Mr. Lauer was the publisher of Modern Healthcare for more than 30 years, taking it from a monthly money-losing proposition when Crain Communications purchased the magazine in 1976 to the nation’s leading healthcare news weekly. Known throughout the healthcare industry and beyond as a leader, Chuck Lauer, who has retired from Crain Communications and Modern Healthcare, is an author, public speaker and award-winning businessman who is in demand for his motivational messages to top companies nationwide.
Highlights of the Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Meeting – ACOs, Physician-Hospital Integration, Improving Profits and Key Specialties Conference:
1. 53 sessions and 79 speakers, including 30 senior hospital & health system executive speakers
2. Best business minds in the hospital industry discuss opportunities for hospitals plus provide practical guidance on ACOs, physician-hospital integration, improving profitability and key specialties
3. Great keynote speakers including Charles N. Kahn III, Chuck Lauer and Peter Kongstvedt
4. Register before April 1 and save $100; group discounts also available
For more information about the program, please download the conference brochure (pdf), click here or call (800) 417-2035. There are four ways you can register:
- Online. Register through our secure web site .
- Phone. Call (800) 417-2035.
- E-mail. Contact registration@beckershospital.com.
- Fax. Print the conference brochure (PDF), fill-out the registration on p. 7 and fax it to (866) 678-5755.
If you would like to sponsor or exhibit at this event, please call (800) 417-2035 or e-mail Jessica Cole at jessica@beckersasc.com.
Here are 10 of the great sessions focused on critical hospital business issues:
1. Making Employed-Physician Models Profitable: Gary E. Weiss, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Andrew D. McDonald,
FACHE, Senior Manager, Healthcare Consulting, LBMC Healthcare Team, Moderated by Amber Walsh, JD, Associate, McGuireWoods LLP
2. Key Concepts to Police, Improve and Measure Quality: Paul R. Summerside, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, MMM, MD, Chief Medical Officer, BayCare Clinic, Chairman of the Board, Aurora BayCare Medical Center
3. Key Concepts to Combine the Efforts of Great Orthopedic Groups with Hospitals to Achieve Greatness and Profits in Orthopedics: John Phillips, Regional Chief Operating Officer, CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System, and Bob Kahn, Chief Executive Officer, Orthopedic Specialists of Texarkana, PLLC
4. Contracting with Hospital-Based Physicians – Direct Contracting vs. Outsourcing: Alan Channing, President and CEO Sinai Health System, Chairman Elect, Illinois Hospital Association, Lynn Massingale, MD, FACEP, Executive Chairman, TeamHealth Moderated by Scott Becker, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP
5. The Re-emergence of Orthopedic Surgery Employment: Leslie R. Jebson, Executive Director, University of Florida Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute, Program Director, University of Florida Graduate Program in Physician Practice Integration, Mark S. Thomas, Senior Attorney, Dell Graham
6. Using Lean Principles to Reduce Cost and Surplus from the Hospital: Gary Hagens, DMD, Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Medical Management, Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Advocate Eureka Hospital
7. The Future of Physician-Owned Hospitals Under Health Care Reform: Mike Russell, MD, Texas Joint and Specialty Hospital
8. Key Strategic and Tactical Steps to Excel as a Community Hospital: Betty Herbert and Jan Matthews of CaroMont
9. The Best Ideas for Hospitals Now: Tom Hearn, Senior Vice President Ambulatory Care, Novant Health, and Barbara Gray, Vice President, Accountable Care Collaboratives, Premier, Inc., Moderated by Scott Becker, JD, CPA, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP
10. Key Strategies to Maintaining A Great Independent Hospital: Sean M. Fadale MBA, FACHE, Vice President, Business Development, Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital, Virginia Tyler, M.Div, FACHE, President, Tyler Consulting, Katie Carow, MBA, Principal, Carow Consulting
For more information about the program, please download the conference brochure (pdf), click here or call (800) 417-2035.
CONFERENCE LOCATION:
HOTEL PALOMAR CHICAGO
505 North State Street,
Chicago, IL
(877) 731-0505
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Jessica Cole
President & CEO
Becker’s Hospital Review
(800) 417-2035 phone
jessica@beckersasc.com.
or
Scott Becker
Publisher
Becker’s Hospital Review
(800) 417-2035 phone
sbecker@mcguirewoods.com
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