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Hospital Review
December 2013
Editorial
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Vol. 2013 No. 12
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Publisher's Letter
300 Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know
Clinical Integration & ACOs
23 Factors Associated With ACO Formation
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23 Study: Patient-Centered Medical Homes Have Higher Operating Costs, Revenues
23 Study: 5 Drivers of Physician Satisfaction
24
Accountable Care Organizations and Market Share: Could Care Coordination Drive
Monopolization?
26
Countdown to the Biggest Year of Healthcare Reform: AHA President and CEO Rich
Umbdenstock Discusses Challenges, How Hospitals Will Adjust
Executive Briefing: Reducing Hospital Readmissions
29 5 Steps for Reducing Inappropriate Hospital Readmissions
33
Becker's Hospital Review 5th Annual Meeting Brochure
Transaction & Valuation Issues
43 Healthcare Merger and Acquisition Activity Up 20%
Q3
43 oody's: 5 Key For-Profit Hospital Consolidation Trends
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43 enet Closes on $4.3B Vanguard Acquisition
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Executive Briefing: Employee Leasing Agreements
44 7 Key Components of Employee Leasing Arrangements
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47 Observations About the EHR Market in 2013 and Beyond
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Executive Briefing: Enterprise Imaging
49 The New World of Visual Healthcare
Enterprise and Regional Imaging Optimizes the EHR
Finance, Revenue Cycle & ICD-10
50 FOs as "Chief Flight Officers": CHE Trinity Health's Ben Carter on Financial
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Leadership Today
51 Lowe's, Wal-Mart Strike Deal With 4 Hospitals for Hip, Knee Replacements
51 S&P: Financial Profiles of Lower-Rated, Small Hospitals Will Weaken
Executive Briefing: ICD-10
53 he Financial Risks of Transitioning to ICD-10: Key Considerations for Hospitals
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and Health Systems
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The Power of Priorities: How Hospital Leaders
Can Regain Control of Their Time
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Chuck Lauer: Why Workplace Incivility Isn't
Just a Problem for HR
59
Hospital & Health System Executive Moves
60
Hospital & Health System Transactions
62
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