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FROM THE CHAIRMAN

The evolution and current momentum of Nashville’s health care community is signifi cant not only to the region, but also to the national

health care landscape. On behalf of the Nashville Health Care Council Board of Directors, it is an honor to partner with Modern Healthcare on this special section about Nashville’s dynamic health care industry.

The Nashville area is home to 250 health care companies which create 200,000 jobs locally and 400,000 jobs globally. Nashville’s health care organizations are leaders in hospital management, outpatient surgery, disease management, wellness, population health, health information technology and beyond. Our hospital management companies own or operate more than half of the investor-owned hospitals in the nation. Nashville’s health care cluster is unmatched. It accounts for more than $70 billion in annual revenue.

The industry success found in Nashville is the result of an innovative environment that has a long

tradition of encouraging entrepreneurs to found new ventures in the area. The community also supports the continued development of our existing large and diverse health care sector, and works to attract new health care companies to relocate to the region.

While home to more than four decades of industry innovation, our passion stems from how we affect the lives of patients and their families. In Nashville, a collaborative spirit fuels a continuing desire to improve people’s health, care and outcomes.

We are grateful to Modern Healthcare for telling the story of Nashville, the nation’s premier health care industry capital. ■

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N2 NASHVILLE HEALTH CARE COUNCIL


FROM THE PRESIDENT

A diverse group of leaders committed to the future

On behalf of the Nashville Health Care Council’s more than 225 member organizations, I would like to thank Modern Healthcare for their

partnership in producing Nashville: Health Care Powerhouse Focused on the Future.

Founded in 1995, the Council serves to foster the growth of Nashville’s unique health care industry. Our members are both Nashville-based and national organizations that are leaders in a diverse mix of health care industry segments. Also represented in our numbers are professional service fi rms with signifi cant expertise in the health care industry.

The pages that follow provide an overview of the industry history in Nashville and the profound impact it has on the delivery of innovative, high-quality patient care around the globe. The section also details how Nashville executives are preparing for the changes directed by health reform and ultimately providing a vision for the future direction of improving health, well-being and care delivery in this country.

For nearly 20 years, the Council has been privileged to work with world-class leaders to provide critical information needed to grow successful organizations that provide superior patient care. Health care is Nashville’s most important economic driver, contributing more than a $30 billion benefi t to the local economy. We look forward to future opportunities to ensure a supportive operating environment for existing, start-up and relocating health care businesses through quality educational programs, networking and mentoring activities.

We hope you enjoy learning about our health care industry and we invite you to learn more by visiting the Nashville Health Care Council at www.healthcarecouncil.com. ■

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President

Nashville Health Care Council

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If physicians, hospitals and patients are the building blocks of a health care system, we provide the mortar.

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Medical schools nationwide covet our pre-med students—in fact, often accepting a higher percentage of our students than their own. Our “TransformAging” programs are preparing a new generation of health care professionals who see successful health care for this key demographic in a different way.

Lipscomb opened the first college of pharmacy in Middle Tennessee, and our nursing students have been supporting area hospitals and health care facilities for years, even some in remote villages around the world.

Our graduate programs in health care informatics and computer security are especially aimed at producing the professionals who will shape electronic medical records. And Lipscomb’s College of Business offers one of the few MBAs in the area specific to the health care industry.

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“BY THE MID-1990S, THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY HAD A STRONG PRESENCE IN

NASHVILLE, but it needed structure, opportunities for healthcare leaders to network and discuss

issues that affect the entire industry and, of course, a vehicle to promote Nashville as a desirable

location for healthcare companies. The Nashville Health Care Council has provided the platform and

leadership to help Nashville become the Silicon Valley of healthcare. Originally established to be a regional resource, the

Council’s reach today is national and global. It has far exceeded its founders’ vision of what it could become.”

THOMAS F. FRIST JR., MD | Chairman emeritus of HCA | Former Chairman, Nashville Health Care Council

The Nashville Health Care Council is an association of health care

industry leaders working together to further establish Nashville’s

position as the nation’s health care industry capital.

Founded in 1995 as an initiative of the Nashville Area Chamber

of Commerce, the Council’s membership includes more than 225

organizations that are world leaders in hospital management,

outpatient services, disease management, academic medicine, health

information technology and beyond. Also represented are professional

services fi rms with wide-ranging expertise in the health care industry.

