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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
2 motorcyclists injured after colliding with alligator on Florida interstate
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Two motorcyclists were taken to a hospital Saturday after officials said they crashed into an alligator on Interstate 4 in Volusia County. The motorcyclists, a 67-year-old DeLeon Springs man and a 25-year-old Orange City woman, were both heading westbound in the inside lane when they collided with the gator, the Florida Highway Patrol told NBC affiliate WESH. Hillsborough officials identify 24-year-old killed by gunman who opened fire on car The impact caused both motorcyclists to veer off the interstate. Troopers said the 67-year-old crashed his 2022 Suzuki GSX-R1000R motorcycle into a tree. He and the Orange City woman were taken to HCA Lake Monroe Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to authorities. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was dispatched to the scene to assist with the injured alligator. As of Sunday, the crash remained under investigation, and no further information was immediately available. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Residents critique care at Rochester's Frisbie Hospital under HCA
If you wanted to know how things have gone at Frisbie Memorial Hospital since for-profit HCA Healthcare, the world's largest hospital conglomerate, took over in 2020, Wednesday's public meeting in Rochester told two stories. Corporate leaders and hospital staff marched in lockstep to the podium and offered their own positive self-assessments. Residents came not to praise HCA, but to plead with the state's Health Care Consumer Protection Advisory Commission and Attorney General John Formella to help make their community hospital better. The meeting was 2½ hours long so everyone who signed up could speak. The first 88 minutes of input, however, was almost entirely HCA and Frisbie officials talking about the strides they've made. State Sen. Tom McGough and state Rep. Julie Miles, both Merrimack Republicans who are on the commission, prodded doctors, nurses and officials to speak in unscripted terms, answer questions and be accountable to patients. 'That's a great testimonial from the CMO. I'm thrilled to hear that things have come back — ortho, neuro, partial hospital psych services. That's fantastic. We've got a room full of folks. What are we about to hear? What are you still missing?' McGough asked Dr. Trevor Eide, the chief medical officer. Eide said Frisbie's goal is to take care of as many patients as possible in Rochester and send only the sickest patients to Portsmouth Regional Hospital, which is also owned by HCA. 'If I had to say there's one thing that I'd like to have back, one service line, I think nephrology to provide dialysis for our dialysis patients.' Eide said when pressed. Hospital officials listed several areas of improvement, including faster turnaround to transfer critically ill patients to other hospitals and better access to outpatient services, primary care and specialists. Frisbie has also decreased the time it takes a patient coming into the emergency room to be evaluated by a provider, which is now less than six minutes, according to Dr. Carly Shiembob, the medical director for Frisbie's emergency department. Yvonne Goldsberry, a member of the commission, suggested HCA provide a community benefit report like nonprofit hospitals are required to share with the public. Goldsberry, Formella, McGough and Miles all suggested better communication and community outreach. Merger fallout Residents focused mostly on services they lost after HCA saved Frisbie from closing just before COVID-19 hit. Commission members also made note of services Frisbie no longer provides, such as discontinuing labor and baby delivery services. In 2022, Formella's office investigated why HCA, which had agreed as part of the merger in 2020 to continue several services for at least five years, reneged on its promise and began sending expectant mothers 21 miles down the Spaulding Turnpike to Portsmouth. Ultimately, HCA and the AG's Office worked out a deal in 2023 for HCA to provide $2.75 million to the Greater Rochester Community Health Foundation to improve health and well-being for Rochester-area residents. 'How would you have us spend the $2.75 million, which is not much to a big company like HCA. But that money came from HCA and, let's face it, it's got to be part of the cost of business. How would you have this commission spend it?' McGough asked Rochester Mayor Paul Callaghan, one of the speakers who praised Frisbie. Callaghan suggested using the money to improve mental health and drug addiction services. Sharp criticism Dr. Mike Metzger, who worked at Frisbie as a cardiologist from 2005 to 2023 and now works at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, said the most seasoned doctors and nurses have left Frisbie. 'I feel like HCA does have a playbook, and it knows how to harvest its profit,' Metzger said. 'I say this with great sadness. I was one of the biggest cheerleaders of Frisbie, but I feel like this has to be said. While there may be some services there, they're nominally there. Most patients are being transported to Portsmouth Hospital.' Sharon Croft, who was born at Frisbie and was a school nurse for almost 30 years, said she and others lost their doctors and received little or no notification. Others said the bad communication about doctor departures put some of them in a bind when it came time to renew the medications they relied on or couldn't find where their doctors moved to. Incidents like those eroded trust in the hospital and HCA, they said. 