From: Scott Becker <sbecker@beckershealthcare.com>
Subject: [Becker's Hospital Review] 10 Recent Hospital Transactions | 13 Key Questions for Hospital-Physician Relationships - Assessing Legal Compliance | RACs Focusing on One-Day Stays | Reg. Now for the 9th Ortho, Spine and ASC Conf. |
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News & Analysis

May 25, 2011

 

1. 10 Recent Hospital Transactions. Click Here    

  

2. 13 Key Questions for Hospital-Physician Relationships - Assessing Legal Compliance.  Click Here

  

3. RACs Focusing on One-Day Stays, RACTrac Survey Reports. Click Here

 

4. Free Upcoming Webinar: Best Practices for Anesthesia Onboarding and Change Management (Tues., June 14, 2011 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM CDT). To register and learn more, Click Here.

 

5. Will Pioneer ACOs Come to the Rescue, or is the Government Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic?  Click Here    

 

6. Opposition to Pascack Valley Hospital's Reopening Heads to New Jersey's Supreme Court.  Click Here

 

7. Loyola University Health CEO Paul Whelton to Resign. Click Here

 

8. Register Today for the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference - Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 9-11, 2011; Chicago). To register or learn more, Click Here.

 

9. First Medicare Payments to Be Paid Out to Meaningful EHR Users. Click Here  

 

10. 12 False Claims and Fraud Lawsuits Involving Physicians. Click Here

 

 

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

 

 

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3. Last year's event included 725 attendees and 65 exhibitors

4. Register before May 1 and save $100; additional discounts when registering 2 or more attendees, and for ASC Association members and paid Becker's ASC Review subscribers

5. Here are just four of the more than 100 sessions:

 

A. The Changing Face of Healthcare Delivery - What to Expect Over the Next Ten years - Joe Flower, CEO, The Change Project 

 

B. Orthopedic and Spine Contracting - A Review of Cost Analysis for Orthopedic and Spine and How to Present and Negotiate With Payors - I. Naya Kehayes, Managing Principal and CEO, and Matt Kilton, Principal and COO, Eveia Health Consulting & Management   

 

C. Operational Best Practices - Sarah Martin, Regional Vice President, Operations, Merdician Surgical Partners 

 

D. ASC Safe Harbor Redemptions, Physician Compensation Compliance, Internal Investigations and Increased Government Investigations - Scott Becker, Partner, Gretchen Townshend, Associate and Shara Chacko, Associate, McGuireWoods LLP  

 

Learn more about the conference by clicking here


Register online by clicking here. You can also call (703) 836-5904 or e-mail registration@ascassociation.org. To sponsor or exhibit at the conference, contact Jessica Cole at jessica@beckersasc.com.

 
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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. RACs/ICD-9/ICD-10 - sponsored by AHIMA
11. Quality & Patient Safety
12.
Anesthesia - sponsored by Somnia Anesthesia Services
34 Companies To Know
1. VMG Health:
gregk@vmghealth.com
osullivan@vmghealth.com;  
www.vmghealth.com 2. Surgical Care Affiliates: joseph.clark@scasurgery.com
www.scasurgery.com  
3. HealthCare Appraisers:  tmello@healthcareappraisers.com
www.healthcareappraisers.com
4. People's Capital:   www.peoples.com 
5. ASCOA: 
www.ascoa.com
6. CEP America:
www.cep.com
7. Paragon Health:
www.paragonhlth.com
8. Radisphere:
www.radisphere.ne
9. LexisNexis:
www.lexisnexis.com 
10. Premier:  
www.premierinc.com
11. TeamHealth:
www.teamhealth.com
12. GapLink Solutions:
www.gaplinksolutions.com
13. Healthcare REIT:
www.hcreit.com
14.
CMS: 
www.cms.gov
15. TeleTracking:
amie-podolak@teletracking.com;
www.teletracking.com  
16. athenahealth: 
www.athenahealth.com
17. MedeAnalytics:
marketing@medeanalytics.com
www.medeanalytics.com
18. NCO Group:
www.ncogroup.com  
19. Cejka Search:
www.cejkasearch.com
20. NPAS: 
www.npasweb.com
   
21. NAPA Anesthesia:
www.napaanesthesia.com
22.
Somnia Anesthesia:   
solutions@somniainc.com;
www.somniaanesthesiaservices.com
23. Healthcare Facilities  Accreditation Program: 
mshaver@hfap.org;
www.hfap.org
24.
Principle Valuation: tbaker@principlevaluation.com;
www.principlevaluation.com
25. HealthTrust Purchasing Group:
www.healthtrustpg.com
26. West Coast Medical:    
westcstmed@westcmr.com;
www.westcmr.com
27. Symbion: 
mweaver@symbion.com;
www.symbion.com
28. Pinnacle III:

www.pinnacleiii.com 
www.perfectserve.com
29. Lancaster Pollard:
www.lancasterpollard.com    
30. Fi-Med:
www.fimed.com 
31. Life Line Screening:
www.lifelinescreening.com
32. Medical Facilities Corp.:
www.medicalfacilitiescorp.ca 
33. Wells Fargo Equipment Finance:
www.wellsfargo.com
34. Cogent Healthcare:
www.cogenthealthcare.com
 
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