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HEALTHCARE
NEWS
Top 10 Paying US Jobs
— Anesthesiologists
Take the Lead at $335k
By Mary Rechtoris
CNN Money lists the following 10 highest-
paying jobs based on median salary.
1. Anesthesiologist: $335,000
2. Radiologist: $316,000
3. Physician - General practitioner:
$179,000
4. Petroleum engineer: $152,000
5. Dentist: $151,000
6. IT security director: $147,000
7. Pharmacy director: $144,000
8. Auditing director: $141,000
9. Division general manager: $135,000
10. Actuary: $132,000
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UMass Memorial Points to Epic
Implementation for Drop in Operating
Income
By Ayla Ellison
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orchester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health Care saw rev-
enue increase in fiscal year 2016, but the system said costs as-
sociated with implementing an Epic EHR system dragged down
operating income.
UMass Memorial recorded revenue of $2.4 billion in FY 2016, up 5.8
percent from the year prior. The financial boost was largely attribut-
able to a 6 percent year-over-year increase in patient service revenue,
which grew to $2.3 billion in FY 2016, according to recently released
bondholder documents.
The system ended the most recent fiscal year with operating income of
$40.7 million, down from $72.2 million in FY 2015. The decline was largely
attributable to $25 million in training and implementation costs associ-
ated with its new Epic EHR platform.
UMass Memorial officials announced plans to adopt Epic's EHR system in
2015. The project is expected to cost $700 million over a 10-year period.
UMass Memorial CFO Sergio Melgar told the Boston Business Journal the
system expects Epic training costs to be about $50 million in FY 2017, but
"most of the impact will be in fiscal 2018 in the beginning [of the year]."
UMass Memorial plans to go live on the new system in October, according
to the report.
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Trump Meets With Leaders of Mayo Clinic, Johns
Hopkins, Partners and Cleveland Clinic
By Ayla Ellison
P
resident-elect Donald Trump met
with a group of health system CEOs
Wednesday at his Mar-a-Lago estate in
Palm Beach, Fla.
ose who met with Mr. Trump in the closed-
door session include Boston-based Partners
HealthCare President and CEO David Tor-
chiana, MD; Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo
Clinic President and CEO John Noseworthy,
MD; Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medi-
cine CEO Paul Rothman, MD; and Cleveland
Clinic President and CEO Toby Cosgrove,
MD, according to e Washington Post.
In a statement issued to Bloomberg aer the
meeting, a senior transition official said the
healthcare leaders and Mr. Trump discussed
ways to overhaul healthcare for veterans,
including options that would allow veterans
to go to any hospital for care through a
public-private partnership.
A Partners HealthCare spokesman told Bloom-
berg there were several issues discussed during
the meeting with Mr. Trump, including
healthcare quality, affordability and biomedical
research.
A Cleveland Clinic spokesperson con-
firmed that message, saying the conversa-
tion touched on "a broad range of healthcare
topics," according to Bloomberg. Cleveland
Clinic's Dr. Cosgrove has met with Mr.
Trump on several other occasions, and the
president-elect may be considering Dr. Cos-
grove to lead the Department of Veterans
Affairs. Mr. Trump also named Dr. Cosgrove
to a panel that will advise the incoming
president on how the government influences
job and economic growth.
In a statement issued to e Washington
Post, Mayo said Dr. Noseworthy was invited
to the meeting to "share his perspective on
the future of healthcare delivery, research
and excellence."
Johns Hopkins, like the other three systems,
provided few details about the meeting. In a
statement issued to Bloomberg, Johns Hop-
kins' Dr. Rothman said, "Johns Hopkins
Medicine remains committed to improving
health outcomes for patients, families and
communities across the country."
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