'Even though we hear all of these good things, people that I deal with, people in my neighborhood, they don't want to go to Frisbie,' Croft said. 'They want to go someplace else. It's not the people, it's what's available to them, and whether they are actually going to get the things they need. Or are they going to end up going someplace else anyway?' Roberta Goodrich, who lived in Rochester for 22 years before moving to Wakefield and previously worked at Frisbee, was disappointed when HCA closed the White Mountain Medical Center, the Barrington Walk-In Care and Seacoast Readicare in Somersworth. HCA officials said they had to close their clinics because they were losing money and didn't have enough patients to justify staying open. Goodrich said the reduction in services makes it clear that HCA values profits over patients. 'Since the HCA acquisition, Frisbie Hospital no longer has labor and delivery maternity care. How many women want to have prenatal care and then find out they have to go somewhere else to deliver,' Goodrich said. 'Delivery doesn't really generate much money for the company unless it's a complicated delivery or involves a C section.' Marsha Miller, who lives across the street from Frisbie, said she goes to Wentworth-Douglass because her husband can't get the care he needs in their home city. 'No matter what stories we hear today, and they are awesome, the reality is that people in Rochester that have touched the hospital before these changes, have that negative image,' Miller said. She said Frisbie can overcome the negative perception with better care and better communication. Putting patients first Formella was asked why so many people from HCA took up the majority of time during public comments and why residents didn't get to speak until the meeting was more than half-way over. 'We're going to think hard about that going forward as to how to make sure that these forums are true community forums, and we hear mostly from community members,' Formella said. 'Obviously, we don't' want to tell people they can't speak, but we also need to make sure that we're setting this up in a way that we hear from the community. I think we heard a lot from the community tonight, but I think in forums going forward, we're going to work to make sure we're hearing even more from community members and less from representatives from corporations.' Goldsberry agreed, saying HCA knows how to stay on message. 'The hospital has a lot of resources, and when they come to public events, they come with all their resources,' she said. 'Community members don't have those kinds of resources.' She said the commission will balance the testimony during the public meeting with a large amount of feedback its received from residents who email in their concerns. To submit a question for the Health Care Consumer Protection Advisory Commission, email Christine Rioux at dpierce@
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Jim Cramer Is Worried About HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA) Due To Medicaid Cuts
We recently published a list of . In this article, we are going to take a look at where HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) stands against other stocks that Jim Cramer discusses. HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) is a mega-American hospital operator. Unlike its peer Tenet Healthcare, Cramer has discussed the firm in 2025. He remarked in March that he believed the shares had been punished enough. Since Cramer's comments, HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA)'s shares have gained 11.9%. The stock jumped by 4.9% in mid-May as while Republicans did share their estimates to reduce healthcare spending, the reduction wasn't as drastic as some feared. However, a drop in spending is still on Cramer's mind when it comes to HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA). Here's what he said: 'The ones I'm [inaudible] worried about, I'm worried about HCA. . .on the cutback in Medicaid. Because [it thrives] on Medicaid. . . .because they're gonna delay reimbursement or they're going to lower reimbursement. Because Medicaid, Medicaid is cut back.' A team of healthcare professionals in lab coats and masks meeting at a hospital ward. L1 Capital mentioned HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) in its Q1 2025 investor letter. Here is what the firm said: 'HCA Healthcare, Inc.'s (NYSE:HCA) share price partially rebounded in the March 2025 Quarter, and was the only company to positively contribute over 1% to the Fund's quarterly returns. We outlined in the December 2024 Quarterly Report that HCA's share price had over reacted to concerns that healthcare policy under the Trump administration would be materially adverse for HCA. We took advantage of the market concerns to add to our investment in HCA at a share price well below our assessment of fair value, and it was pleasing to see a partial recovery in the share price during the March 2025 quarter. Six other companies each positively contributed 0.5% or greater to the Fund's returns, across a diverse range of industries. We believe our unique approach to assessing quality businesses of varying size across a number of diversified sectors provides the opportunity to deliver strong risk adjusted returns in a range of market conditions. Overall, HCA ranks 2nd on our list of stocks that Jim Cramer discusses. While we acknowledge the potential of HCA, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than HCA and that has 100x upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock. READ NEXT: 20 Best AI Stocks To Buy Now and 30 Best Stocks to Buy Now According to Billionaires. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.
