Sept. 19, 2013   

1. 13 Most Challenging Aspects of Bundled Payments for Providers.     

2. 8 Recent Hospital Transactions and Partnerships.      

3. CBO: National Healthcare Spending to Increase to 22% of GDP by 2038.    

4. Upcoming Webinars:

Standardizing Surgical Skin Antisepsis to Help Improve Patient Outcomes (Tues., Sept. 24, 2013 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM CDT). To register for this complimentary webinar, .

Driving Down Labor Costs Through Improved Performance
(Wed., Sept. 25, 2013, 12:00-1:00 PM CDT). To register for this complimentary webinar, .

5. 5 Considerations for Service Line Planning in a Population Health Environment.

6. Investors Estimate 4M Will Enroll in PPACA Exchanges, Lower Than CBO Estimate.          

7. How Will Healthcare Exchanges Impact Hospitals? Hear insights from 12 brilliant CEOs on a panel moderated by Chuck Lauer at the Becker's CEO Strategy Roundtable (Nov. 14 in Chicago). To learn more, .    

8. Hospitals and Unions: 7 Recent Developments.

Visit our other publications: Becker's ASC Review, Becker's Clinical Quality & Infection Control & Becker's Spine Review.      

24 Companies To Know

1. Principle Valuation:

www.principlevaluation.com

2. Surgical Directions:

3. CogentHMG:

4. Spine-Health:

5. ASCOA:     

6. TeamHealth:

7. Select International: www.selectinternational.com

8. MedAssets:

www.medassets.com

9. VMG Health:
gregk@vmghealth.com;

10. Regent Surgical Health:

11. Vantage Outsourcing:

12. TeleTracking:

13. HealthCare Appraisers:  

www.healthcareappraisers.com    

14. Medical Facilities Corp. 

15. Community Hospital Corp.:

16. Optum:

17. M*Modal

www.mmodal.com      

18. HFAP:

19. Towers Watson:

www.towerswatson.com

20. Craneware:

www.craneware.com    

21. EVEIA HEALTH Consulting & Management:

www.eveia.com

22. North American Partners in Anesthesia:

www.napaanesthesia.com   

23. Objective Health:

www.objectivehealth.com

24. athenahealth:

www.athenahealth.com