December 22, 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES 1. CMS: 171k Medicare physicians will have 3% MU payment adjustments next year  Full story 2. American Heart Association calls on Medicare to cover telehealth  Full story 3. Fitbits and the future of health IT: 4 questions with Dr. David Weinstock  Full story 4. The Impact of First Impressions on Patient Acquisition and Revenue Learn more    5. US ill-prepared to face next health crisis, study finds  Full story 6. IBM Watson Health, Barrow Neurological Institute identify Lou Gehrig's disease genes  Full story    7. How moving to a cloud based solution has helped Boston Medical Center streamline business processes. Learn more in this upcoming webinar.  Register here 8. 'No one should go hungry': How the Root Cause Coalition is working to change healthcare's priorities  Full story 9.  Teladoc CMO appointed to National Quality Forum Telehealth Committee   Full story 10. Arkansas Children's Hospital awarded USDA grant for school-based telemedicine  Full story 11. St. Dominic Hospital expands telemedicine services with behavioral health Full story 12. Viewpoint: How to solve telehealth's shortcomings  Full story Companies to Know  Thank you to our key partners BE Smith, Inc. athenahealth McKesson Technology Solutions Zotec Partners Medtronic  Accretive Health Teladoc Nuance API Healthcare The Greeley Company    Integrated Healthcare Strategies Bank of America Prism  TeamHealth American Well  Vigilanz Willis Towers Watson  VMG Health   ASCOA Select International Channels Integration & Physician Issues Accountable Care Organizations Leadership & Management Executive Moves Financial Management ICD-10 Compensation Issues Transaction & Valuation Issues Legal & Regulatory Issues Health IT Workforce & Labor Management Capacity Management Quality & Patient Safety Supply Chain Hospital CEO & CFO Profiles Lists _____________________ Contact Us Editorial Contact:  Akanksha Jayanthi   Editor (312) 254-1531 email editorial Sales, Marketing & Events: Jessica Cole President and CEO email sales ______________________   Becker's Hospital Review A Becker's Healthcare Publication   www.BeckersHospitalReview.com editorial@beckershealthcare.com 17 N. State, Suite 1800 | Chicago, IL 60602 Copyright © 2016. All Rights Reserved.

ASC Communications, 17 N. State St., Suite 1800, Chicago, IL 60602 SafeUnsubscribe™ {recipient's email} Forward this email | Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by editorial@beckershealthcare.com in collaboration with Try it free today

Send a test version of your email to yourself, and to others including a personal message. Up to  5  addresses may be entered separated by a comma ",".

Email Address(es): editorial@beckershealthcare.com (Separate multiple addresses with a comma ",") Personal Note: Send both HTML & Text versions

View HTML Version View Text Version View Printable Version