Baptist Hospital of Miami is a non-profit
hospital
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located in
Miami
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,
Florida
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, United States, operated by
Baptist Health South Florida.
Founded in 1960, the 850-bed facility is now one of the largest hospitals in the Miami area. The corporate headquarters is located in
Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables, officially City of Coral Gables, is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The city is located southwest of Downtown Miami. As of the 2020 U.S. census, it had a population of 49,248.
Coral Gables is known globally as home to the ...
, and has facilities throughout
Dade County, into the
Florida Keys
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, and in southern
Broward County
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. Baptist Hospital is the largest faith-based non-profit organization hospital in the Miami area, handling a volume of over 100,000 patients a year. The hospital attracts international patients from the
Caribbean
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,
Central America
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and
South America
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. Baptist Hospital is the eleventh hospital in the United States to receive the ”Magnet” of excellence in nursing. The hospital is currently celebrating its 50th year in operation.
The Department of Justice (DOJ), on behalf of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), agreed to accept $7,775,000 as a settlement amount after Baptist admitted to violations of the federal physician self referral law (the "Stark Law"). Ranked #1 in Miami-area hospitals in the 2015-16 U.S. News & World Report survey.
In December 2016, another one of its affiliates, South Miami Hospital, paid $12 million to settle Medicare fraud charges.
References
External links
Baptist Health South Florida – Baptist Hospital of Miami
Hospital buildings completed in 1960
Hospitals in Florida
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