Feb. 16, 2011

1. 20 Recent Hospital Transactions.

2. HCA Announces Leadership Reorganization, Names New President.  

3. Washington's Whidbey General to Forego $1.7M in Medicare Billings Due to Stark Law Violations.  

4. Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting - ACOs, Physician-Hospital Integration, Improving Profits and Key Specialties (May 19-20, Chicago). Registration limited to 200 attendees, register today! To register and learn more, or call (800) 417-2035. Additional information available below.  

5. Out-of-Network Payments Falling to Medicare Levels in Many States.          

6. Proposed Two-Year Medicare Physician Fee-Fix Faces Funding Challenges.  

7. Brooklyn's Long Island College Hospital Will Receive Funds to Merge With SUNY Downstate.    

8. Missouri's Ozarks Community Hospital No Longer Physician-Owned.

9. Cardiologists, Texas Health Arlington Open Joint Venture Heart Hospital.   

10. Preparing Hospitals for Stages 2 and 3 of Meaningful Use: 7 Recommendations.     

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Register today for the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting - ACOs, Physician-Hospital Integration, Improving Profits and Key Specialties (May 19-20, Chicago).  To register and learn more, or call (800)417-2035.

Highlights include:

1. 53 sessions, 79 speakers

2. Keynote speakers Chip Kahn, President, Federation of American Hospitals; P.R. Kongstevdt, Senior Health Policy Faculty Member, George Mason University; and Rick Pollack, EVP, Advocacy and Public Policy, AHA 

3. 30 Senior Hospital & Health System Leaders as Speakers

4. Here are just three of the more than 50 sessions:

A. ACOs: A Panel Discussion - Martin Manning, President, Advocate Physician Partners, Brian J. Silverstein, MD, SVP, The Camden Group, and Eric Nielsen, MD, VP, The Camden Group

B. Whole Hospital Joint Ventures Between For-Profit Hospital Companies and Non-Profit Hospitals - Pete Lawson, EVP Development, Heatth Management Associates  

C. 10 Key Financial Questions for Healthcare Executives - Gary Weiss, CFO and Treasurer, NorthShore University HealthSystem  

If interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at the conference, contact Jessica Cole at jessica@beckersasc.com.