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Publisher's Letter
March Issue. is is the population health issue of Becker's Hospital
Review, which features our annual list of 100 Hospital and Health Sys-
tem CMOs to Know and a state-by-state breakdown of 83 recent hos-
pital closures. e issue also contains a list of 10 states with the most
fatal opioid overdoses, a feature exploring the future of the Merit-based
Incentive Payment System — "Is MIPS Dead? 5 Questions, Answered"
— and a Corner Office interview with Elaine ompson, PhD, president
and CEO of Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Health. I hope you enjoy reading.
Becker's Hospital Review 9th Annual Meeting (April 11-14 at the Hy-
att Regency in Chicago). We are excited to host the following keynote
speakers at our April conference: George W. Bush, 43rd president of the
United States; Bill Clinton, founder of the Clinton Foundation and 42nd
president of the United States; and Sarah Kliff, an award-winning health-
care journalist and senior policy correspondent for Vox.com. More than
275 hospital and health system leaders will also speak on compelling
healthcare topics. It should be a great conference.
Becker's Hospital Review Health IT + CMO/CNO Roundtable (May
10-11 at the Swissotel). is conference will feature more than 80 ses-
sions over two days with 112 healthcare leaders speaking on all aspects
of clinical leadership and health IT, including artificial intelligence, tele-
health, data analytics and clinician burnout. We're excited to welcome
retired American tennis player John McEnroe and Alexa von Tobel,
founder and CEO of Learnvest.com, as keynote speakers. 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 read-
ing.
Very truly yours,
Scott Becker
