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Becker's Hospital Review April 2016

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29 North American Partners in Anesthesia Location: Melville, N.Y. Type of Company: Healthcare services provider Meet the organization: North American Partners in Anesthesia was founded in 1986 by the anesthesia group from Manhasset, N.Y.-based North Shore University Hospital. It now has 2,171 employees and is the largest single specialty anesthesia and perioperative management company in the United States. NAPA is dedicated to developing unity with the communities it serves. A few months before Hurricane Sandy struck in 2013, NAPA invested in a geographically based, high-speed notification system. is permitted staff to communicate in real time prior to the storm's arrival, allowing clinical and administrative staff to be on site and caring for patients before disaster struck. In 2015, BrightScope ranked NAPA as one of the "Top 25 New York Companies With the Best 401(k) Plans." Added benefits: NAPA believes its employees deserve a level of flexibility and stability that ensures personal, financial and professional growth. To that end, NAPA offers a diversified benefits package, which includes generous paid time off and tuition reimbursement for eligible clinicians. National Medical Billing Services Location: St. Louis Type of company: Revenue cycle management Meet the organization: National Medical Billing Services provides revenue cycle services to ambulatory surgery centers. e company has 450 employees and performs all outsourced revenue cycle functions, including billing and coding. In 2015, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch recognized National Medical Billing Services as a "Top Workplace," and the company's CEO Nader Samii received Glassdoor's Employees' Choice Award, which is based entirely on anonymous employee feedback. Added benefits: National Medical Billing Services has undertaken numerous initiatives designed to develop its employees and provide them with opportunities to learn and grow. e company has a robust training program, with more than 500 courses available for employees ranging from job-specific training to leadership courses and beyond. Although the company has rapidly grown in recent years, it has worked to keep its family- oriented company culture by celebrating holidays together in the office and sponsoring fun events for employees, including movie screenings and a lip-syncing contest. Net Health Location: Pittsburgh Type of company: Health IT Meet the organization: Net Health provides end-to-end soware solutions to outpatient care providers, serving healthcare professionals in 3,500 facilities. Founded in 1993, Net Health has more than 200 employees and corporate offices in Pittsburgh; Altoona, Pa.; and Nashville, Tenn. It was named a "Best Place to Work in Western Pennsylvania" from 2006 to 2015 by the Pittsburgh Business Times, and the publication also featured Net Health as one of Pittsburgh's "coolest offices" — a designation given to the most interesting, inspiring and attractive office spaces in the region. Added benefits: Net Health offers a number of wellness activities and competitions for its employees and stocks each office's kitchen with healthy snacks. e company promotes teamwork through collaborative work environments and an open door policy at all levels of leadership. Net Health has a casual dress code, but employees sport cocktail attire for "Formal Friday" — an ironic play on the typical "casual Friday." Nordic Location: Madison, Wis. Type of company: Health IT consulting Meet the organization: Nordic provides EHR consulting services, focused exclusively on Epic soware implementation, optimization, remote support and affiliate extension projects. Founded in 2010, the company has worked with more than 155 clients in 40 states and is the largest Epic-only consulting firm in the country. Nordic has 650 employees, including 550 consultants. Added benefits: In addition to competitive compensation, health insurance and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, Nordic offers all of its full-time, regular employees a monthly technology allowance. Full-time employees are also eligible to receive referral bonuses for new clients and consultants as well as certification in Epic, PMP and Six Sigma. NorthShore University HealthSystem Location: Evanston, Ill. Type of company: Hospital/health system Meet the organization: Founded in 1981, NorthShore University HealthSystem was initially a six-bed facility that has since expanded to a hospital network comprised of four hospitals and more than 800 primary care physicians and specialists. e system has a teaching affiliation with the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine and is home to the first cancer center to be built by a community hospital in 1981 with the Kellogg Cancer Care Center in Evanston. NorthShore puts a focus on innovation in treatments for a variety of conditions through its six specialized research centers. Added benefits: NorthShore focuses on the development of clinical, technical and professional skills development for its staff through education programs and mentorship opportunities. ese also include expanded education in areas like EMR use and leadership. In addition to offering a comprehensive benefits package, the system works to support employee work-life balance through a number of discounts, wellness initiatives and alternative work arrangements. Northwell Health Location: Great Neck, N.Y. Type of company: Hospital/health system Meet the organization: Northwell Health (formerly North Shore-LIJ Health System) is New York state's largest healthcare provider and private employer. With 21 hospitals and almost 450 outpatient practices, Northwell serves 8 million people in the metro New York area. rough its Feinstein Institute, the organization pushes for breakthroughs in medicine. e institute ranks among the top 10 percent of grant-receiving research centers in the United States from the National Institutes of Health. DiversityInc named Northwell Health on its "Top 5 Hospitals and Health Systems" list last year. Added benefits: As one of New York's largest employers, Northwell is able to offer a generous benefits package, including monthly meal allowance, uniform and laundry service and limited on-campus housing available at a below-market rate. Northwell also offers employees ample paid time off. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Location: Chicago, Ill. Type of company: Hospital/health system Meet the organization: Northwestern Memorial HealthCare is an academic health system employing nearly 20,000 healthcare professionals and physicians in four hospitals and more than 60 ambulatory sites. NMHC was recognized as a Top 10 Nonprofit

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