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5 FEATURES PUBLISHER'S LETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: How Clinicians Can Come Out on Top in a MIPS World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 60 Critical Access Hospital CEOs to Know | 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 CFO / FINANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 HCA Sees Q2 Earnings Lag, Stays Ready for More Acquisitions Northwell Health to Affiliate With John T. Mather Memorial Hospital Bloomberg: UnitedHealth to Acquire Advisory Board's Healthcare Arm CMS Moves Forward With $43B in DSH Payment Cuts CMS Cancels Cardiac Bundles, Scales Back CJR Model: 8 Things to Know North Carolina Hospital to Close and Lay Off 76 Employees, Including Nurses 4 M&A Questions With Crowe Horwath's Warren Beck, Former CFO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center Hospital Stocks Sink After HCA's Earnings Stumble RWJBarnabas Signs Letter of Intent With Rutgers to Form Academic Healthcare System Some MUSC Physicians Refuse to Sign Employment Contracts Over Change to RVU-Based Compensation Financial Concerns Prompt Johns Hopkins-Owned Hospital to Eliminate Staff Through Buyouts Alabama Hospital's #HairRaisingChallenge Campaign Aims to Garner Awareness, Funds for Preemies ACOs Are Leaving $886M in Net Payments on the Table, Analysis Finds MD Anderson Cancer Center Operating in the Black for First Time in More Than a Year Child's $21M Medical Bill Underscores Medi-Cal Challenges CHS Expects $137M Net Loss in Q2, Says Divestitures Will Continue PwC: Healthcare Deal Volume Decreased 18% Since Q1 2017 DOJ Charges 412 in $1.3B Healthcare Fraud Sweep 13 Hospital and Health System Executives on Successful Partnerships 32 Hospital Executives Talk Care Quality Improvement in Times of Value-Based Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: 'Out in Front' — How Healthcare Leaders Can Help Solve the Opioid Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 4 Ways Digital Technology is Spurring More Collaborative Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: Reclaiming Revenue: A Found-Money Trifecta in Credentialing, Privileging and Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 CEO / STRATEGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 IU Health CEO's Systemwide Tour Takeaway: Managing Demand at Destination Hospitals a Consistent Challenge KentuckyOne Fires Jewish Hospital President, CNO Top 10 US Healthcare Firms, as Ranked by Business Review USA CEO Turnover Increases as Hospital Losses Swell