Healthcare Real Estate Report (Q1 2025) As of Q1 2025, the average rental rate for medical office buildings (MOBs) in Atlanta stands at approximately $26.24 per square foot, reflecting a 3.4% increase from the previous year and supportive of the growing demand for healthcare real estate in the region. The trend of increasing rental rates is driven by low vacancy rates and the ... Continue Reading
Governor Kemp Pushes for Sweeping Tort Reform to Lower Healthcare Costs
By The Institute at MagMutual™
Governor Brian Kemp introduced a comprehensive tort reform package aimed at curbing excessive litigation and reducing the financial strain on medical providers. With Georgia now tied with Pennsylvania as the nation's #1 “judicial hellhole,” the need for reform has never been more urgent. This ranking reflects the state’s excessive verdicts, problematic court rulings and a legal ... Continue Reading
Are Frequent Settlements Encouraging More Malpractice Claims?
By The Institute at MagMutual™
When facing a medical malpractice claim, the instinct to settle quickly is understandable. Settlements can seem like the fastest and least stressful resolution. However, the decision to settle has long-term consequences that extend beyond the immediate case. Making a choice between defending or settling a claim requires careful consideration of the financial, reputational and ... Continue Reading
Top 5 Regulatory and Cybersecurity Risks for Your Practice
By The Institute at MagMutual™
Healthcare providers today must navigate a constantly shifting terrain of regulatory obligations and cybersecurity threats. While these challenges are not new, they continue to present considerable risks to physicians and their practices. Staying ahead of these issues is critical to safeguarding both your patients and your business from violations, penalties and cyberattacks. ... Continue Reading
Hotwiring the Heart: Emory’s Electrifying Breakthrough
Elberta Jenkins, a patient from Orange Park, Florida, had exhausted all her options for treating her failing heart valves. Her local cardiologist informed her that due to her age, she was no longer a candidate for open-heart surgery, leaving her in a desperate situation. Seeking a solution, Jenkins was referred to Vasilis Babaliaros, MD and Adam Greenbaum, MD at the Structural ... Continue Reading
University Cancer & Blood Center Announces Opening Date of State-of-the Art Comprehensive Cancer Treatment Center
Leading Athens-based oncology practice to open first in region, fully integrated cancer center in August. University Cancer & Blood Center (UCBC), a leading oncology and hematology practice for Northeast Georgia, will open its state-of-the-art Comprehensive Cancer Center in August, offering a fully integrated approach to cancer care with incomparable, convenient access. ... Continue Reading
Morgan Medical Center Now Recruiting Team Members
Morgan Medical Center — Morgan County’s acclaimed state-of-the-art community hospital — is now actively recruiting for a variety of nursing and clinical positions. These jobs offer developmental opportunities, and competitive salaries and benefits, while allowing healthcare professionals the chance to make a difference. Nursing positions include openings in the medical ... Continue Reading
A Patient’s Perspective: How The Commons at Lake Hearn changed their mind
I have never liked going to the doctor. Each office was the same: austere white walls, harsh fluorescent lights, a chemical scent that lurked around every corner, and every waiting room felt aloof and stale. And the worst part? Having to take so much time out of my day to get there, idling at red lights and dodging busy intersections. One of my doctors relocated to an ... Continue Reading
How Medical Laboratories Can Continue to Support Women in STEM
By Christian Fletcher
The world of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) has made many remarkable strides in the last 50 years, including in the medical laboratory arena. Increasing the population of women working in these fields is one of these progressions. In 2019, the number of female STEM professionals reached 27%, tripling the percentage from the 1970s. But despite more ... Continue Reading
On the Dangerous Illusion of “Normal” and the Good Business of Empowering People with Data
By Christian Fletcher
A Deadly Average There's this story about the first combat airplane cockpit, designed in 1926 by the U.S. Army. Big believers in standardization, the military first calculated the dimensions of the "average" male pilot, then designed the seat, pedals, stick, and all the rest to fit this average man. By the 1950s (and with the creation of the Air Force), the military was trying ... Continue Reading
Atlanta Man Finds Relief From Metastatic Spine Tumors Thanks to Two Innovative Therapies Working Together to Relieve Pain
Having cancer is challenging enough, and if it metastasizes or moves into surrounding bone, it can be extremely painful — making every day even more challenging. That’s what happened to Peter, 57. Peter was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2012. Years later, the cancer recurred, and Peter sought care at Cancer Treatment Centers of America outside Atlanta. Peter ... Continue Reading
Continued COVID-19 Testing: The Key to Unlocking the Pandemic
By Christian Fletcher
As we near the two-year mark, the pandemic remains unpredictable. However, one thing we know for certain about COVID-19 is the invaluable importance of continued testing. This was true in the beginning, it still is today, and it will be tomorrow. Early in the pandemic, we quickly ramped up testing through our companies LifeBrite Laboratories and ... Continue Reading
Rural Hospitals: Saving Lives and Communities
By Christian Fletcher
Rural hospitals are arguably more important now than ever before. A small community relies heavily on its local hospital. It serves as a hub and a key component of an area’s healthcare landscape and economic well-being. These hospitals play an ever-increasing role in stabilizing patients during some of the most emergent times of their lives. A stroke or heart ... Continue Reading
Webside Is the New Bedside: Professional Practices for Virtual Patient Visits
Bedside manner is truly an art and its success is rooted in the personal interaction and rapport that is built between patient and physician. With telemedicine being pushed to the forefront, “webside manner†is emerging as the virtual analog and becoming an important skill to create and maintain a trusting patient relationship.  With the rapid incorporation of ... Continue Reading
COVID-19 Is Changing Liability Risks and Litigation in Healthcare
By Bill Fleming, Chief Operating Officer, The Doctors Company, and a Leader of the TDC Group of Companies
Across the spectrum of care, healthcare delivery is changing as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, creating additional pressures to maintain patient safety and shaping new liability risks for hospitals, group practices, and solo physicians. Understanding how these new risk exposures are unfolding is the first step to taking protective measures. Mr. Fleming offers his ... Continue Reading
