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Feb. 3, 2010
1. 11 Things to Know About the False Claims Act ($2.4 Billion Recovered in 2009).  2. Under Board Pressure, Grady CEO Rescinds
Firing of Chief Medical Officer.
3. Insurers Backed By Employers Become More Aggressive in Contract Negotiations with Hospitals and Physicians.
4. Denver
Specialty Hospital Tells Local Newspaper How It Managed to Grow in 2009.
5. Cincinnati-Area Hospitals Saw Net Income
Plummet in 2008.
6. Mayo Clinic Raises $1.35B in Five-Year
Campaign.
7. Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas Plans
$1.2B Replacement.
8. Massachusetts Report Finds Hospitals'
Negotiating Clout With Insurers Drives Up Costs.
9. Marie Sinioris Explains the Goals of the National Center for Healthcare Leadership.
10. Register today for Hospitals and Health Systems: Improving Profitability and Business and
Legal Issues Conference (April 13-14, 2010; Chicago). Featured presentations include
"The Best Ideas for Hospital CFOs Now" With Faye Deich, Chief
Operating Officer, Sacred Heart Hospital; John R. Zell, CPA, MBA, CFO, OSF St.
Joseph Medical Center; David Felsenthal, Senior Partner, Principle Valuation;
John Thomas, EVP Healthcare REIT; Moderated by Claudia Gourdon, Senior Vice
President, National Marketing Manager, Healthcare Finance Group.
11. Concerns
Facing Hospitals Right Now: Q&A With Dave Felsenthal of Principle
Valuation.
12. Los Angeles County Raising Hospitals and
Clinic Fees by 5% to Reduce Deficit. 13. Brett Gosney of Colorado's Animas Surgical Hospital: 5 Tips for Maintaining Orthopedic Implant Costs in Hospitals. 14. Children's Hospital in Boston Reports 38%
Increase in Operating Income in FY 2009. 15. Former Owners of California Medical Center
Agree to Pay $10M to Settle Fraud Suit.
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Improve Hospital Profitability Immediately: Hospitals and Health Systems -- Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues Conference (April 13-14, 2010; Chicago)
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Register today for Hospitals and Health Systems: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues Conference (April 13-14, 2010; Chicago). This exclusive conference focused on hospital and health system CEOs and CFOs brings together hospital business and strategy leaders to discuss how to improve your organization and its bottom line in these challenging but opportunity-filled times.
Here are just 5 of the 37 terrific sessions on the program agenda:
1. Monetization of Non-Core Assets and Outsourcing Facility
Development - Michael Bryant, CEO, Methodist Medical Center and Gordon
Soderland, SVP, Strategic Relationships, DASCO Companies
2. Hospital Transactions, Current Market Analysis and
Valuations - Greg Koonsman, Senior Partner, and Jon O'Sullivan, Senior Partner,
VMG Health
3. An Analysis of What Works, What Doesn't: Key Thoughts
from 10 Great Partnerships With Management Companies and Hospitals - Joe Clark,
EVP and Chief Development Officer, Surgical Care Affiliates
4. Key Trends and Ideas for Improving Hospital Performance
and Aligning With Physicians - Bill Southwick, President & CEO, Healthmark
Partners; Marc Halley, President/CEO, Halley Consulting Group; Marc E. Koch, MD,
MBA, President & CEO, Somnia Anesthesia
5.
4 Key Ideas and Concepts to Improve Cardiovascular Program
Profitability - Ted Winslow, MD, Sg2
For more information about the program, please download the conference brochure (PDF), click here or call (800) 417-2035.
There are four ways you can register: - Online. Register through our secure Web site.
- Phone. Call (800) 417-2035.
- E-mail. Contact registration@beckersasc.com.
- Fax. Print the conference brochure (PDF),
fill-out the registration on p. 5 and fax it to (866) 678-5755.
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