Nashville’s health care industry is its most important economic engine,

contributing an overall economic benefi t of nearly $30 billion and

more than 200,000 jobs to the local economy Council co-founder Dr.

Thomas F. Frist Jr., chairman emeritus of HCA, characterizes Nashville

as the “Silicon Valley of health care.”

“It has the right people, at the right time, at the right place to solve the

needs of health care in our ever-changing world,” Frist said.

The Council promotes the continued growth of Nashville’s health care

industry by fostering a supportive operating environment for existing,

start-up and relocating health care businesses. Through educational

programs, the Council provides executives with timely information on

key operational and policy challenges facing health care companies, as

well as networking and mentoring activities.

Council events focus on pressing issues facing the health care industry

and have featured leaders such as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, U.S. Chief Technology Offi cer

Todd Park, U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.),

AHIP CEO Karen Ignagni, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and numerous

other leaders from government, industry and fi nance.

Since its inception, the Council has placed a strong emphasis on

expanding Nashville’s reputation as a health care capital by meeting

with health care and business leaders across the nation and worldwide.

More than 200 health care executives have joined the Council on

missions to 17 international cities in 14 countries.

In November 2010, the Council with the Nashville Area Chamber of

Commerce conducted a trade mission to Santiago, Chile and Buenos

Aires, Argentina.

The Council and Chamber previously embarked on a study mission

to the United Kingdom, which offered participants an up-close look

at the British and Scottish health care systems through small-setting

exchanges with policymakers, business executives and dignitaries in

London and Edinburgh.

The Council has also hosted business and government leaders from

around the world to Nashville, including groups from Russia, Sweden

and Asia. During a recent Nashville visit Asia business experts shared

fi rst-hand insights on private sector business opportunities in the

reformed and expanded Chinese health care system. ■

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The Nashville area boasts more than 250 health care companies, of which more than 56 are corporate headquarters and 16 are publicly traded. In addition, more

than 300 professional service firms lend their expertise to Nashville’s health care industry.

“It starts with the unique culture we have in Nashville,” said Wayne Smith, chairman of the board, president and

chief executive officer of Community Health Systems, an operator of general acute care hospitals with 135 affiliated hospitals in 29 states. Smith is also the current chairman of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.

“Companies here have an interest in helping other companies develop,” Smith said. “It’s not that we’re not competitive; we are.

But, the companies here are collegial, and we collaborate to improve and grow our industry as a whole. That benefits

everyone – our business, our employees, the communities we serve around the country.”

Combining many large and established companies with innovative startups, Nashville has a history of health care management that goes back five decades, said Bill Carpenter, chairman and chief executive officer of LifePoint Hospitals®, a hospital company operating 56 hospital campuses in 18 states.

“We have a legacy and an amazing collection of health care companies in hospital management, health information technology, disease management, life sciences and many other sectors,” Carpenter said. “We have a deep bench of talent and a broad network of advisors that can support companies of all sizes.”

For nearly 20 years, the Nashville Health Care Council has been the catalyst for collaboration and champion of the entrepreneurial spirit that characterizes the Nashville health care community.

“The Council brings us together to consider industry-wide issues and opportunities,” Smith said. “We can talk about the things that matter to all of us and work toward common goals.”

Carpenter said the need for collaboration and innovation will increase in the coming years.

“We are in a period of change and uncertainty in health care,” Carpenter said. “Health reform is leading most of this

A health care community successfully blending collaboration and innovationNashville’s health care industry has grown exponentially over the last few years by doing business locally, nationally and globally and establishing a reputation for innovation.

“As a community, we must

work together to find ways

to prevent illness and keep

people healthier. We must also

find ways to boost efficiency

and improve patient outcomes

across the board.”

BILL CARPENTERChairman and CEO LifePoint Hospitals®

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change and driving a new focus on improving quality of care and reducing costs. As a community, we must work together to find ways to prevent illness and keep people healthier. We must also find ways to boost efficiency and improve patient outcomes across the board.”

“These are exciting times,” Carpenter added.Nashville’s health care industry is one of the most diverse

sector clusters in the nation. In addition to traditional provider organizations, such as hospital companies and ambulatory groups, Nashville is home to insurers, technology, care management companies and a variety of support and entrepreneurial ventures.

