Becker's Hospital Review

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Becker's Hospital Review is a medical industry trade magazine [1] that does its own research, supplementing this with government-released data and U.S. News & World Report rankings. [2] It is published by ASC Communications, Inc., an Illinois corporation owned or controlled by its registered agent, Scott Becker, and lists with the Illinois Secretary of State its offices as being located at 77 W. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois. It covers its field from the prospective of those involved: doctors, [3] hospitals, and those who pay: patients and the general public (via taxes and insurance premiums [4] ). Some of these topics come together, such as a hospital's payout for disclosing a patient's HIV information to the person's employer, and reviewing how their privacy policy can accommodate the needs of hospital staff, those being treated, and the employer's insurance personnel. [5]

Contents

Government web sites refer to their information, and they summarize legislative hearings, albeit much of this is press releases by various agencies. [6]

Overview

Their data has impact: a nurses' union's 2011 public statements cited Becker's data to justify their demands. [7] Becker's reports on how data is used (or abused). [8] and they cite, review and analyze [9] surveys and rankings, [10] including how various subgroups of medical practitioners are affected. [11] A Bank's securities industry review about using Artificial Intelligence opened with some of Becker's numbers. [12]

Notable information sources [13] [14] [15] cite their annual rankings and "Top" lists.

Lists

Among the categories for which Becker's' produces lists are:

History

Their founder/publisher is Scott Becker, a partner at McGuireWoods, who "also served as chair of the national health care practice at McGuireWoods." [18] They began in 2007, and compete with 1976-founded Modern Healthcare.

In addition to their ratings services, Becker, who is also a CPA, partners with Deloitte, one of the Big Four accounting firms, to collect and analyze hospital data. [19] [20] [21] Their industry coverage includes personnel changes. [22] During the 2020 CoronaVirus period, they collected and reported on healthcare spending, including employee layoffs. [13] A notable user-contributed collection of articles references them. [23]

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References

  1. ↑ Elisabeth Rosenthal (February 13, 2014). "Apprehensive, Many Doctors Shift to Jobs With Salaries". The New York Times .
  2. 1 2 Brian Robbins (April 22, 2019). "Only one St. Louis-area hospital named to 'great hospitals' list". BizJournals.com (St. Louis). Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  3. ↑ cites http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/25-highest-paid-physician-specialties-by-hospital-ownership.html Elisabeth Rosenthal (January 18, 2014). "Patients' Costs Skyrocket; Specialists' Incomes Soar". The New York Times .
  4. ↑ citing https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/rwjbarnabas-health-cfo-focuses-on-strategy-in-industry-under-economic-siege.html Jonathan Lamantia; Jennifer Henderson (October 9, 2019). "Community group petitions Health Department to block Lenox Hill project". Crain's New York Business .
  5. ↑ "New health-plan model offers patients lower premiums for using just one health system". Crain's New York Business . September 14, 2017.
  6. ↑ "JHQVAMC Customer Service Highlighted By National Publication". February 7, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Montefiore Medical Center Nurses Issue Strike Note". The New York Times . December 28, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Doctor Bias Is Real – and It's a Serious Problem". There are 4 common types of bias .. 'Anchoring biasis: the tendency to rely too heavily on one piece of information' .. or
  9. ↑ Brian Eastwood (July 1, 2013). "Why Healthcare Providers Aren't Happy With EHR Systems". CIO .
  10. ↑ "CMS just gave 400+ hospitals five stars. See how yours fared". May 10, 2021. CMS recently released ... decreased, ... Becker's Hospital Review reports
  11. ↑ "Healthcare Diversity in the Spotlight" (PDF). track six diversity .. article CITATION: K. Gooch, "More Women have lost Healthcare Jobs More than Men", Becker's Hospital Review, June 16, 2020
  12. ↑ "Becker's Hospital Review notes that 65 percent of physicians are overworked and 58 percent said that their time with patients has decreased." "Artificial Intelligence: Top 3 Opportunities for Healthcare Technology". key.com (KeyBank is a Member of FDIC). September 2018.
  13. 1 2 "Health-care spending fell, and hospitals furloughed workers". The Washington Post . May 4, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Many health-care workers have not gotten a coronavirus vaccination". Washington Post . March 19, 2021.
  15. ↑ "J&J vaccine to boost supply in Maryland, Virginia this week". The Washington Post . March 1, 2021.
  16. ↑ Ellen Cagle (May 19, 2022). "Two Kansas City-area hospitals earn spots on national ranking of best places to work in health care". BizJournals.com (Kansas City). Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  17. ↑ Tyler Patchen (March 9, 2020). "Two metro Bham hospital execs named on national list of leaders to know". BizJournals.com (Birmingham). Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  18. ↑ "May 20th, Scott Becker, Founder & Publisher of Becker's Healthcare and Becker's Hospital Review" . Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  19. ↑ "April 22, 2013 Monday memo Health reform update" (PDF). The Wall Street Journal . April 22, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Monday Health reform update" (PDF). The Wall Street Journal . February 25, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Health Reform update" (PDF). The Wall Street Journal . August 19, 2013.
  22. ↑ "Health Giant Anthem Hires Former Whirlpool Executive". AdWeek . May 7, 2019.
  23. ↑ As of late July 2021 there are more than 250 hits for "how many times is beckershospitalreview.com used on wikipedia?".


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