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April 14, 2010
1. Heartland Health CEO Mark Laney: Health Reform Presents Opportunity for Performing Better and Smarter.  2. Update on Trends in Hospital Financing With Claudia Gourdon of Healthcare Finance Group.  3. Hospital
Chain HCA Readies $3 Billion IPO.  4 . Free Webinar: Hospitals and Surgery Centers Key Thoughts on Strategic Planning (May 3; 11:30-12:30pm CST). Hear David Fleisch, Partner, Bain & Company; Andrew Hayek, President & CEO, Surgical Care Affiliates; Brent Lambert, MD, President and Owner, Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America; and Luke Lambert, CEO, Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America. To register and learn more, . 5. Sacred Heart CEO Steve Ronstrom: Hardwiring Mission and Values Into the Hospital Culture. 
6. The
"Co-Managed" Hospital-Owned ASC:
An Alternative Partnership Model.  7. Without a Suitor, New York's St. Vincent's to Close. 
8. Becker's Hospital Review is currently seeking nominations for a list of the best hospital CEOs in America. If you would like to nominate an outstanding CEO for consideration, please email Scott Becker at sbecker@mcguirewoods.com or Lindsey Dunn at lindsey@beckersasc.com.
9. Trial Begins in Anesthesia Case Against New York Hospital. 
10. Tennessee's Covenant Health and Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System Announce Merger. 
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8th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 10-12, 2010; Chicago)
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Early Registration Ends May 1. Two new sessions on the impact of healthcare reform on ASCs and physician-owned hospitals added.
Also hear David Abraham, MD, Reading Neck & Spine Center, speak on "ASC vs. Hospital Reimbursement Comparison"; Greg Poulter, MD, Peak One Surgery Center, and Lisa Austin, RN, CASC, Vice President of Operations, Pinnacle III, speak on "Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in ASCs"; and Bill Gilbert, Vice President of Marketing, AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, speak on "Diving Revenues Up by Driving Denials Down." To register, click here. |