“In Nashville, and thanks in part to the leadership provided by the Nashville Health Care Council, a unique collaborative spirit exists,” said Richard M. Bracken, chairman and chief executive officer of HCA. “There is a progressive and responsible recognition that a diversity of organizations will be essential for the continued positive growth and efficiency of the health care industry.”

Two highly-respected academic health science centers anchor Nashville’s health care industry: Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, known for their tertiary care clinical services and research.

Dr. Wayne J. Riley, president and chief executive officer at Meharry Medical College, believes health care for everyone in the United States is destined to improve.

Founded in 1876, Meharry is well-known for training African American physicians, dentists, biomedical scientists, health care administrators and health policy experts. It is also the nation’s largest private, independent historically black academic health center dedicated to educating minority and other health professionals.

“I envision a health care system that will continue to evolve for the better – first by focusing on ensuring access for everyone who needs health care services and then, by continuing to find better ways to deliver evidenced-based care efficiently and effectively,” Riley said. “We know that prevention is key to good health, so I would envision a future where more and more of us take advantage of practices that we know work toward good health, such as eating a well balanced diet, exercising, minimizing stress, avoiding tobacco use to name a few.”

Marketing innovationInnovation often begins with university research, and the Vanderbilt University Center for Technology and Commercialization has found a way to take innovative research from the university and prepare the resulting intellectual property for the marketplace.

Vanderbilt’s Center for Technology also works with local and regional entrepreneurs, investors, executives and other business leaders to advance technologies in sectors such as broad drug delivery, health care management and other information technology systems, said Assistant Vice Chancellor Alan Bentley.

“Health care innovation nationally is probably the single most important element contributing to reducing health care expense and improving patient care,” Bentley said.

Right now, the Center for Technology is working with investors to position some of its medical center information systems for broad commercialization. For one project, the

center has engaged a local entrepreneur to create a company to deliver a nanosponge drug delivery system developed in the Vanderbilt Department of Chemistry by Dr. Eva Harth and colleagues.

Bentley said he anticipates similar partnerships between Vanderbilt researchers and the Nashville area health care community will be commonplace in the coming years.

“The Vanderbilt research community is such an innovative bunch, there are numerous opportunities to partner locally to develop high impact health care products,” Bentley said

And, once those innovations become business models, Nashville community groups like the Entrepreneur Center and the Nashville Capital Network are in place to nurture startups into successful ventures.

“Nashville is home to a number of new and longtime entrepreneurs in health care. At the Entrepreneur Center, we connect these innovators with critical resources to accelerate business creation and growth. We are the ‘front door’ of Nashville for all types of entrepreneurs, creating both a physical and virtual place for providing resources, making connections, seeking advice and launching a business,” said Michael Burcham, president and chief executive officer of the The Entrepreneur Center.

Tackling community issuesSupport from leaders in the Nashville health care industry gives the Council the clout it needs to tackle big issues in the community, exemplified in the Council’s role in an award-winning project by Nashville Public Television.

As Nashville’s business community has thrived, the health of its children has not. The city ranked 48th in the nation for children’s health—from obesity to infant mortality—and the state overall didn’t fare much better. In 2009, Nashville Public Television spearheaded a partnership among Nashville health care organizations and community partners to confront the crippling effects of poor childhood health in the region.

The Council was on board immediately, said Beth Curley, president and chief executive officer of Nashville Public Television. Council member Healthways, the largest independent global provider of well-being improvement solutions, was also an initial key supporter. The Council and its members continued to play a major role, building and participating in a coalition that brought the project to fruition.

Titled “Children’s Health Crisis,” the project’s first phase

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“Nashville is home to a number of

new and longtime entrepreneurs

in health care. At the Entrepreneur

Center, we connect these

innovators with critical resources

to accelerate business creation

and growth. We are the ‘front

door’ of Nashville for all types

of entrepreneurs, creating both

a physical and virtual place for

providing resources, making

connections, seeking advice and

launching a business.”

Michael BurchamPresident and CEO The Entrepreneur Center

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consisted of seven documentaries aired over three years. Each episode examined a different issue, from childhood obesity to mental health to adolescent sexuality.

Other elements of the project included 18 health spots for children and parents during daytime children’s television programming, as well as 81 health update spots during prime time. It featured call-in programs, weekly on-air reports and an extensive website.

