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Subject: [Becker's Hospital Review E-Weekly] 5 Keys to Managing Hospital Labor Costs | 20 Best Community Hospitals | 15 Key Factors Affecting Hospitals' Longer-Term Outlook | And 11 More Articles |
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Feb. 17, 2010

1. 5 Keys to Managing Hospital Labor Costs. Click Here

2. Becker's Hospital Review Announces 20 Best Community Hospitals in America. Click Here

3. 15 Key Factors Affecting Hospitals' Longer-Term Outlook. Click Here

4. Chuck Lauer, publisher for 25 years of Modern Healthcare and a legend in the hospital and healthcare arena, has been added as a speaker on keys to effective leadership for the Hospitals and Health Systems - Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues Conference (April 13-14, 2010; Chicago). Great speakers and great topics on hospital core profit issues. Early registration discounts end March 1. Register now and save $200. Learn more. Click Here See below for more highlights.

5. Proposed Pennsylvania Budget Would Cut Medicaid Payments to Hospitals by $73.4M. Click Here

6. Douglas Moyer, Newly Appointed CEO of Mary Black Health System, Discusses Growing Physician Alignment and Surgical Volume. Click Here

7. Change in Nurse Staffing Ratio Meets Resistance at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Click Here

8. David Fox, CEO of Good Samaritan Hospital: Transparency as the Key to Improvement. Click Here

9. AHA and WellPoint CEOs Square Off in WSJ on Hospitals' Role in Rising Healthcare Costs. Click Here

10. Report: Compensation for Maine Hospital Execs Above Average. Click Here

11. 450-Bed Forest Park Hospital in St. Louis Hospital Closing Most Services Except ED. Click Here

12. 4 Trends in Orthopedic and Spine Services in Hospitals and Surgery Centers. Click Here

13. Whistle-Blowing Nurse Against Hospital Physician Acquitted of Felony Charge. Click Here

14. Former Executive at California's Tustin Hospital Agrees to Kickback Plea. Click Here

15. Cleveland Clinic's COO Marc Harrison Discusses Physician Leadership, Increasing Use of Data and Role of Employed Physicians. Click Here

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