From: Scott Becker <sbecker@beckershealthcare.com>
Subject: [Becker's Hospital Review] How to Achieve Accountable Care While Avoiding Downfalls of Medicare ACOs | Holy Cross Hospital, Vanguard Merger Off | Baptist Health, Hardin Memorial to Pay $9M | 200 Spots Remain - Early Reg for the 18th ASC Conf Ends Sept 1 |
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News & Analysis

Aug. 17, 2011

 

1. How to Achieve Accountable Care While Avoiding Downfalls of Medicare ACOs.Click Here     

 

2. 5 Essential Outpatient Venues for Accountable Care. Click Here

 

3. Chicago's Holy Cross Hospital, Vanguard Health Systems Planned Merger Called Off. Click Here       

  

4. Kentucky's Baptist Health, Hardin Memorial to Pay Nearly $9M to Settle Claims of Improper Medicare Billing. Click Here  

 

5. Only 200 Spots Remain; Early Registration Ends Sept. 1! 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.    

 

6. A New Approach to Ambulatory Services: 5 Levels of Ambulatory Care. Click Here     

 

7. Judge Denies BCBS of Michigan's Appeal to Dismiss Antitrust Suit. Click Here     

  

8. Leading Hospital CFOs Sought. Becker's Hospital Review is currently accepting nominations for our annual list of 100 hospital CFOs to know. If you would like to recommend an outstanding CFO for consideration, send his or her name to Molly Gamble at molly@beckersasc.com .    

 

9. 6 New ACO Development Efforts. Click Here

 

10. 10 Metro Areas With Highest Emergency Department Patient Satisfaction. Click Here      

 

 

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3. Should You Sell Your Practice to a Hospital? Kristian A. Werling, Partner, Geoffrey Cockrell, Partner, Gretchen Heinze Townshend, Associate, McGuireWoods

 

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 

 

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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. 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. Lawson:
www.lawson.com
2. Surgical Care Affiliates: joseph.clark@scasurgery.com
www.scasurgery.com
3. VMG Health:
gregk@vmghealth.com
osullivan@vmghealth.com;  
www.vmghealth.com
4. Paragon Health: www.paragonhlth.com
5. ASCOA: 

www.ascoa.com
6. NCO:
www.ncogroup.com
7. Surgical Directions:
www.surgicaldirections.com
8. TeamHealth:
www.teamhealth.com
9. Medical Facilities Corp.:
www.medicalfacilitiescorp.ca 10. TeleTracking:
amie-podolak@teletracking.com;
www.teletracking.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. HealthCare Appraisers:  tmello@healthcareappraisers.com
www.healthcareappraisers.com
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. Cogent Healthcare:
www.cogenthealthcare.com

29. People's Capital:   www.peoples.com  
30. CEP America:
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