Oct. 24, 2013   

1. Moody's: 5 Key For-Profit Hospital Consolidation Trends.    

2. Dignity Health Sues Union Over Pickets.         

3. Data Breach at AHMC Healthcare Affects More Than 700k.

4. Register Today for the Becker's CEO Roundtable Meeting in Chicago - Nov. 14! Quint Studer, Chuck Lauer, Catherine Jacobson, Phil Kambic, Lynn Nicholas, Larry Goldberg, Louis Shapiro, Larry Kaiser, MD, Joseph Fifer and More to Speak at CEO Roundtable. To learn more, . 

5. Upcoming Webinar. Do You Trust Your Data? Information Governance for Healthcare Executives - Presented by AHIMA (Thurs., Nov. 14, 1:15-2:15PM CST).                

6. The Costs of Care: Why Physicians and Finance Executives Need to Work Together.     

7. U.S. Recovers $16 for Every $1 it Spends Fighting Civil Healthcare Fraud.   

8. More Than 60% of Providers See Opportunity in Bundled Payments.    

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

24 Companies To Know

1. Aramark:

2. Regent Surgical Health:

3. VMG Health:
gregk@vmghealth.com;

4. Surgical Directions:

5. ASCOA:     

6. KeyBank:

7. Medical Facilities Corp. 

8. Principle Valuation:

www.principlevaluation.com

9. CogentHMG:

10. TeamHealth:

11. Select International: www.selectinternational.com

12. Vantage Outsourcing:

13. TeleTracking:

14. HealthCare Appraisers:  

www.healthcareappraisers.com     

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