Text     TODAY'S TOP STORIES   1. Kaiser Permanente net income soars to $3.1B  Full story 2. Bankrupt Saint Catherine Regional Hospital to close  Full story   3. Ascension posts $279.8M operating surplus  Full story 4. Partners HealthCare abandons deal to acquire South Shore Hospital  Full story 5. Consumers vs. patients: Healthcare's biggest misunderstanding  Full story 6. What are the culprits behind the sharp rise in health spending?Full story 7. Patient experience and quality impacts on reimbursement: 5 things to know  Full story    8. Hospital discharges rise when higher payments are triggered  Full story 9. Doctors Medical Center may shut down in March  Full story 10. $46M expansion project at Washington Regional Medical Center set to begin this month   Full story  11. Hear Lance Sewell, CFO of South Lake Hospital, speak on "Benchmarking and Assessing the Financial Strength of a Hospital" at Becker's Hospital Review 6th Annual Meeting.   Learn more     Becker's Hospital Review 6th Annual Meeting  Save the date! May 7-9, 2015 | Swissotel Chicago Featuring 150+ Hospital and Health System Executives Speaking 100+ Sessions | 200+ Speakers To register or learn more, click here. Companies to Know  Thank you to our key partners ASCOA  VMG Health  CollectRx Sheridan Healthcare  Surgical Directions  TeamHealth  KeyBank  Select International  Principle Valuation  HealthCare Appraisers  HealthTrust Purchasing Group  EmCare  Implant Partners  Surgical Care Affiliates  ASD Management  athenahealth TeleTracking Technologies  Regent Surgical Health  Towers Watson  abeo  EVEIA  Channels Integration & Physician Issues Accountable Care Organizations Leadership & Management Executive Moves Financial Management ICD-10 Payer Issues Compensation Issues Transaction & Valuation Issues Legal & Regulatory Issues Health Information Technology Workforce & Labor Management Capacity Management Quality & Patient Safety Hospital CEO & CFO Profiles Lists _____________________ Contact Us Editorial Contact:  Ayla Ellison Writer/Reporter email Ayla 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 35 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 1782 | Chicago, IL 60601 Copyright © 2015. All Rights Reserved.

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