Oct. 8, 2013   

1. 200 Hospital Benchmarks.     

2. Opening Up: How Pricing Transparency Will Change Hospital Benchmarking.       

3. HAIs Cost Society $147B Annually in US.         

4. Register Today for the CEO Strategy Roundtable (Nov. 14 - Chicago). Learn how top health system leaders are shaping strategy for 2014 and network with hundreds of healthcare leaders. Registration is limited - register today!  

5. 10 Ways Hospitals Can Tackle Health Insurance Exchanges.  
     

6. HCA Taps William Rutherford as CFO.

7. OIG: First-Level Medicare Appeals Up 33% From 2008 to 2012.     

8. 14 Statistics on Health IT Hiring.     

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

24 Companies To Know

1. MedAssets: 

2. VMG Health:
gregk@vmghealth.com;

3. ASCOA:     

4. Select International: www.selectinternational.com  

5. Surgical Directions:

6. Hammes Co.:

www.hammesco.com  

7. Regent Surgical Health:

8. Principle Valuation:

www.principlevaluation.com

9. CogentHMG:

10. TeamHealth:

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