University treats the city's indigent care patients.
It is also a teaching campus for the University of Florida. But Shands Jacksonville officials, who are now running both hospitals, said that amount is not final. They are asking the state to help fund new radiology equipment, a bridge to connect the two hospitals and a data base to serve the merged hospitals. Most of University's income comes from payment of patient services, including Medicare and Medicaid. But that doesn't cover the majority of the hospital's costs, including teaching programs and treatment of the city's so-called working poor.