[champion6]

Central Florida Health, which operates The Villages Regional Hospital and Leesburg Regional Medical Center, is joining forces with the University of Florida Health Shands hospital system.

The focus will be on primary care physician training but can include other specialties. The training may include residency programs, where medical school graduates train for three to five years, and rotation programs where doctors spend weeks to months practicing at the hospitals.

A benefit of training physicians locally is that those doctors are more apt to set up their private practices in the area they trained.

The partnership also could make other services offered by UF Health Shands more accessible.

I believe this is an important step in the right direction. TV Daily Sun article attached.

[JC419]

I wonder if this will change the Villages position of only accepting the Advantage plan after 65 years of age. Presently, Shands does not accept the advantage plan. Fingers crossed!

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by champion6

Central Florida Health, which operates The Villages Regional Hospital and Leesburg Regional Medical Center, is joining forces with the University of Florida Health Shands hospital system.

The focus will be on primary care physician training but can include other specialties. The training may include residency programs, where medical school graduates train for three to five years, and rotation programs where doctors spend weeks to months practicing at the hospitals.

A benefit of training physicians locally is that those doctors are more apt to set up their private practices in the area they trained.

The partnership also could make other services offered by UF Health Shands more accessible.

I believe this is an important step in the right direction. TV Daily Sun article attached.

Thanks for posting this information. I missed it in the paper!

[champion6]

Originally Posted by JC419

I wonder if this will change the Villages position of only accepting the Advantage plan after 65 years of age. Presently, Shands does not accept the advantage plan. Fingers crossed!

You are confusing two different organizations.

Central Florida Health is a foundation that owns The Villages Regional Hospital and Leesburg Regional Medical Center.

The Villages Health is a corporation which owns a system of 6 primary care centers, 1 specialty center and 1 combo primary/specialty care center in The Villages.

These two organizations have different and independent insurance requirements.

[Biker Dog]

Originally Posted by champion6

You are confusing two different organizations.

Central Florida Health is a foundation that owns The Villages Regional Hospital and Leesburg Regional Medical Center.

The Villages Health is a corporation which owns a system of 6 primary care centers, 1 specialty center and 1 combo primary/specialty care center in The Villages.

These two organizations have different and independent insurance requirements.

Very well said!!!!!

[NotGolfer]

Originally Posted by champion6

You are confusing two different organizations.

Central Florida Health is a foundation that owns The Villages Regional Hospital and Leesburg Regional Medical Center.

The Villages Health is a corporation which owns a system of 6 primary care centers, 1 specialty center and 1 combo primary/specialty care center in The Villages.

These two organizations have different and independent insurance requirements.

I don't know how folks get that the hospitals and the clinics are all part of the same system. It's been explained over and over in both social media as well as our local paper. Thank you for stating this so clearly.

[capecoralbill]

I think the developer receives a fee for the use of the word "Villages", anybody know how that works?

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by capecoralbill

I think the developer receives a fee for the use of the word "Villages", anybody know how that works?

Anybody care?

[rustyp]

Originally Posted by JC419

I wonder if this will change the Villages position of only accepting the Advantage plan after 65 years of age. Presently, Shands does not accept the advantage plan. Fingers crossed!

Or more likely vice versa