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2018 Hosts of the REAL ESTATE, CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN & FACILITY PLANNING

South Florida Can You Increase Your Insurance

Healthcare
Reimbursements by 20%?
Networking Group
BY ALEXANDER BROWN include C-suite, operations,
administrative, business offices,
There was a time when doctors and hospitals were able to doctors’ offices, medical wings,
concentrate on simply keeping patients healthy. In today’s high- imaging, patient rooms, ER, ORs,
HEALTHSOUTH ly competitive and regulated health care environment, it is restaurant, and the list goes on.
REHABILITATION tough enough just to keep up with the changing rules coming Each of these pieces is important
out of D.C. and Tallahassee. Many hospitals, health care
to run a hospital or health care
HOSPITAL OF providers, and related businesses spend countless hours entity.
focused on maximizing / chasing their medical reimburse- Is it necessary for every hospital
MIAMI AND ments. Even a percentage point or two can translate into signif- component to be located on the
KENDALL icant reimbursement savings. Sometimes the C-suite becomes hospital campus? Does a business
so focused on the trees, that a look at the forest could be in office really need high tech air fil-
REGIONAL order. tration? Does administration
Typically, the top 2 or 3-line item on your hospital’s or com- require back- up generators and BY ALEXANDER
MEDICAL CENTER pany’s P & L statement is your real estate spend. Perhaps while redundant systems? What per-
BROWN
you have been focused on the reimbursements and health care, centage of your hospital’s square
For information about you could be missing out on some financial relief. If you could footage is income- producing
our next meeting of save as little as 1% or 2% on your real estate spend, it could patient care?
help to offset your reimbursements challenges. What if you If you could relocate 20% of your non-income producing
SFHNG, could increase that by 10% - 20% savings on the real estate square footage to an off-campus location, and replace it with
spend? 20% more of income producing patient care, how would this
please email charles@
Hospitals and medical properties are expensive to build and impact your reimbursements?
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upkeep. These facilities require above average specifications on
infrastructure and tenant improvements. Everything from air To be continued…
quality to redundant power and back-up generators, beefed up
energy grid, surgical gasses, special lighting, fire suppressant For more information, contact Alexander Brown at
systems, and the list goes on. Years ago, hospitals became mini- Alexander.Brown@colliers.com.
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Carol N. Montoya, FMD, MPH, CCHW
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• Implementation best practice guidelines MaineHealth’s Partnership Florida Health Networks P hDD,, MPH, CHHES, FFAAAHB, FGSA
for Healthy Aging (PFHA) Miami, Florida Co-Director
• Quantifiable results and outcomes And Elder Care Services Center for Poppulation Health and Aging
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To request your invitation and see how you can Randall Hunt Regional Advisor for Aging
help promote this movement that is revolutionizing P President and CEO World Health Organization/ Lesley Steinmman, MSWW,, MPH
healthy aging, please email Shari Gantman at Senior Resource Alliance Pan American Health Organization Research Scienntist
Orlando, Florida Miami, Florida Health Promootion Research Center
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