Oct. 7, 2011

1. Redesigning Healthcare Delivery Through Bundled Payments for Care: Q&A With Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation's Valinda Rutledge.    

2. 7 Points on CMS' Bundled Payment Initiative.      

3. CHS Acquires Texas' Tomball Regional Medical Center  & 13 More Recent Hospital & Health System Transactions.      

4. 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,    

Interested in Learning More About ASCs? Read:
6 Reasons Why Independent Hospitals and ASCs Face Similar Challenges on a Different Scale.   

5. 4 Best Practices for Supporting Employed Physicians' Independence.        

6. Partners HealthCare, BCBS Massachusetts Finalize Agreement to Reduce Payments by $240M Over 3 Years.      

7. California's Providence Health Forms JV With 5 Physician Groups.     

8. Call for Speakers. We are seeking 3-4 panelists for three sessions at the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting (May 17-18, 2012). Join Bob Woodward, Mike Ditka and Suzy Welch. Panelists needed for the following sessions: 1. What Percentage of Physicians Will be Employed in 5 years?; What Are the Five Best Specialties for Hospitals? 2. What Should a Hospital CEO and CFO be Paid? 3. 3 Core Strategies to Excel as an Independent Hospital.  If interested or to recommend a panelist, email Scott Becker at  sbecker@beckershealthcare.com.

9. OIG Will Review Link Between Physician-Owned Distributorships, Cost.       

10. Upcoming Webinar! Becker's Hospital Review's Health System CEO Webinar - The State of the Industry; Clear Strategies for 2012 (Tue., Nov. 8, 2011, 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM CST) -- sponsored by MedAssets. To register for this webinar, .  

11. 10 Statistics on Oncologist Compensation.    

12. Hospital Interim Leadership Firms Sought. A Becker's reader is seeking the names of top staffing firms that specialize in interim hospital staffing, especially for surgical hospitals. To recommend a firm, please email Scott Becker at sbecker@beckershealthcare.com.  

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

18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference: Improving Profitability & Business and Legal Issues

The Best Annual ASC Business, Legal and Clinical Conference

Oct. 27-29, 2011

Westin Michigan Avenue, Chicago

This exclusive conference brings together surgeons, administrators and ASC business and clinical leaders to discuss how to improve your ASC and its bottom line in these challenging but opportunity-filled times.

The best minds in the ASC field will discuss opportunities for ASCs plus provide practical and immediately useful guidance on how to bring in more cases; improve reimbursement; manage, reduce and benchmark costs; introduce new specialties; engineer a turnaround; work on joint-ventures with hospitals and much, much more.

Highlights include:

- 90 Sessions, 132 Speakers

- Great Keynote Speakers Including 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  

- Earn CME, CASC, CEU Credits

Here are just five of the outstanding presentations at the conference:  

1. How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Accelerate Performance - Adrian Gostick, Author and Global Thought Leader on Workplace Strategy 

2. The View From Washington: Politics, Healthcare Reform and the 2012 Election - Sam Donaldson, ABC News Veteran 

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 

5. Managed Care Negotiation Strategies - Naya Kehayes, CEO & Managing Principal, and Matt Kilton, Principal and COO, EVEIA HEALTH Consulting and Management

Register online by clicking here. You can also call (703) 836-5904 or e-mail registration@ascassociation.org .

34 Companies To Know 

1. Cogent Healthcare:  

www.cogenthealthcare.com

2. HealthCare Appraisers:  tmello@healthcareappraisers.com
www.healthcareappraisers.com  

3. Surgical Directions: www.surgicaldirections.com 

4. VMG Health:
gregk@vmghealth.com
osullivan@vmghealth.com; 

www.vmghealth.com     

 5. TeamHealth:
www.teamhealth.com 

6. Surgical Care Affiliates: joseph.clark@scasurgery.com   www.scasurgery.com     

7. Radisphere:

8. NPAS:   

9. GE:

www.ge.com 

10. Paragon Health:  
www.paragonhlth.com  

11. ASCOA: 

12. SDI:  

www.sdihealth.com  

33. Lawson:  

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