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Encompass Health to build 50-bed rehab hospital in Florida

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health is planning to build a 50-bed inpatient clinic in Daytona Beach, Fla.

5 orthopedic ASC updates in November

From a new Florida surgery center to a JCPenney conversion, here are five orthopedic ASC updates Becker’s has reported on since Nov. 1. 

Surgeon named in sex discrimination complaints steps down from Maine hospital leadership posts

A general surgeon and member of Augusta-based MaineGeneral Medical Center’s staff has stepped down from leadership roles after being named in sex discrimination and patient care complaints, the Bangor Daily News reported Nov. 21.

16 healthcare organizations outsourcing RCM

Becker’s has reported on 16 healthcare organizations that have decided to outsource finance jobs or other revenue cycle functions since Jan. 1:

Patient harm vs. medical malpractice: What clinicians fear more

Attending physicians and advanced practice clinicians in emergency departments are more concerned about medical errors resulting in patient harm than in malpractice litigation, according to a study published Nov. 11 in JAMA Network Open.

New York medical office building sells for $16M

A 51,357-square-foot medical office building in Geneseo, N.Y., has sold for $15.9 million, according to a November report from Rebusiness Online. 

Intermittent fasting may help with GERD: study

A recent U.S. study found that intermittent fasting can potentially reduce acid exposure time and other symptoms in individuals with gastroesophageal reflux disease, Medscape reported Nov. 21. 

Hackensack U Medical Center first in world to implant new heart pump

Cardiac surgeons at Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center, part of the Hackensack Meridian health system, performed the first-in-human Impella RP Flex heart pump implant on Nov. 8.

Dr. Ben Robbins uses psychiatry experience to invest with Alphabet VC arm GV

GV, the venture capital arm of Google parent company Alphabet, is trying to disrupt healthcare by collaborating with — not competing against — health systems, general partner Ben Robbins, MD, told Becker’s.

11 hospital, health system sales in the works

Consolidation continues across the healthcare industry with many hospitals and health systems looking to complete planned acquisitions or sales by the end of 2022 or early 2023.