cardiovascular diseases in patients undergoing treatment for cancer. The goal is for patients to receive the most effective cancer treatments with minimal heart damage.
Dr. Cao focuses on chemotherapy induced cardiovascular dysfunction, preventive cardiology, and heart failure. He was previously a physician fellow at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.
“Dr. Cao is an innovator who brings rare and highly specialized clinical expertise that continues to add to and elevate the Cardio-Oncology specialty here in Southwest Florida,” said Dr. Iahn Gonsenhauser, chief medical officer for Lee Health. “Dr. Cao is passionate about being involved in cancer patients’ long-term care and we know he will help position Lee Health as a state and national destination for Cardio-Oncology treatment.”
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NIH DESIGNATES PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AS A POPULATION WITH HEALTH DISPARITIES
Designation, new research program and update to NIH mission are actions to ensure inclusion of people with disabilities.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 – Today, Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), designated people with disabilities as a population with health disparities for research supported by the National Institutes of Health. The decision was made in consultation with Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., the director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, after careful consideration of a report delivered by an NIMHD advisory council, input from the disability community and a review of the science and evidence. A report issued in December 2022 by the Advisory Committee to the (NIH) Director (ACD), informed by the work of the Subgroup on Individuals with Disabilities, explored similar issues faced by people with disabilities. The designation is one of several steps NIH is taking to address health disparities faced by people with disabilities and ensure their representation in NIH research.
“This designation recognizes the importance and need for research advances to improve our understanding of the complexities leading to disparate health outcomes and multilevel interventions,” said Dr. Pérez-Stable. “Toward this effort, NIMHD and other NIH institutes launched a new research program to better understand the health disparities faced by people with disabilities who are also part of other populations designated as having health disparities.”
NIMHD is the lead NIH institute on monitoring minority health and health disparities research. Designated populations experience significant disparities in their rates of illness, morbidity, mortality and survival, driven by social disadvantage, compared to the health status of the general population. A health disparity designation helps to encourage research specific to the health issues and unmet health needs of these populations. Other NIH-designated populations with health disparities include racial and ethnic minority groups, people with lower socioeconomic status, underserved rural communities and sexual and gender minority groups.
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COMBINED, HIGH MATERNAL STRESS AND PRENATAL COVID-19 INFECTION MAY AFFECT ATTENTION SPAN IN INFANTS
NIH-funded study identifies managing maternal stress as a possible way to lessen impacts of prenatal infection on infant socioemotional and cognitive development.
September 27, 2023 – For mothers who experience high stress during their pregnancy, prenatal COVID-19 infection may be associated with an increased risk for impaired attention and delayed socioemotional and cognitive functioning in their infants, according to a small study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, part of the National Institutes of Health. The findings highlight maternal stress as a modifiable target to potentially reduce negative outcomes from prenatal COVID-19 infection and the possible protective benefits to expectant mothers of getting vaccinated for COVID-19 during their pregnancy.
The study, which appears in Pediatric Research, was led by Denise Werchan, Ph.D., Moriah Thomason, Ph.D., and Natalie Brito, Ph.D., at New York University, New York. It included 167 mothers and their infants—50 who reported COVID-19 symptoms or a positive COVID-19 test during their pregnancy and 117 who did not report having COVID-19 while pregnant. The researchers enrolled families between March 2020 and January 2023, with most enrolled between March and August 2020.
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Company celebrates grand opening and expands access to low-THC products for patients in the Augusta metropolitan area
September 22, 2023 – Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) (“Trulieve” or “the Company”), a leading and top-performing cannabis company in the United States, announced the grand opening of a new medical cannabis dispensary located at 4218 Washington Road in Evans, GA.
The Evans dispensary will be Trulieve’s fifth in the state, offering registered patients in Georgia’s medical cannabis program products derived from low-THC oil, the only form of medical cannabis currently legal in Georgia. The location is Trulieve’s first in northeast Georgia, giving patients in the greater Augusta area from Columbia, Richmond, Lincoln, and Burke counties better access to low-THC products.
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THE CANNABIST COMPANY ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF US$25 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT
September 21, 2023 – The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc. (NEO: CBST) (OTCQX: CCHWF) (FSE: 3LP) (“The Cannabist Company” or the “Company”), one of the largest and most experienced cultivators, manufacturers and retailers of cannabis products in the U.S., announced today the closing of the previously announced private placement (the “Offering”) with institutional investors (the “Investors”), for the purchase and sale of 22,244,210 units of the Company (the “Units”) at a price of C$1.52 per Unit (the “Issue Price”), for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately C$33.8 million or approximately US$25 million (the “Initial Tranche”).
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Over 846,000
Patients in Florida are using Cannabis as their Medicine
FOR LATEST OMMU REPORTS FROM OFFICE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA HERE
Highlights from SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
PDF OF REPORT BY THE NUMBERS Qualified Patients: (Active ID Card): Sept 22 2023- 846,585
Sept 15 2023- 845,249 Sept 8 2023- 844,148
Sept 1 2023- 842,512 Aug 25 2023- 841,580
Aug 18 2023- 840,041 Patients Added Last Week: 1,336 Qualified Ordering Physicians:
2,661 New Doctors added Last Week: 12 Reporting Period: Sept 15 - Sept 21 2023
Amount of Medical Marijuana Dispensed - (mgs THC) 320,911,640
Amount of Low-THC Cannabis Dispensed - (mgs CBD ) 2,601,612 Amount of Marijuana in a Form for Smoking (oz) 101,118.325 Approved Dispensing Locations: 590 Added Last Week: 0 |
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