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November Issue. is is the Innovation Issue of Becker's Hospital Re-
view, which contains a list of 50 Hospitals with Innovation Programs and
a special investigation into how three CEOs decided whether or not to
place armed security guards in their hospitals. e issue also includes a
thorough debriefing of CMS' final rule on the Medicare Access and CHIP
Reauthorization Act, a feature on Geisinger Health System's satisfac-
tion-guaranteed patient refund program — "Geisinger CEO Dr. David
Feinberg Talks 1 Year of Patient Refunds" — and a Corner Office inter-
view with John Chessare, MD, president and CEO of Greater Baltimore
Medical Center HealthCare System. I hope you enjoy reading.
Becker's Hospital Review 8th Annual Meeting (April 17-20 at the
Hyatt Regency in Chicago). is year's annual meeting will host more
than 300 speakers, including 233 health system executives. e event
features celebrity keynotes by Arnold Schwarzenegger, 38th Governor
of California, and Jay Leno, comedian and former host of e Tonight
Show. Other keynote speakers include Michael J. Dowling, president and
CEO of Northwell Health; Delos M. Cosgrove, MD, president and CEO
of Cleveland Clinic and Marna Borgstrom, MPH, president and CEO of
Yale-New Haven Health. It should be a great meeting.
Becker's Hospital Review 3rd Annual CIO/HIT + Revenue Cycle Con-
ference (September 19-22 at the Hyatt Regency). We are thrilled to host
keynote speaker George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States,
along with close to 100+ hospital and health system CIOs and revenue
cycle speakers. e conference will include three full CIO/Health IT
Tracks and three full Revenue Cycle Tracks. 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.
Very truly yours,
Scott Becker
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