From: Scott Becker <sbecker@beckershealthcare.com>
Subject: [Becker's Hospital Review] How Would You Fix Medicare? 6 Hospital Leaders Respond | Hospital Payments Up 1.1%.Under Final IPPS Rule | Tenet Doubles Income | Geisinger to Pay $1.3M Over Improper Billing |
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News & Analysis

Aug. 5, 2011

 

1. How Would You Fix Medicare and Medicaid? 6 Hospital Leaders Respond. Click Here       

  

2. CMS Issues Final IPPS Rule, Net Medicare Reimbursements to Increase 1.1%. Click Here    

 

3. Tenet Revenues Up 3.1%, Net Income Doubles on Increased Admissions. Click Here View Recent Quarterly Earnings From 5 Other For-Profit Hospital Operators, Click Here

   

4. Geisinger Medical Center to Pay $1.3M to Settle Charges of Improper Medicare Billing. Click Here      

   

5. Download a Recording of "ASCs - the State of the Industry; Consolidation vs. Independent; How to Work With Service Providers; ACOs and Healthcare." The Webinar featured Brian Mathis of Surgical Care Affiliates, Julie Dietz of GE Healthcare and Scott Becker of McGuireWoods. Click Here  

6. 6 Alternative Sources of Capital for Hospitals. Click Here     

  

7. Register Today for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference - Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues featuring keynote speakers Sam Donaldson, Adrian Gostick and Bill Walton (October 27-29; Chicago). To register or learn more, Click Here.      

 

8. Study: Higher Readmission Rate May Offset Hospitalists' Savings. Click Here

 

9. Becoming a Champion of Change in Healthcare. Click Here     

 

10. 10 Keys to Successful Anesthesia Employment Models. Click Here

 

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

 


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3. 10 Statistics Your ASC Should Review Each Day, Week and Month and What to Do About Them - Reginal Robinson, Director, Peninsula Surgery Center

 

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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
30 Companies To Know

1. Cogent Healthcare:
www.cogenthealthcare.com
2. Surgical Directions:
www.surgicaldirections.com
3. VMG Health:
gregk@vmghealth.com
osullivan@vmghealth.com;  
www.vmghealth.com
4. Medical Facilities Corp.:
www.medicalfacilitiescorp.ca 
5. TeamHealth:
www.teamhealth.com
6. Surgical Care Affiliates:
joseph.clark@scasurgery.com
www.scasurgery.com
7. ASCOA: 
www.ascoa.com
8. HealthCare Appraisers:  tmello@healthcareappraisers.com
www.healthcareappraisers.com
9. TeleTracking:
amie-podolak@teletracking.com;
www.teletracking.com
10. Paragon Health:
www.paragonhlth.com  
11.
athenahealth: 
www.athenahealth.com
12. Premier:  
www.premierinc.com
13. MedeAnalytics:
marketing@medeanalytics.com
www.medeanalytics.com
14. Cejka Executive Search:
www.cejkasearch.com
15.
NPAS: 
www.npasweb.com
   
16. NAPA Anesthesia:
www.napaanesthesia.com
17.
Somnia Anesthesia:   
solutions@somniainc.com;
www.somniaanesthesiaservices.com
18. Radisphere:
www.radisphere.net
19. Healthcare Facilities  Accreditation Program: 
mshaver@hfap.org;
www.hfap.org
20.
Principle Valuation: tbaker@principlevaluation.com;
www.principlevaluation.com
21. HealthTrust Purchasing Group:
www.healthtrustpg.com
22. West Coast Medical:    
westcstmed@westcmr.com;
www.westcmr.com
23. Symbion: 
mweaver@symbion.com;
www.symbion.com
24. Pinnacle III:

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