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December Issue. e final Becker's Hospital Review issue of 2016 contains
a special column by Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell
Health, on why he is thankful to work in the healthcare industry, along
with exclusive highlights from the Becker's Hospital Review 5th Annual
CEO + CFO Roundtable held in Chicago this past November. e issue
also includes a detailed breakdown of CMS' final OPPS rule for 2017, an
exploration into what happened when one reporter tried to gather all his
medical records in 72 hours and a Corner Office interview with Halee
Fischer-Wright, MD, president and CEO of Medical Group Management
Association. 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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