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Volume 14 • Issue 6 • $5.00 December 2017
THE REGIONʼS MONTHLY NEWSPAPER FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS & PHYSICIANS

SPIRITUALITY HEALTHCARE REAL ESTATE YEAR IN

Expanding Practice? REVIEW

Considerations for Building Out

Clinical and Office Space

BY KEVIN N. FINE, MHA
Thinking of expanding your medical prac-
tice’s office and clinical space? With interest
rates still low, borrowing money to invest in a
buildout may seem quite attractive. However,
before you move ahead with an expansion plan,
Chaplain Renato Santos there are a few factors you should consider.
First, does a buildout make sense for your
practice right now?
Baptist Health’s A major consideration is whether you plan to Steven Seeley
own or lease your new space. Owning your
Pastoral Care building offers benefits such as tax savings and What a Year
opportunities to generate income through leas-
ing. Moreover, any investments into improving
Department the property will ultimately benefit you, not a Kevin N. Fine It’s Been
landlord.
Provides space are ultimately benefiting the property owner. However, in some cases it may BY STEVEN SEELEY
If you lease your space, keep in mind that any improvements you make to the
Comfort During still make sense to expand. In a commercial property lease, the landlord provides a If there is a phrase to describe our work
tenant-improvement (TI) allowance, which tenants can use to improve their space.
at Jupiter Medical Center in 2017, it’s
Times of Crisis Continued on page 20 “meeting milestones.” As a not-for-profit
hospital we have spent the past year raising
nearly $27 million and achieving mile-
Good Samaritan Medical Center
BY VANESSA ORR stones that will allow us to enhance our
infrastructure, deepen our impact in the
When people are in times of crisis, Appoints Tara McCoy community, and expand our services and
they often turn to faith to see them partnerships—all with a goal of continuing
through. This may take the form of to reimagine the way we deliver world-
organized religion or a more personal as New Chief Executive Officer class health care to our community.
kind of spirituality. At Baptist Health, the This year, thanks to the generosity of
pastoral care department understands incredible donors in our community, we
that everyone’s needs are different and BY DANIEL CASCIATO have raised the funds needed to move for-
are there to support patients, families ward on the construction of our new $50
and staff however they can, every step of In October, Good Samaritan Medical Center million world-class Anderson Family
the way. appointed Tara McCoy to the position of chief Cancer Institute. This will serve as the flag-
“We have no agenda other than the executive officer. As a healthcare executive with ship center for integrated cancer care in
patients’ agenda; this is very important a background in strategic development and our region. Once completed, this will be a
to understand,” explained Renato physician recruitment. McCoy will be responsi- 55,000-square foot state-of-the-art facility
Santos, DMin, BCC, LMCH, assistant ble for overseeing all strategic, operational and with a focus on combing an academic
vice president for Pastoral Care for clinical activities at Good Samaritan Medical approach and patient-centered care. It will
Baptist Health South Florida. “We have Center, a 333-bed acute care hospital providing feature advanced diagnostic and treatment
no intent to proselytize, convert, or lead sophisticated, personalized medical care to Palm technology, expanded radiation oncology
people toward any particular set of the- Beach County and the Treasure Coast for more facilities, an infusion center and an educa-
ology. We realize that patients are at a than 95 years. tion center. Designed to provide conven-
crucial time in their lives and we want to Prior to her appointment as CEO, McCoy ient and accessible care, the Institute will
be respectful.” spent the last five years as a service line admin- also include a pharmacy, café, and bou-
“We offer to listen or answer specific istrator for Tenet’s Florida Region, now part of tique. We expect construction to begin in
questions, pray or read scripture, or dis- the Coastal Division. During her time as a serv- Tara McCoy early 2018.
cuss theology,” he continued. “They take ice line administrator, she developed the Heart In 2017, we also received a $5 million
the lead. Sometimes we help folks just and Vascular Network and achieved interdisciplinary cooperation between the lead gift that will allow us to establish a
by being present; by listening to their region’s hospitals. comprehensive stroke center serving

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