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Under IRS Scrutiny: Ensuring Compliant Hospital-Physician Comp Plans
My column only offers you the tips of the IRS iceberg. While nonprofit, tax exempt status is reason enough to keep a close watch on the nuances of these tax changes, there is one more reason—it could also affect your physician compensation plans. To learn more about that, don't miss out on the Feb. 16, live audio conference: Under IRS Scrutiny: Ensuring Compliant Hospital-Physician Compensation Plans. Cerny, along with Bruce Greenblatt and Joel Keiper, both from Sullivan, Cotter and Associates, will address these regulations and how they affect compensation planning.
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Healthcare Hiring to Continue, Albeit Slowly, in 2011
The growth in the demand for healthcare workers—though healthy when compared with the rest of the economy—slowed in the last two quarters of 2010, and likely will continue to expand at a tepid pace well into 2011. Find out what this quarterly barometer of the local market healthcare workforce may mean for your facility as the year progresses.
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To Contain Costs, Some Hospitals Tackle Patients' Non-Medical Problems
Surgeon-author Atul Gawande's latest essay in The New Yorker, "The Hot Spotters," contains an important message for providers looking to reduce costs and improve care for their most complex, troublesome, and expensive patients. Doctors and triage nurses know these so-called "frequent fliers" or "boomerang" patients, all too well. And they'd keep them out of the hospital, if only they had the resources and know-how to do so.
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Rounds: Cardiac Care Leadership for Improved Alignment and Outcomes
Join us on February 15 live from Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital for HealthLeaders Media Rounds: Cardiac Care Leadership for Improved Alignment and Outcomes. In this extended webcast, share the lessons from executives at leading national cardiac service lines and medical groups on shared governance, clinical integration, and physician alignment. This extended webcast includes a roundtable discussion—including interactive Q&A—with successful strategies from top executives.
[Register today]
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Finance Forum
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Healthcare Reform Technology Tips for Payers, Providers
The healthcare market is aimed at lowering costs through improved care and outcomes. To accomplish this, an electronic, interoperable, integrated delivery system is necessary in order to achieve optimal performance.
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Sponsored Headlines
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: Digital has been widely embraced by consumers and by many parts of the enterprise. But the adoption of digital channels—Web sites, mobile apps, online sales and customer service, and other smart touches—has often occurred in a piecemeal way. This has resulted in three potential mishaps.
: The vast majority of customer environments are mixed environments. In this IBM® podcast you'll hear how an open approach provides you with choice. So instead of ripping out a perfectly good infrastructure, you can integrate what you've already invested in and create additional business value.
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: For a business to stay competitive, it needs to be more productive and respond quicker to business opportunities. Watch this demo to see how IBM® WebSphere® Portal software enables you to connect your users with the right people, applications, and information—to drive business efficiency and success.
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Finance Headlines
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Appeal denied: Scrushy must pay $2.8B
The Birmingham News, January 31, 2011
NY's funding delay imperils hospital projects
The (Syracuse) Post-Standard, January 31, 2011
MS state hospital workers rake in overtime pay
The Clarion-Ledger, January 31, 2011
Hospital Labor Costs Ratchet Up; Wage Growth Still Slow
HealthLeaders Media, January 28, 2011
MI Blues reward docs for enhanced access, cutting costs
The Detroit News, January 28, 2011
Finances Remain Top Concern for Hospital CEOs
HealthLeaders Media, January 28, 2011
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Healthcare Reform Spawns Daunting Regulations
The volume of new regulations required by healthcare reform legislation is daunting, but what has healthcare leaders especially concerned are the particulars, which are still under development. [Read More]
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Improving Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes
New approaches are resulting in less devastating impact on speech, swallowing, and appearance.
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Money Talk
Who's Up and Who's Down?
Sheridan Healthcare, Sunrise, FL
Rating: B
Outlook: Positive
Affected Debt: $160 million
Agency: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services
Remarks: Physician outsourcing provider Sheridan Healthcare Inc. will be using funds from a proposed $160 million incremental term loan B to fund acquisitions. S&P affirmed a B corporate credit and existing issue-level ratings. The outlook was revised to positive from stable, reflecting the company's more disciplined financial policy.
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Audio Feature
How IRS Tax Changes Could Impact Nonprofit Hospitals:
Significant IRS tax changes are underway that could soon impact hospitals' nonprofit status. Milton Cerny, formerly with National Office of the IRS and now counsel with McGuireWoods LLP in Washington, D.C., has extensive experience in the application of the federal tax code to nonprofit organizations. He discusses what new regulations could mean for hospitals. [Listen Now]
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