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Subject: [Becker's Hospital Review E-Weekly] 10 Hospital CEOs Age 40 or Younger | CMS Report Finds Proposed Medicare Cuts Could Hurt Hospital Profitability | MedPAC Considers Full Market Basket Update for Hospitals to Adjust for Inflation |
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December 16, 2009
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1. 10 Hospital CEOs Age 40 or Younger. Click Here

2. CMS Report Finds Proposed Medicare Cuts Could Significantly Hurt Hospital Profitability. Click Here

3. CEO Spotlight: Q & A With Peter Bastone of Mission Hospital. Click Here

4. Hospitals and Health Systems: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues Conference (April 13-14, 2010; Chicago) Brochure Now Available. Click Here 45 expert speakers and 37 sessions focused on CEOs and CFOs, and improving profits and efficiency immediately. See below for more highlights.

5. MedPAC Considers Full "Market Basket" Update for Hospitals to Adjust for Inflation. Click Here

6. New Analysis of Health Reform Bills Shows Language to Limit Physician-Owned Hospitals Could Affect 70K Jobs. Click Here

7. Now Accepting Nominations for Becker's Hospital Review/Becker's ASC Review "50 Best Places to Work in Healthcare - 2010." Click Here

8. SSM Pays $1.7M in Back Wages for Work During Breaks; Other Hospitals Named in Lawsuits With Similar Concerns. Click Here


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The brochure for Hospitals and Health Systems: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues Conference (April 13-14, 2010; Chicago) is now available by clicking here (pdf). This exclusive conference focused on hospital and health system CEOs and CFOs brings together hospital business and strategy leaders to discuss how to improve your organization and its bottom line in these challenging but opportunity-filled times.

Highlights include:
  1. 37 sessions providing great practical guidance for CEOs and CFOs that can improve profits and efficiency immediately.
  2. 45 industry expert speakers.
  3. Great keynote speakers including Chris Karam, President & CEO of CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System; Dr. Paul Summerside, Chairman of the Board of Aurora BayCare Medical Center; Alex Rintoul, CEO of Medical Center at St. Elizabeth Place; and Dan Moen, CEO of Legacy Health Systems.
  4. Networking with hundreds of CEOs, CFOs, industry leaders, speakers and exhibitors.
  5. Useful guidance to help you become dominant in key service line areas - orthopedic, oncology, neurosurgery and cardiology.
  6. Improve reimbursement; manage, reduce and benchmark costs; introduce new specialties; work on joint-ventures and much, much more.
For more information about the program, please download the conference brochure (PDF), click here or call (800) 417-2035. There are four ways you can register:
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  4. Fax. Print the conference brochure (PDF), fill-out the registration on p. 5 and fax it to (866) 678-5755.
 
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