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9 March Issue. is is the Population Health Issue of Becker's Hospital Review, containing the annual list of 100 Hospital and Health System CMOs to Know and a special feature in which we asked one hospital executive from every state in America to discuss the most pressing health concern facing their communities and patients. e result is a high-level examination of how the meaning of "population health" var- ies from state to state. e issue also contains a special roundtable with physicians and public health experts about gun violence in Chicago, a listing of population health administrators to know and a Corner Office interview with Bill ompson, president and CEO of St. Louis-based SSM Health. I hope you enjoy reading. Becker's Hospital Review 7th Annual Meeting (April 27-30 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago). We are thrilled to have magnificent speakers like George W. Bush, 43rd president of the U.S., John Noseworthy, MD, CEO of Mayo Clinic, Chris Van Gorder, president and CEO of Scripps Health, Lloyd Dean, president and CEO of Dignity Health, Joel Allison, CEO of Baylor Scott & White Health, Nancy Howell Agee, president and CEO of Carilion Clinic, Teri Fontenot, president and CEO of Woman's Hospital, Michael Dowling, president and CEO of North Shore-Long Is- land Jewish Health System, Senator Howard Dean, MD, former governor and chairman of the Democratic National Committee, David Feinberg, MD, president and CEO of Geisinger Health System, Steven Goldstein, president and CEO of Strong Memorial Hospital, Stephen Mansfield, PhD, president and CEO of Methodist Health System and Randy Oostra, president and CEO of ProMedica. It should be a great meeting. 2nd Annual HIT-CIO + Revenue Cycle Conference. In July, we will again host close to 100+ hospital and health system CIOs and revenue cycle speakers and a keynote panel with coaches Mike Ditka and Bobby Knight, who will diversify the event with some entertaining anecdotes. e event will be held July 27-28 at Fairmont Chicago. We hope you will join us. To learn more and register, please visit: http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/conferences-and-events.html. Should you have any questions or if I can be of help in any manner, please do not hesitate to contact me at sbecker@beckershealthcare.com. I can also be reached at (800) 417-2035. ank you, as always, for reading. Scott Becker Publisher's Letter Case volume flatlining? ASCOA can help you regain your rhythm. If you're losing market share and surgeons to competitors, we at ASCOA can help give you new life. And we'll make a difference. STAT. Retain Surgeons | Increase Market Share | Protect Case Volume (866) 982-7262 / www.ascoa.com /JointVenture Operate Better development@ascoa.com