New Indian Express
28-05-2025
- Sport
- New Indian Express
Vigilance department finds SRH charges of arm-twisting by HCA to be true
HYDERABAD: A Vigilance and Enforcement department probe has reportedly found the allegations made by the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) management against the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) to be true. According to sources, the vigilance team has submitted its preliminary findings to the state government, reportedly recommending action against HCA officials. The state government had ordered the investigation following accusations that HCA officials were attempting to pressure the SRH franchise for additional complimentary tickets during the Indian Premier League (IPL) season. According to the probe report, SRH was already providing 10% of tickets to HCA free of charge. However, the HCA secretary reportedly demanded an additional 10%, a demand the SRH management refused. The report further states that HCA president A Jagan Mohan Rao also sought 10% of complimentary tickets for personal use, which was similarly denied. Sources linked to the investigation alleged that following this refusal, the HCA president created operational hurdles for the franchise. Specifically, during a match between SRH and Lucknow Super Giants, HCA staff were reported to have locked VIP galleries, disrupting arrangements made by the SRH management. Attempts to reach Jagan Mohan Rao for comment were unsuccessful, as his phone remained switched off.
National Post
23-05-2025
- Business
- National Post
Hamilton ETFs Announces May 2025 Cash Distributions
Article content TORONTO — Hamilton Capital Partners Inc. (' Hamilton ETFs ') is pleased to announce the cash distributions for its ETFs that pay monthly distributions, all of which trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange, for the period ended May 31, 2025. Article content Article content Distributions may vary from period to period. Article content The ex-dividend date for these distributions is anticipated to be May 30, 2025, for all unitholders of record on May 30, 2025. The distributions will be paid in cash, or if the unitholder has enrolled in the dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP), reinvested in additional units of the ETF, on or about June 6, 2025. Article content ETF Name Ticker Regular Cash Distribution per unit Frequency Hamilton Global Financials ETF HFG $0.0700 Monthly Hamilton Canadian Bank Mean Reversion Index ETF HCA $0.0960 Monthly Hamilton Canadian Bank Equal-Weight Index ETF HEB $0.0690 Monthly Hamilton Enhanced Canadian Bank ETF HCAL $0.1270 Monthly Hamilton Enhanced Canadian Financials ETF HFIN $0.0750 Monthly Hamilton Enhanced Utilities ETF HUTS $0.0760 Monthly Hamilton Enhanced Multi-Sector Covered Call ETF HDIV $0.1720 Monthly Hamilton Enhanced U.S. Covered Call ETF HYLD $0.1450 Monthly HYLD.U $0.1450 Monthly Hamilton Canadian Financials YIELD MAXIMIZER™ ETF HMAX $0.1650 Monthly Hamilton Utilities YIELD MAXIMIZER™ ETF UMAX $0.1640 Monthly Hamilton U.S. Bond YIELD MAXIMIZER™ ETF HBND $0.1260 Monthly HBND.U $0.1290 Monthly Hamilton U.S. Equity YIELD MAXIMIZER™ ETF SMAX $0.1780 Monthly Hamilton Technology YIELD MAXIMIZER™ ETF QMAX $0.2000 Monthly Hamilton Gold Producer YIELD MAXIMIZER™ ETF AMAX $0.1950 Monthly Hamilton Energy YIELD MAXIMIZER™ ETF EMAX $0.1550 Monthly Hamilton U.S. Financials YIELD MAXIMIZER™ ETF FMAX $0.1700 Monthly Hamilton Healthcare YIELD MAXIMIZER™ ETF LMAX $0.1510 Monthly Hamilton REITs YIELD MAXIMIZER™ ETF RMAX $0.1420 Monthly Hamilton U.S. T-Bill YIELD MAXIMIZER™ ETF HBIL $0.0950 Monthly HBIL.U $0.0950 Monthly Hamilton Canadian Financials Index ETF HFN $0.0470 Monthly HAMILTON CHAMPIONS™ Canadian Dividend Index ETF CMVP $0.0460 Monthly HAMILTON CHAMPIONS™ Enhanced Canadian Dividend ETF CWIN $0.0560 Monthly HAMILTON CHAMPIONS™ U.S. Dividend Index ETF SMVP $0.0240 Monthly HAMILTON CHAMPIONS™ Enhanced U.S. Dividend ETF SWIN $0.0300 Monthly Article content About Hamilton ETFs With over $8 billion in assets under management, Hamilton ETFs is one of Canada's fastest growing ETF providers, offering a suite of innovative exchange traded funds (ETFs) designed to maximize income and growth from trusted sectors in Canada and across the globe. The firm is also an active commentator on the global financial services sector and Canadian banks; the firm's most recent Insights can be found at Article content Commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with an investment in exchange traded funds (ETFs). Please read the prospectus before investing. ETFs are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content
