March 25, 2011

Please delete the previous Becker's Hospital Review E-Weekly. This is the correct March 25 edition. Thank you. 

1. Turning a Hospital Around: Q&A With Ellen Zane, CEO of Boston's Tufts Medical Center.  

2. 5 Factors Affecting Physician On-Call Pay.     

3. New Jersey Bill Would Create Medicaid ACOs.    

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5. 13 Recent Hospital Transactions.    

6. North Carolina's CaroMont Health and Blue Cross Create Bundled Payment Program for Knee Replacements.      

7. Free Webinar - Impact of Physician-Hospital Alignment on CV Service Line and Practice Performance as Precursor to Developing ACOs (Tues., March 29, 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM CST). To register, .   

8. Chicago's Loyola University to Receive $100M From Hospital Sale.  

9. Texas' CHRISTUS Health Names Eugene Woods COO.         

10. Study: 71% Clinicians Say Organizations Aren't Doing Enough to Prevent Readmissions.     

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Highlights include:

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

A. Developing a Sustainable Physician Strategy - Kenneth H. Cohn, MD, CEO, Healthcare Collaboration  

B. The Best Thoughts on Physician Alignment - Panel featuring: Chuck Lauer, Former Publisher of Modern Healthcare,  Michael D. Israel, President & CEO, Westchester Medical Center, Joseph A. Scopelliti, MD, Co-CEO, Medical Affairs, Guthrie Health, President & CEO, Guthrie Clinic  

C. Examining Strategic Alternatives - Should Your Hospital, Sell Affiliate or Stay The Course - Rex J. Burgdorfer, Juniper Advisory, Kristian Werling, JD, McGuireWoods  

D. Operational Ideas to Improve Surgical Department Efficiency - Larry Tueber, MD, President, Medical Facilities Corp.   

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