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Subject: [Becker's Hospital Review E-Weekly] May/June Issue Now Online: 50 Things to Know About ACO Regs | 5 Ways to Improve P4P | Chuck Lauer on Finding the Model Healthcare Executive | Consumer Access to Data Increases Hospital Expectations | And 20 More Articles! |
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Becker's Hospital Review


News & Analysis

May 2, 2011

Download the May/June Digital Edition.Click Here 

1. 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare.Click Here
2. 12 Best Practices for Hospitals Great Places to Work.Click Here

3. 50 Things to Know About the Proposed ACO Regulations. Click Here
4. Publisher's Letter: May/June 2011.Click Here
5. Finding the Model Healthcare Executive.Click Here

6. Physician Integration: Hospital Medical Leaders Share Challenges, Strategies.Click Here

7. Physician Integration May Be "Tipping Point" for Success of ACOs.Click Here

8. 5 Opportunities for Physicians and Hospitals to Realign in Preparation for ACOs.Click Here

9. ACO Pioneers: Q&A With Leaders From The Nebraska Medical Center and Atlantic Health.Click Here
10. 10 Recently Formed ACOs.Click Here  

 

11. Early Registration Discounts Extended to 5/9! Register Today for the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference - Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 9-11, 2011; Chicago). To register or learn more, Click Here.

12. 5 Ways to Improve Pay-for-Performance. Click Here
13. 8 Steps to Building a Truly Transparent Hospital. Click Here

14. Consumer Access to Hospital Data Places High Expectations on Facilities. Click Here

15. Involving Anesthesia in Transparency and ACOs: Q&A With Somnia Chief Medical Officer Dr. Rob Goldstein. Click Here
16. Putting Communities in Charge of Hospitals' Future. Click Here
17. An Examination of Ownership Models of ASC JVs. Click Here
18. 8 Problems Surrounding Meaningful Use. Click Here

19. Federal Meaningful Use Workgroup Goes to Work on Stage 2 Deadlines and Requirements. Click Here
19. 8 Steps to Smoothly Achieve Meaningful Use. Click Here
20. 4 Predictions on the Switch to ICD-10. Click Here

21. Squeezing Water From a Stone: How to Get More From Existing Capacity and Add More to Your Bottom Line. Click Here

22. 5 Strategies to Improve Patient Flow in a Busy Hospital. Click Here
23. Hospital & Health System Transactions. Click Here
24. Hospital & Health System Executives Moves. Click Here 


Access all articles and download the entire issue. Click Here  

 

 

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Hear keynote speakers including Legendary NFL Football Player and Coach Mike Ditka and Healthcare Futurist Joe Flower, and learn practical guidance to boost your ASC's profitability immediately at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 9-11; Chicago). Registration spots are going fast so register today! 95 percent of exhibits sold out.  

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1. 101 sessions and 134 speakers, including 25 CEOs and 30 physician leaders as speakers, focused on immediately useful guidance for orthopedic, spine and pain management surgeons who own ambulatory surgical centers

2. Great keynote speakers including legendary NFL Coach Mike Ditka and Healthcare Futurist Joe Flower

3. Last year's event included 725 attendees and 65 exhibitors

4. Register before May 1 and save $100; additional discounts when registering 2 or more attendees, and for ASC Association members and paid Becker's ASC Review subscribers

5. Here are just four of the more than 100 sessions:

 

A. Key Concepts to Fixing Physician Hospital Joint Ventures Gone South - Brent W. Lambert, MD, Principal & Founder, and Luke Lambert, CFA, CEO, ASCOA 

 

B. Buying and Selling ASCS - HOPDs and National Companies, Co-Management and ACOs - Current Market Trends - Scott Becker, JD, Partner, and Amber Walsh, JD, Partner, McGuireWoods

   

C. Establishing and Operating Successfully in a Small Market - Joseph Zasa, JD, Partner, ASC Management, and T.K. Miller, MD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Surgery, VTC School of Medicine, Medical Director, Roanoke Ambulatory Surgery Center, Carilion Clinic Orthopaedics/Sports Medicine 

  

D. Dealing With Difficult Physicians - Michael R. Redler, MD, The OSM Center   

 

Learn more about the conference by clicking here.

Register online by clicking here. You can also call (703) 836-5904 or e-mail registration@ascassociation.org. To sponsor or exhibit at the conference, contact Jessica Cole at jessica@beckersasc.com.

 
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Channels
1.Physician-Hospital Relationships  & ACOs - sponsored by Regent Surgical Health
2. Compensation Issues
3.
Stark Act/Antikickback Statute/False Claims
4. Hospital Leadership & Executive Moves
5. Hospital Transactions & Valuation Issues- sponsored by VMG Health
6. Hospital Finance & Business News

8. Healthcare IT
9. OR Effeciency - sponsored by NAPA
10. RACs/ICD-9/ICD-10 - sponsored by AHIMA
11. Quality & Patient Safety
12.
Anesthesia - sponsored by Somnia Anesthesia Services
30 Companies To Know
1. 29. LexisNexis:
www.lexisnexis.com 
2. ASCOA: 

www.ascoa.com
3. Wells Fargo Equipment Finance:
www.wellsfargo.com/financing
4. VMG Health:
gregk@vmghealth.com
osullivan@vmghealth.com;  
www.vmghealth.com 
5. Cogent Healthcare:
www.cogenthealthcare.com
6. GapLink Solutions:
www.gaplinksolutions.com
7. Medical Facilities Corp.:
www.medicalfacilitiescorp.ca  
8. Surgical Care Affiliates:
joseph.clark@scasurgery.com
www.scasurgery.com   
9. Healthcare REIT:
www.hcreit.com
10. Fi-Med:
www.fimed.com 
11. Life Line Screening:
www.lifelinescreening.com
12. MedeAnalytics:
marketing@medeanalytics.com
www.medeanalytics.com
13. NCO Group:
www.ncogroup.com  
14. TeleTracking:
amie-podolak@teletracking.com;
www.teletracking.com     
15. Cejka Search:
www.cejkasearch.com
16. athenahealth: 
www.athenahealth.com
17. NPAS: 
www.npasweb.com
   
18. NAPA Anesthesia:
www.napaanesthesia.com
19.
Somnia Anesthesia:   
solutions@somniainc.com;
www.somniaanesthesiaservices.com
20. HealthCare Appraisers:  tmello@healthcareappraisers.com
www.healthcareappraisers.com
21. Healthcare Facilities  Accreditation Program: 
mshaver@hfap.org;
www.hfap.org
22.
Principle Valuation: tbaker@principlevaluation.com;
www.principlevaluation.com
23. Premier:
www.premierinc.com
24. HealthTrust Purchasing Group:
www.healthtrustpg.com
25. West Coast Medical:    
westcstmed@westcmr.com;
www.westcmr.com
26. Symbion: 
mweaver@symbion.com;
www.symbion.com
27. Pinnacle III:

www.pinnacleiii.com 
www.perfectserve.com
28. TeamHealth:
www.teamhealth.com
29. CMS: 
www.cms.gov 30. Lancaster Pollard:
www.lancasterpollard.com 
 
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