10 Must-Read Business Articles for Hospital Leaders to Start the Year

Keep current. Familiarize yourself with eight of the most relevant provisions in last year’s healthcare reform law that went into effect Jan. 1.

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Assess your hospital’s current situation.
First, learn which 8 mistakes could be bleeding your hospital dry. Next, focus on improving the bottom line by reading about nine best practices for increasing hospital profitability.

Increase your earning potential. Do you have the 10 traits of a high-earning hospital CEO?

Be a better leader. Evaluate yourself with four tests to determine if you are leading or managing.

Assess your hospital’s strategy. Do future plans meet future challenges? Determine if your hospital’s strategy prepares it for what’s coming down the line by reviewing 10 of biggest trends for hospitals in the coming year.

Understand market activity. Why so many sales and mergers? Healthcare reform and the lingering effects of the recession will continue to drive hospital M&A activity, which will include the increased presence of new players in the arena. Get an overview of the current hospital M&A landscape.

Know how to reduce your risk. As hospital-physician integration efforts heat up, make sure your hospital’s alignment efforts are compliant by reviewing the six categories of non-compliant physician relationships.

Prepare yourself for the rise of ACOs. Learn 11 things to know about accountable care organizations and review five key regulatory concerns for these organizations.

At Becker's 4th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, taking place November 2–5 in Chicago, more than 1,500 hospital and health system executives tackle decisions that determine whether organizations thrive or merely survive: protecting margins under cost pressure, choosing where to grow, renegotiating payer relationships, stabilizing the workforce and proving real ROI on technology. This is where leaders work through them together, face-to-face. Apply for complimentary registration now.

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