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Subject: [Becker's Hospital Review] 10 Traits of Top Healthcare Leaders | How to Negotiate With Insurers | HCA Names 2 Division Presidents | The ASC Industry's Premier Fall Event, Almost Sold Out, Registration Closes Oct. 13th |
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News & Analysis

Sept. 26, 2011

 

1. 10 Traits of Top Healthcare Leaders. Click Here     

 

2. The Ins and Outs of Successful Hospital Insurance Negotiations and Service Pricing. Click Here    

  

3. HCA Names Two Division Presidents; Consolidates 2 Divisions. Click Here       

  

4. The ASC Industry's Premier Fall Event, Almost Sold Out, Registration Closes Oct. 13th! 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. 9 Recommendations for Hospital Health IT Staffing and Training. Click Here    

 

6. U.K. Dismantles $17B Health IT Program; Will U.S. HIT Face the Same Problems?  Click Here

 

7. House Approves Legislation Reauthorizing Children's Hospital GME. Click Here 

 

8. Name Change for N.C. Hospital on Hold Due to Trademark Conflict With Universal Health Services. Click Here       

 

9. Virginia Says Suspended Physician Can Still Operate Medical Center.  Click Here

 

10. 10 Years Later: Virginia Mason Production System Still Going Strong. Click Here     

   

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

 


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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 .

  

 

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2. Compensation Issues
3.
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4. Hospital Leadership & Executive Moves
5. Hospital Transactions & Valuation Issues
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6. Hospital Management & Administration

8. Healthcare IT
9. OR Effeciency
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10. Hospital Key Specialties sponsored by Paragon Health
11. RACs/ICD-9/ICD-10
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12. Quality & Patient Safety
13.
Anesthesia
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34 Companies To Know 


1. Radisphere:

www.radisphere.net 

2. NPAS:   

www.npasweb.com

3. GE:

www.ge.com 

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

5. Surgical Directions: www.surgicaldirections.com 

6. Surgical Care Affiliates: joseph.clark@scasurgery.com   www.scasurgery.co  

7. Paragon Health:  
www.paragonhlth.com  

8. ASCOA: 

www.ascoa.com

9. TeamHealth:
www.teamhealth.com  

10. SDI:  

www.sdihealth.com  

11. Cogent Healthcare:  

www.cogenthealthcare.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. Lawson:  

www.lawson.com

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

  

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