Oct. 21, 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES 1. J&J sales increase 4% in Q3: 4 things to know  Full story   2. CMS updates overall star ratings: What's changed? Full story   3. FDA funds $23M in grants to spur rare disease drug research  Full story   4. Best practices to maximize your ASC's OR supply chain  Learn more    5. 'Project Toto': CVS Health to open large distribution center in Kansas  Full story    6. Prescription drug costs see largest jump in 24 years   Full story   7. How can clinicians and supply chain professionals collaborate through the use of data to help standardize physician preference items? Learn more in this upcoming webinar    Learn more   8. Texas Medical Center partners with J&J to develop medical devices  Full story   9. NP average hourly wage & salary for all 50 states - Calif. tops the list at $120k  Full story   10. 400 healthcare workers rally at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center    Full story    11. 8 latest hospital, health system CEO moves  Full story    12.  HBR: Why companies with visionary leaders rarely have visionary successors   Full story   Call for submissions - "Supply chain tip of the week": If you would like to contribute a tip, insight or best practice related to improving the hospital supply chain, please email Mackenzie Bean at mbean@beckershealthcare.com.     Companies to Know  Thank you to our key partners Medtronic  BE Smith athenahealth, Inc.   McKesson Technology Solutions  Zotec Partners Accretive Health  Prism API Healthcare  Integrated Healthcare Strategies   TeamHealth    Bank of America  The Greeley Company  VigiLanz  VMG Health  Teladoc  ASCOA  Select International  Surgical Directions  Nuance Willis Towers Watson      Channels Integration & Physician Issues Accountable Care Organizations Leadership & Management Executive Moves Financial Management ICD-10 Compensation Issues Transactions & Valuation Issues Legal & Regulatory Issues Health Information Technology Human Capital and Risk Patient Flow Infection Control & Clinical Quality Supply Chain Facilities Management Lists _____________________ Contact Us Editorial Contact:  Molly Gamble  Editor-in-Chief (800) 417-2035 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 35 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 1782 | Chicago, IL 60601 Copyright © 2014. All Rights Reserved.

Becker's Healthcare, 35 E. Wacker, Suite 1782, Chicago, IL 60601 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