From: Scott Becker <sbecker@beckershealthcare.com>
Subject: [Becker's Hospital Review] 200 Hospital Benchmarks | Providence, Swedish to Combine But Keep Individual Brands | NewYork-Presby to Pay $995k to Settle Fraud Charges | Moody's: 6 Reasons for Gloomy Non-Profit Hospital Outlook |
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News & Analysis

Oct. 10, 2011

 

1. 200 Hospital Benchmarks. Click Here     

 

2. From Stable to Negative: 6 Reasons Behind Gloomy Non-Profit Hospital Outlooks. Click Here    

 

3. Washington's Providence, Swedish to Combine but Keep Individual Brands. Click Here     

 

4. NewYork-Presbyterian to Pay $995k to Settle Medicare Fraud Charges. Click Here       

    

5. 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, Click Here.

  

6. Leading Change With Vigor: 6 Questions and Answers for Hospital CEOs. Click Here        

  

7. 21 Hospital & Health System Executives Moves.  Click Here

 

8. 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   

 

9. UPMC Conducts Internal Review of Roughly 400 Cardiac Stent Procedures. Click Here    

 

10. California Nurses Assn Files Complaint Alleging Sutter Imposed Illegal Lockout. Click Here       

 

11. Creating a Culture of Open Communication in a Hospital OR. Click Here  

 

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Highlights include:

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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

 

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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 Management & Administration

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

35 Companies To Know 


1. Objective Health:

www.objectivehealth.com 

2. Surgical Directions: www.surgicaldirections.com  

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

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

www.vmghealth.com     

5. TeamHealth:
www.teamhealth.com 

 6. Radisphere:

www.radisphere.net 

7. NPAS:   

www.npasweb.com

8. GE:

www.ge.com 

9. Paragon Health:  
www.paragonhlth.com  

10. ASCOA: 

www.ascoa.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. SDI:  

www.sdihealth.com   

34. Lawson:  

www.lawson.com

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

  

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