The project lived off the air, too. Information was distributed to area schools, community centers and health-care providers with translations in four languages other than English. Nashville Public Television held a series of Family Health Nights at Nashville schools. In 2011, more than 550 families attended literacy and nutrition workshops involving games and

healthy food.Throughout the process the Council assisted with the project

by providing input on content, identifying health care experts and assisting with staging events, said Daniel Tidwell, vice president of development and marketing for Nashville Public Television.

“They have really been one of our most active and involved partners,” Tidwell said. “They have done a great job in helping us get the word out about it and helping us connect with the health care community.”

The series won the 2011 Midsouth Regional Emmy Award for Community Service. In 2010 it won two Emmy Awards in 2010 for best topical documentary and best public affairs documentary. Other awards include the 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics Friend of Children Award, 2011 and 2012 Tennessee Commission on Children & Youth Making KIDS COUNT Media Award and 2010 National Educational Telecommunications Association awards for best long-lead promo and Science/Nature documentary.

Addressing important local issues with a combination of television programming and other outreach is generating buzz among station managers and producers in the public television community.

“It’s on the radar screen,” Curley said. “People are talking about it at a number of other stations and trying to figure out what they can do.”

But the best news, said Council President Caroline Young, is the impact on children’s health. Tennessee now ranks 39th in child well-being. “All of these efforts are slowly, but steadily moving the needle,” Young said. “More Nashvillians understand the need to create a culture of health and wellness.”

Instilling positive lifelong health habits in kids is the only way to truly change overall health in the United States, said Council member Scott McQuigg, chief executive officer of HealthTeacher, which provides a comprehensive online health education curriculum used in public schools, after-school and home school programs in the United States and internationally.

“Our country desperately needs consumers to take more responsibility for their health,” McQuigg said. “The costs of poor health choices among adults are becoming insurmountable.”

“Successfully teaching young people the intrinsic value of health today will provide a generational shift in health and well-being that will pay dividends for our communities and country tomorrow,” McQuigg added.

Aging population influxIndustry leaders are also focusing on Nashville and the nation’s aging population, which will continue to need a higher level of health care.

“The rising number of seniors is a global trend and not limited to the aging of the baby boomer generation in the United States,” said Herb Fritch, president of HealthSpring, a health plan delivering quality health care, primarily through Medicare Advantage and other Medicare and Medicaid products.

“Advances in science, technology and medicine mean people today are living longer,” Fritch said. “However, as we age we become more susceptible to chronic illnesses like high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease.”

HealthSpring works with physicians and patients to develop personalized care plans that combine regular medical care with preventative services and disease management. The approach has resulted in an average 80-90 percent compliance with evidence-based medicine practices compared to a national average of 40-50 percent, Fritch said.

“We’ve documented great success with innovative initiatives that support the doctor-patient relationship and better align health care resources,” Fritch said.

Fritch maintains that pioneering new programs and strengthening existing ones focused on delivering better health outcomes, reduced costs and higher patient satisfaction is vital for keeping seniors healthy in a future with a larger number of older Americans are expected to celebrate their 100th birthday.

When the situation calls for acute care follow up, skilled nursing and home health provide the most cost efficient settings for the majority of cases, said Steve Flatt, president, National HealthCare Corp., one of the nation’s oldest long-term health care companies, operating 130 health care facilities in 11 states.

“As we move to a world of bundled payments and capitated payment for the care of defined populations, we want to be positioned to work with physicians and hospitals to meet the clinical and financial targets for effective, quality care of an aging population,” Flatt said.

An increase in the U.S. elderly population combined with an influx of Medicaid patients due to the passing of the Accountable Care Act means managing the revenue cycle is going to be more important than ever, said Scott Mertie, president of Kraft Healthcare Consulting, an affiliate of Kraft CPAs which is one of the largest independent certified public accounting firms in Middle Tennessee. His practice specializes in all aspects of reimbursement and compliance related to Medicare and Medicaid.

“Providers already struggle with Medicare and Medicaid rates, as well as an increase in compliance,” Mertie said. New health care laws will not likely alleviate that struggle, he added.

“We’ve documented great

success with innovative

initiatives that support the

doctor-patient relationship

and better align health care

resources.”

HERB FRITCHPresident HealthSpring

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Nashville’s Got A Brand New Bag.

HealthSpring is a proud part of Nashville’s thriving health care community.

