From: Scott Becker <sbecker@beckershealthcare.com>
Subject: [Becker's Hospital Review] 65 Hospitals With Great Cardiology Programs | How CEO Dr. Michael Williams Turned Around Hill Country Memorial | Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Providers Right to Sue Over Medicaid Payments | Why Some Hospital Mergers Fail and Others Don't |
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News & Analysis

Oct. 5, 2011

 

1. 65 Hospitals With Great Cardiology Programs. Click Here     

 

2. Calling it Off: Why Some Hospital Mergers Fail and Others Don't. Click Here    

 

3. Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Medicaid Beneficiaries, Providers Right to Sue States Over Reimbursement Cuts. Click Here     

 

4. Washington Physicians Seek Injunction on New State Law That Limits Medicaid ER Visits. Click Here      

  

5. Fewer than 100 Spots Remain 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, Click Here  

 

6. 3 Steps to Managing Variability in Cost and Quality. Click Here 
 

7. Chuck Lauer: Finding Optimism in Healthcare Change. Click Here   

 

8. Because Good Isn't Good Enough: How CEO Dr. Michael Williams Turned Around Hill Country Memorial Hospital.  Click Here  

       

9. D.C.'s Washington Hospital Center Opens Wing for Kaiser Permanente Members.  Click Here

 

10. Physicians Fight to Keep the Word "Doctor" to Themselves. Click Here      

 

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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 

 

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34 Companies To Know 


1. TeamHealth:
www.teamhealth.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. Surgical Directions: www.surgicaldirections.com 

5. Radisphere:

www.radisphere.net 

 6. NPAS:   

www.npasweb.com

7. GE:

www.ge.com 

8. Paragon Health:  
www.paragonhlth.com  

9. ASCOA: 

www.ascoa.com

10. SDI:  

www.sdihealth.com  

11. Cogent Healthcare:  

www.cogenthealthcare.com

12. Medical Facilities Corp.:
www.medicalfacilitiescorp.ca  
13. athenahealth: 
www.athenahealth.com
14. Premier:  
www.premierinc.com
15. MedeAnalytics:
marketing@medeanalytics.com
www.medeanalytics.com
16. Cejka Executive Search:
www.cejkasearch.com  
17
. NAPA Anesthesia:
www.napaanesthesia.com
18.
Somnia Anesthesia:   
solutions@somniainc.com;
www.somniaanesthesiaservices.com
19. HealthCare Appraisers:  tmello@healthcareappraisers.com
www.healthcareappraisers.com
20. Healthcare Facilities  Accreditation Program: 
mshaver@hfap.org;
www.hfap.org
21.
Principle Valuation: tbaker@principlevaluation.com;
www.principlevaluation.com
22. HealthTrust Purchasing Group:
www.healthtrustpg.com
23. West Coast Medical:    
westcstmed@westcmr.com;
www.westcmr.com
24. Symbion: 
mweaver@symbion.com;
www.symbion.com
25. Pinnacle III:
sschwartz@pinnacleiii.com;
www.pinnacleiii.com   
26. Lancaster Pollard:
www.lancasterpollard.com    
27. LexisNexis:
www.lexisnexis.com 
28. Wells Fargo Equipment Finance:
www.wellsfargo.com
29. People's Capital:   www.peoples.com  
30. CEP America:
www.cep.com
31. NCO:  

www.ncogroup.com
32. Enhance Healthcare: 

www.enhancehc.com

33. Lawson:  

www.lawson.com

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

  

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