Oct. 12, 2011

1. From Treating the Sick to Managing Community Health: Hospitals' New Role in Managing Population Health.      

2. From Nurse to CEO: Q&A With Marina Del Rey CEO Fred Hunter.          

3. New York Downtown Hospital Settles Medicaid Fraud, Kickback Allegations.        

4. Register Now for the Best Annual ASC Business, Legal and Clinical Conference - The 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference: Improving Profitably and Business and Legal Issues (Oct. 27-29, Chicago). Features Keynote Speakers 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. To learn more and register,     

5. 4 Strategies to Encourage Evidence-Based Medicine in Hospitals.    

6. Kentucky AG Rules University Hospital is Public; Could Affect Merger. 

7. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Could Be Privatized.      

8. Maryland's St. Joseph Medical Center Looks for Partner After Stent Controversy.   

9.  Speakers and/or panelists sought for a session on hospital quality initiatives and achieving great quality outcomes at Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting (May 17-18, 2012; Chicago). If you would like to suggest a chief medical officer and director of quality for the panel, please email Scott Becker at sbecker@beckershealthcare.com. Self-nominations are welcome. 

10. Only 9% of Physicians Feel Ready for "Business Side" of Medicine.  

11. In Transition: How to Find the Right Interim Hospital CEO.     

12. Correction: An article in Monday's E-Weekly incorrectly stated  that NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital agreed to pay $995,000 to settle Medicare fraud charges. NewYork-Presbyterian was named in the lawsuit, but will not pay any damages or settlement in the case. To read the updated article, .  

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

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

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

5. Managed Care Negotiation Strategies - Naya Kehayes, CEO & Managing Principal, and Matt Kilton, Principal and COO, EVEIA HEALTH Consulting and Management

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

35 Companies To Know 

1.Objective Health:

www.objectivehealth.com 

 2. Point B:

www.pointb.com 

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

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

www.vmghealth.com     

5. Surgical Directions: www.surgicaldirections.com

 6. TeamHealth:
www.teamhealth.com 

7. Radisphere:

8. NPAS:   

9. GE:

www.ge.com 

10. Paragon Health:  
www.paragonhlth.com  

11. ASCOA: 

12. Cogent Healthcare:  

www.cogenthealthcare.com

32. SDI:  

www.sdihealth.com   

33. Lawson:  

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

35. athenahealth: 
www.athenahealth.com