BAY COUNTY Fla. (WMBB) – It’s over with the old and the new at Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center.

Panama City Hospital has officially changed its name to HCA Gulf Coast.

Prior to the name change, they were affiliated with HCA Healthcare. Now they join 450 other HCA affiliates across the state of Florida.

CEO Brad Griffin said the change allows the hospital to come together with other partners in Florida under the same brand. He said patients can expect the same care no matter where they are in Florida.

“Our hospital, in particular, is growing rapidly,” Griffin said. “We are expanding and adding beds and operating rooms, adding facilities to meet the growth and growing needs of our community. Uniting under one brand demonstrates our scale, our size and the opportunity for patients to have a much broader experience.

Even with a name change, operations will remain the same inside the hospital walls.

Griffin said they are expanding their facilities west of the Hathaway Bridge. They will add a freestanding emergency room along Phillip Griffiths Senior Parkway in Panama City Beach.

This inauguration will take place next month.