City of Tallahassee discusses FSU ownership of Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Tallahassee Memorial Hospital officials and the city of Tallahassee are at odds over ongoing talks of a new academic medical center. The upcoming Panama City Beach location could come within the feud's crosshairs.
The Tallahassee Democrat reports that TMH leaders met with officials from the city and FSU on Saturday. After the meeting, Tallahassee's Director of Operations and Innovation wrote in an email to city officials that the parties agreed to transfer TMH's assets and properties to the FSU health brand.
Hospital Attorney Murray Moore responded to the director, writing that the email 'misstates much of what occurred during that meeting.'
Moore says the meeting was preliminary and that no commitments or terms of operation were agreed upon. The Democrat says this isn't the first time the city and the hospital have been at odds.
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Last month, the hospital accused the city of holding secret meetings with FSU to take over the hospital after an item exploring a possible sale showed up on the city's agenda. That item was withdrawn this week.
The Democrat reports that Tallahassee City Manager Reese Goad believes the future of the Panama City campus should come before the Tallahassee commission for a vote, but whether they have the authority over a project in another county is unclear.
City officials told the Democrat that the Panama City campus is another reason that a sale of TMH to FSU could be necessary.
We reached out to stakeholders in the project, but so far, we have not received a response.
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