From: [Becker's Hospital Review] <sbecker@beckershealthcare.com>
Subject: Hospitals' Role in Recruiting Physicians Into Private Practice: 4 Touch Points | 18th Annual ASC Conf Early Reg Ends Thursday - Register Today | Shands Healthcare Organ Transplant Programs Halted After Surgeons Suddenly Leave | 16 Stats on Surgeon Comp |
Reply: sbecker@beckershealthcare.com
Becker's Hospital Review
VMG Health: www.vmghealth.com
News & Analysis

Aug. 26, 2011

 

1. Naming Challenges: When and Why to Consider a Hospital Brand Makeover. Click Here

 

2. Hospitals' Role in Recruiting Physicians Into Private Practice: 4 Touch Points. Click Here      

 

3. Organ Transplant Programs Halted After Surgeons Suddenly Leave Shands HealthCare in Florida. Click Here      

  

4. Less than 170 Spots Remain; Early Registration Ends Sept. 1! 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. 9 Observations on the Ambulatory Surgery Market.  Click Here    

6. Connecticut's Waterbury Hospital, St. Mary's Health to Merge Under JV With LHP.  Click Here        

 

7. Massachusetts' Cooley Dickinson Hospital Considers Vanguard, Mass General as Potential Partners. Click Here     

 

8. Upcoming Webinar: Critical Guidance for Hospital Integration of Independent Physicians (Tues., Sept. 20, 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM CDT). For more information and to register for the free webinar,

Click Here .  

  

9. CMS Accepts Parkland Memorial Corrective Action Plan Following Violations That Put Medicare Participation at Risk. Click Here  

 

10. 16 Statistics on Surgeon Compensation by Specialty. Click Here  

 

Responses Sought: Becker's Hospital Review is seeking responses from hospital executives to the question, "How much will your hospital invest in healthcare information technology in the next year?  In what areas?" Responses may be published online. Send responses to Lindsey Dunn at lindsey@beckersasc.com.   

 

Visit our other publications: Becker's ASC Review & Becker's Orthopedic Spine Review.   

 


Learn More About Our Featured E-Weekly Advertisers: VMG Health, Medical Facilities Corp. and SDI


18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference: Improving Profitability & Business and Legal Issues

The Best Annual ASC Business, Legal and Clinical Conference


Oct. 27-29, 2011

Westin Michigan Avenue, Chicago

 

October 2011 Brochure

This exclusive conference brings together surgeons, administrators and ASC business and clinical leaders to discuss how to improve your ASC and its bottom line in these challenging but opportunity-filled times.

 

The best minds in the ASC field will discuss opportunities for ASCs plus provide practical and immediately useful guidance on how to bring in more cases; improve reimbursement; manage, reduce and benchmark costs; introduce new specialties; engineer a turnaround; work on joint-ventures with hospitals and much, much more.

 



Highlights include:

- 90 Sessions, 132 Speakers

- Great Keynote Speakers Including Bill Walton, Hall of Fame NBA Basketball  Player; Sam Donaldson, ABC News Veteran and former Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News; and Adrian Gostick, Author and Global Thought Leader on Workplace Strategy  

- Earn CME, CASC, CEU Credits

 

Here are just five of the outstanding presentations at the conference:  

 

1. How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Accelerate Performance - Adrian Gostick, Author and Global Thought Leader on Workplace Strategy 

 

2. The View From Washington: Politics, Healthcare Reform and the 2012 Election - Sam Donaldson, ABC News Veteran 

 

3. The Best Ideas to Improve Volume and Profits - Bryan Zowin, President, Physician Advantage, John C. Steinmann, MD,Renovis Surgical Technologies, Robin Fowler, MD, Executive Director and Owner, Interventional Management Services, and Keith Metz, MD 

 

4. How to Evaluate & Implement New Profitable Services Into an ASC - Robert Zasa, Founder, ASD Management, and Kenneth Austin, MD, Rockland Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 

 

5. Advanced Benchmarking of Financial and Clinical Results - John Goehle, CPA, Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies   

 

Register online by clicking here. You can also call (703) 836-5904 or e-mail registration@ascassociation.org .

  

 

*           *           *

 

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO OUR E-WEEKLY UPDATE FROM BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW, PLEASE E-MAIL SBECKER@MCGUIREWOODS.COM, OR GO TO WWW.HOSPITALREVIEWMAGAZINE.COM.
http://www.medicalfacilitiesnews.com/mfc.php
http://www.brainshark.com/sdi/transform?text&txt=BSWEB0811
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. Hospital Key Specialties - sponsored by Paragon Health
11. RACs/ICD-9/ICD-10
- sponsored by AHIMA
12. Quality & Patient Safety
13.
Anesthesia - sponsored by Somnia Anesthesia Services
32 Companies To Know
1. VMG Health:
gregk@vmghealth.com
osullivan@vmghealth.com;  
www.vmghealth.com
2. Medical Facilities Corp.:
www.medicalfacilitiescorp.ca  
3. SDI:

www.sdihealth.com 

4. Lawson:  

www.lawson.com 

5. Surgical Directions:

www.surgicaldirections.com  
6. ASCOA: 

www.ascoa.com 
7. Paragon Health:  
www.paragonhlth.com
8. CMS:

www.cms.gov/ehrincentiveprograms

9. TeamHealth:
www.teamhealth.com
10. TeleTracking:
amie-podolak@teletracking.com;
www.teletracking.com
11. athenahealth: 
www.athenahealth.com
12. Premier:  
www.premierinc.com
13. MedeAnalytics:
marketing@medeanalytics.com
www.medeanalytics.com
14. Cejka Executive 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. HealthCare Appraisers:  tmello@healthcareappraisers.com
www.healthcareappraisers.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    
26. LexisNexis:
www.lexisnexis.com 
27. Wells Fargo Equipment Finance:
www.wellsfargo.com
28. Cogent Healthcare:
www.cogenthealthcare.com

29. People's Capital:   www.peoples.com  
30. CEP America:
www.cep.com
31. NCO:  

www.ncogroup.com
32. Surgical Care Affiliates:
joseph.clark@scasurgery.com
www.scasurgery.com   
Contacts
For more information about print and online stories, please contact:

Lindsey Dunn
Editor in Chief
(312) 929-2771

e-mail Lindsey

For more information about advertising and exhibiting, please contact:

Jessica Cole
President and CEO
(800) 417-2035
e-mail Jessica
Join Our Mailing List
This email was sent to scott@beckersasc.com by sbecker@beckershealthcare.com |  
Becker's Hospital Review | 315 Vernon Avenue | Glencoe | IL | 60022