From: Scott Becker <sbecker@beckershealthcare.com>
Subject: [Becker's Hospital Review] 25 Statistics on Physician Salary | Healthcare Better Off Under Automatic Cuts Than Committee? | Avoiding "Stupid" in Healthcare: Q&A With Nebraska Med Center's Glenn Fosdick | IL Investigating 15 Other Systems' Charity Care |
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News & Analysis

Sept. 16, 2011

 

1. 25 Statistics on Physician Salary & Compensation. Click Here  

 

2. 8 Recent Lawsuits Involving Hospitals. Click Here      

 

3. Analyst: Healthcare Better Off Under Automatic Cuts Than Super Committee. Click Here    

 

4. 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference (Oct. 27-29, Chicago) to include keynote speaker Sam Donaldson discussing politics in Washington. He will also moderate a panel on the future of healthcare with Congressman Dr. Tom Price, ASCOA CEO Dr. Brent Lambert, Regent Surgical Health CEO Tom Mallon and PHA President Mike Russel. Early Registration Discounts End Today! To register or learn more, Click Here .    

  

5. Avoiding "Stupid" in Healthcare Leadership: Q&A With Glenn Fosdick, CEO of The Nebraska Medical Center. Click Here  

 

6. Successful Cardiology Integration Must Focus Beyond Gaining Efficiencies. Click Here      

 

7. Upcoming Webinar! Critical Guidance for Hospital Integration of Independent Physicians (Tuesday, Sept. 20,  1:15-2:15 PM CDT. For more information and to register for the free webinar, Click Here

 

8. HCA: Decline in Heart Surgeries Led to Low 2Q Postings. Click Here

 

9. North Carolina's Wake Forest Baptist Sues Whistleblower. Click Here    

 

10. Illinois Investigating 15 Other Systems' Charity Care; Hospitals Rev Up Lobbying. Click Here     

 

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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 

 

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2. Compensation Issues
3.
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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
33 Companies To Know

1. Surgical Directions: www.surgicaldirections.com  

2. TeleTracking:
amie-podolak@teletracking.com;
www.teletracking.com 

3. SDI:  

www.sdihealth.com 

4. VMG Health:
gregk@vmghealth.com
osullivan@vmghealth.com;  
www.vmghealth.com  

5. Surgical Care Affiliates: joseph.clark@scasurgery.com
www.scasurgery.com   

6. Radisphere:

www.radisphere.net   

7. TeamHealth:
www.teamhealth.com 

8. ASCOA: 

www.ascoa.com
9. Cogent Healthcare:
www.cogenthealthcare.com

10. Lawson:  

www.lawson.com 

11. Paragon Health:  
www.paragonhlth.com
12. Medical Facilities Corp.:
www.medicalfacilitiescorp.ca  
13. athenahealth: 
www.athenahealth.com
14. Premier:  
www.premierinc.com
15. MedeAnalytics:
marketing@medeanalytics.com
www.medeanalytics.com
16. Cejka Executive Search:
www.cejkasearch.com  
17
. NAPA Anesthesia:
www.napaanesthesia.com
18.
Somnia Anesthesia:   
solutions@somniainc.com;
www.somniaanesthesiaservices.com
19. HealthCare Appraisers:  tmello@healthcareappraisers.com
www.healthcareappraisers.com
20. Healthcare Facilities  Accreditation Program: 
mshaver@hfap.org;
www.hfap.org
21.
Principle Valuation: tbaker@principlevaluation.com;
www.principlevaluation.com
22. HealthTrust Purchasing Group:
www.healthtrustpg.com
23. West Coast Medical:    
westcstmed@westcmr.com;
www.westcmr.com
24. Symbion: 
mweaver@symbion.com;
www.symbion.com
25. Pinnacle III:

www.pinnacleiii.com 
www.perfectserve.com
26. Lancaster Pollard:
www.lancasterpollard.com    
27. LexisNexis:
www.lexisnexis.com 
28. Wells Fargo Equipment Finance:
www.wellsfargo.com
29. People's Capital:   www.peoples.com  
30. CEP America:
www.cep.com
31. NCO:  

www.ncogroup.com
32. Enhance Healthcare: 

www.enhancehc.com

33. NPAS:   

www.npasweb.com  

 
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