Lyn Hill

TAMPA, Fla. — Two Florida health care providers that formed a partnership two years ago announced on Jan. 9 that their new nonprofit company will be called West Florida Health.

The newly created West Florida Health is a joint venture between Tampa General Hospital and Florida Hospital, based in Orlando, Fla. Tampa General Hospital and Florida Hospital announced their formal partnership in September 2013. Their new company is not a merger of existing hospital operations, and neither hospitals are planning on selling properties.