The Hospitals and Health Systems – Improving Profitability Conference provides guidance on improving the profitability of and on operating successful and efficient hospitals.
The conference is designed solely for hospital and health system CEOs and CFOs, with great topics and speakers focused on key business, financial, and legal issues facing hospitals. It is limited to 125 attendees.
Date: April 13-14, 2010
Location: Chicago (The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago)
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» Register online or call (800) 417-2035.
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Conference Sponsors
Senior Level Sponsorship — VMG Health
VMG Health is recognized by leading healthcare providers as one of the most trusted valuation and transaction advisors in the United States. VMG's experience is unparalleled and their credentials are unmatched. Whether circumstances call for a comprehensive valuation, the sale or acquisition of a facility, or joint-venture development assistance, VMG Health offers a unique and in-depth understanding of the relationships, requirements and business issues that surround today's healthcare facilities. Along with performing hundreds of ASC valuations each year, VMG maintains the most comprehensive database on ASC financial benchmarking statistics. VMG's annual benchmarking study, the Intellimarker, provides decision makers with real information to measure and improve the value of their centers. For healthcare organizations seeking to grow, maximize profitability or form new relationships, having a partnership with financial experts who thoroughly understand the value drivers in today's healthcare industry is absolutely essential. For more information,
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Senior Level Leadership — LHC Group
LHC Group is one of the largest providers of home health services in the United States, providing quality, cost-effective healthcare services to patients within the comfort and privacy of their home or place of residence. LHC Group provides a comprehensive array of post-acute healthcare services through home health and hospice locations in its home-based division and long-term acute care hospitals in its facility-based division. Learn more about LHC Group.
Exclusive Financing Sponsor — Wells Fargo Equipment Finance
Wells Fargo Equipment Finance can finance up to 100 percent of the cost of new or used equipment, including soft costs such as tax and shipping. It offers a variety of loan and lease structures, including operating leases for purchasing new or used equipment, leaving capital and credit lines available for other investments and operational expenses. Learn more about Wells Fargo Equipment Finance.
SpineSearch provides recruitment and educational services for spine professionals; the founder, a nurse practitioner, brings almost a decade of experience in the industry to create a recruitment firm that meets the specific needs of the growing spine industry. To learn more about SpineSearch, visit www.spine-search.com.
Symbion is a leading provider of high quality surgical services across many specialties. Led by one of the industry's most experienced management teams, the company was founded in 1996 to acquire, develop and operate surgical facilities in partnership with physicians, hospitals and health systems. To learn more about Symbion, visit www.symbion.com.
Conference at a Glance — Surgical Care Affiliates
Surgical Care Affiliates is one of the nation's largest providers of specialty surgical services; through its affiliation with 18 health systems and more than 2,000 physician partners, it operates more than 125 surgical facilities across the country. Along with 6,000 teammates, Surgical Care Affiliates provides a broad array of specialty surgical services across 32 states. Learn more at www.scasurgery.com or call (800) 768-0094.
Tote Bags — BMO Capital Markets
BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full-service North American financial services provider offering corporate, institutional and government clients access to a complete range of products and services. These include equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury management, market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading. BMO Capital Markets has more than 2,200 professionals in offices in 27 locations around the world, including 14 in North America. Learn more about BMO Capital Markets.
Badge Lanyards — Health Care REIT
Health Care REIT's access to capital and integrated platform of planning, development and property management services provide health care systems with off-balance sheet real estate and capital allocation solutions. This supports growth strategies and holds down operating costs without using capital or impacting credit ratings. Learn more about Health Care REIT.
Tuesday Reception — Somnia Anesthesia Services
Somnia Anesthesia Services, founded in 1996, is one of the most experienced physician-owned and operated anesthesia management company servicing healthcare facilities nationwide. Somnia specializes in building and comprehensively managing anesthesia teams that deliver high quality patient care. Somnia offers expertise in all areas of anesthesia including leadership, recruiting, revenue cycle management, payor contracting and quality assurance. Somnia offers national strength and excellent service that can help improve surgeon satisfaction and patient care while boosting an organization's bottom line by as much as 30 percent. Learn more about Somnia Anesthesia Services.
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