Since our founding, we have partnered with physicians to revolutionize the health care experience for our members.

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“They are going to have to learn to operate their organizations by managing patient care with lower reimbursement rates while caring for more patients.”

Mertie said the best way he can assist his clients is make sure they’re informed about regulations that affect them directly, as well as indirectly over the long term.

Technological advances such as the MISTY™ care management platform for health care providers, payers and caregivers will help patients with chronic conditions, many who are older, said Scotte Hudsmith, president and chief

executive officer of Parental Health, which developed and delivers MISTY™.

Established in 2009, Parental Health set out to design a program specifically to support Medicaid and Medicaid Advantage. Being part of the Council was a help in getting his new concept off the ground, Hudsmith said.

“Starting Parental Health in this community has allowed us to tap into a vast knowledge base of how care is provided to patients with chronic conditions,” he said.

Because the same population is responsible for most of Medicare and Medicaid spending, efficiently managing their complex care is paramount. The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services states that its primary objective is to improve access, outcomes and quality while reducing cost.

“Approximately 5 percent of the members in Medicare and Medicaid consume the majority of the cost,” Hudsmith said. “If a plan can manage those costs proactively, the system overall can save an enormous amount of money, while improve access and quality of care. “

Technology in numbersIncreasing numbers in the aging population is just one of many impending changes related to health care delivery in the United States.

Thanks to health care reform, health systems will also see an increase in the insured population, as well as more participants in indigent care programs nationwide, said George Lazenby, chief executive officer, of Emdeon, the largest health care financial and clinical network in the nation – connecting 1,200 payers, 500,000 providers, 5,000 hospitals, 81,000 dentists and 60,000 pharmacies – and processing more than six billion health care information exchanges per year.

“The one thing that is clear about the future of health care is that we have to improve our efficiency to reduce the costs of our health care system,” Lazenby said.

That is where technological improvements associated with delivering data and exchanging information come into play.

“Any improvements that lead to higher levels of efficiency will be achieved by the increased availability of relevant data for decisions within the workflow,” Lazenby said. “Technology will clearly play a significant role in this going forward.”

Investment in new care models, especially health care information technology will accelerate as health care companies align their processes with the requirements of health care reform, said Claire Miley, a health care regulatory lawyer and member at Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, which represents 16 public health care companies, more than 150 health care-related businesses and is one of the 10 largest health law firms in the United States.

“Health care technology, especially health information technology, is the underpinning of the new coordinated care models created by health reform,” Miley said.

In addition to the changes brought on by health care reform, hospitals and other health care providers face Medicare reimbursement costs beginning in 2012 if they fail to invest in health care technology that complies with government mandates for “meaningful use,” Miley added.

Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services defines meaningful use as the application of certified electronic health records technology in ways that can be measured significantly in quality and in quantity.

Doing business in the birthplace of for-profit health care and working with some of the world’s most sophisticated health care companies, Miley said she expects to participate on the cutting edge of industry innovation in the area of health care technology.

Executive physicians at forefront New federal regulations, evolving demographic differences and changes in social populations will contribute to the increasing importance of the chief medical officer and executive physician in the coming years.

As executive chairman at TeamHealth, one of the largest providers of outsourced physician and clinical staffing solutions for hospitals in the United States, Dr. Lynn Massingale said the company is focused on initiatives that improve quality in a measurable way, reduce unnecessary costs and enhance the patient experience in emergency services, hospital programs, anesthesia and urgent care.

Whether it’s a chief medical officer focused on clinical issues or a physician executive with broader executive management duties, physician leaders will need to develop requisite skills beyond their medical credentials to be effective as high-level corporate executives, Massingale said.

Kim Harvey Looney, a health care regulatory practice leader at Waller, a national law firm, shared, “The increased emphasis on quality will require the physician/CMO to be more proactive. While quality standards are not new, the physician/CMO will be spending more time making sure that new quality metrics are in place before there is a problem. The importance of taking a proactive approach is underscored by developments such as the Hospitals Readmissions Reduction Program which will reduce Medicare payments for hospitals viewed as having excess patient readmissions as well a recent patient care measures endorsed by the National Quality Forum.”

“Physician executives and CMOs should be at the forefront and integrally involved with nonphysician leaders of most organizations that will excel in the future,” Massingale said.

