Tampa General hosts Tallahassee rally
November 6, 2019 - Dozens of Tampa General Hospital patients traveled to Tallahassee to celebrate the hospital’s 10,000th transplant milestone as part of the inaugural We Are TGH Day in the state’s Capitol Wednesday. The patients and their family members are part of a coalition of advocates from Tampa General who met with state leaders, state senators and state representatives throughout the day to demonstrate how TGH’s unique expertise helps Florida families, a news release. Tampa General gets some funding from the state, including about $7 million per year of the Florida’s $220 million annual Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital payments, Modern Healthcare reported.