From: Scott Becker <sbecker@beckershealthcare.com>
Subject: [Becker's Hospital Review] Beating Your Hospital's "Personal Best": Q&A With Hospital for Special Surgery CEO Louis Shapiro | 11 Recent Hospital Exec Moves | Steward to Acquire Quincy Med Center | Spectrum Health Creates Physician Alliance |
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July 5, 2011

 

1. 11 Recent Hospital and Health System Executive Moves. Click Here 

      

2. Beating Your Hospital's "Personal Best": Q&A With Hospital for Special Surgery CEO Louis Shapiro. Click Here      

 

3. Steward to Acquire Massachusetts' Quincy Medical Center. Click Here   

 

4. Register Today for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference - Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues featuring keynote speakers Sam Donaldson, Adrian Gostick and Bill Walton (October 27-29; Chicago). To register or learn more, Click Here.  

 

5. Trends in Hospital Executive Compensation: Q&A With Deedra Hartung of Cejka Executive Search. Click Here     

 

6. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches Online Directory to Compare Local Hospitals, Physician. Click Here

 

7. Michigan's Spectrum Health Creates Physician Alliance to Promote Integration. Click Here  

 

8. Judge: Randolph Medical Center Cannot File for Bankruptcy. Click Here

  

9. Judge Dismisses Age Discrimination Suit by Former Battle Creek Health CEO.Click Here 

 

10. Free Webinar: Guaranteed Resource Use: New Savings and New Revenues (Wednesday, July 20; 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM CDT). To register for this webinar, Click Here. 

 

11. Stage 2 of Meaningful Use Projected to Stay in Line With Policy Committee Measures. Click Here     

 

12. 4 Benefits of Hybrid ORs. Click Here  

 

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1. Cost Reduction & Benchmarking: 10 Key Steps to Immediately Improve Profits - Rob Westergard, CPA, CFO, Susan Kirzirian, COO, and Ann Geier, Vice President of Operations, ASCOA 

 

2. Physican-Hospital Joint Ventures: How to Resolve Conflict and Keep the Venture Thriving - Dawn McLane, Regional VP, Health Inventures, Tom Yerden, CEO, TRY Healthcare Solutions  

 

3. Anti Kickback and Stark Act Compliance: Common Issues for ASCs - Scott Becker, JD, CPA, Partner, McGuireWoods, and Lainey Gilmer, JD, McGuireWoods 

 

4. Accreditation 101: Everything You Need to Know About Accreditation - Bernard McDonnell, DO, Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program  

 

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1. ASCOA: 
www.ascoa.com
2. Medical Facilities Corp.:
www.medicalfacilitiescorp.ca
 3. athenahealth: 
www.athenahealth.com 4. VMG Health:
gregk@vmghealth.com
osullivan@vmghealth.com;  
www.vmghealth.com
5. HealthCare Appraisers:  tmello@healthcareappraisers.com
www.healthcareappraisers.com
6. Surgical Care Affiliates: joseph.clark@scasurgery.com
www.scasurgery.com
7. Paragon Health:
www.paragonhlth.com
8. TeamHealth:
www.teamhealth.com
9. LexisNexis:
www.lexisnexis.com 
10. Premier:  
www.premierinc.com
11. TeleTracking:
amie-podolak@teletracking.com;
www.teletracking.com  
12. People's Capital:   www.peoples.com   
13. MedeAnalytics:
marketing@medeanalytics.com
www.medeanalytics.com
14. Cejka Search:
www.cejkasearch.com
15.
NPAS: 
www.npasweb.com
   
16. NAPA Anesthesia:
www.napaanesthesia.com
17.
Somnia Anesthesia:   
solutions@somniainc.com;
www.somniaanesthesiaservices.com
18. Cogent Healthcare:
www.cogenthealthcare.com
19. Healthcare Facilities  Accreditation Program: 
mshaver@hfap.org;
www.hfap.org
20.
Principle Valuation: tbaker@principlevaluation.com;
www.principlevaluation.com
21. HealthTrust Purchasing Group:
www.healthtrustpg.com
22. West Coast Medical:    
westcstmed@westcmr.com;
www.westcmr.com
23. Symbion: 
mweaver@symbion.com;
www.symbion.com
24. Pinnacle III:

www.pinnacleiii.com 
www.perfectserve.com
25. Lancaster Pollard:
www.lancasterpollard.com    
16. Radisphere:
www.radisphere.net
27. Wells Fargo Equipment Finance:
www.wellsfargo.com
28. Redspin:
www.redspin.com
info@redspin.com
29. Lawson:
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30. CEP America:

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