Physician leaders will face increased staffing challenges, said attorney Jay Hardcastle, partner and chair of the Health Care Practice Group at Bradley, Arant, Boult, Cummings LLP.

“There may be a shortage of physicians in the coming

“Physician executives and CMOs

should be at the forefront

and integrally involved with

nonphysician leaders of most

organizations that will excel in

the future.”

LYNN MASSENGALE, MDExecutive Chairman TeamHealth

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years,” Hardcastle said. “The physician executives will need to plan for fewer physicians giving care to more patients. Moreover, physician executives will face increased pressure to demonstrate value — that is, improved quality for lower cost.”

The need for physician leaders with executive and business skills keeps increasing, from the community to the corporate level, agrees Dr. Barbara Paul, senior vice president and chief medical officer for Community Health Systems. “Change management, conflict resolution and communications aren’t taught in medical school, but are critical skills,” Paul said. “Every medical staff and community hospital benefits from having physicians with these skills.”

The traditional role of physician leaders as advocates for the medical point of view has evolved into one that incorporates an understanding of the overall imperatives at their organizations. That means finding “ways to move all parties from tacit and passive agreement to commitment and action around a shared goal,” Paul said.

A proponent of physician leaders with greater management savvy, Paul has taken an active role helping physician leaders transition to a more prominent role in the business of health care. She enlisted the support of the Council to develop a new networking program for physician executives consisting of a series of small dinner gatherings with physician executives from a cross-section of Nashville companies.

“Our vision was to create an event where physician executives could share ideas and discuss common challenges,” Paul said.

“Change management, conflict

resolution and communications

aren’t taught in medical school,

but are critical skills. Every

medical staff and community

hospital benefits from having

physicians with these skills.”

BARBARA PAUL, MDSenior Vice President, CMO Community Health Systems

The first dinner earlier this year resulted in a physician from Vanderbilt University Medical Center agreeing to speak at an upcoming national meeting of medical staff leaders. Paul said she is working with another physician from Meharry Medical College on future projects.

“This is exactly the kind of collaboration that makes Nashville unique,” Paul said. “By working with the Council, we had instant credibility and interest from many local companies.”

And that is in keeping with the mission of the Nashville Health Care Council: to promote the continued growth of Nashville’s health care community by fostering a supportive operating environment for existing, start-up and relocating health care businesses; providing networking and mentoring activities; and ensuring that executives have the timely information they need to maintain Nashville’s position as the nation’s health care industry capital. ■

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Those concerns are also among the major issues that have emerged under health care reform: accountable care, reimbursement, “meaningful use” of electronic health

records and reducing clinical costs while improving quality.Survey respondents represent various sectors of Nashville’s

health care industry, including hospitals and other care providers, professional services, consulting services and information technology. The businesses range in size from fewer than 100 employees to more than 10,000.

Regardless of how health care legislation plays out over the short haul, Nashville’s

health care leaders are preparing for health care reform in the same way they continue to position themselves as innovators and change agents open to new opportunities.

Saint Thomas Health — a member of Ascension Health, a Catholic health ministry that is the largest nonprofit health care system in the United States — began the process of transforming health care delivery two years ago, said its President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Mike Schatzlein. Saint Thomas Health Services consists of nine hospitals, four in conjunction with Capella Healthcare, and several other health service providers that serve Middle Tennessee, Southwestern Kentucky and Northern Alabama.

“Not so much because of external pressures, but rather because it is the right thing to do, service delivery must be more person-centered, far less fragmented and much less expensive,” said Schatzlein, who is also market leader for Ascension Health Ministry for Nashville and Birmingham.

Saint Thomas has channeled its efforts into three major areas: accepting responsibility for the continuum of care for individuals and populations, information systems integration and process improvement to provide consistent quality and safety at lower cost, Schatzlein said. A year ago, it launched an accountable care organization, MissionPoint Health Partners. The increasingly popular accountable care model

Leaders’ top concern: Implementing reformHEALTH CARE LEADERS SURVEY

In Nashville, how to implement health care reform is top of mind for industry leaders. Issues related to

the recently upheld Patient Affordable Care Act, including how medical expenses will be reimbursed,

technology’s role in health care delivery and patient safety and quality, are among the biggest concerns

to Nashville’s health care executives and administrators, according to a recent Modern Healthcare

survey of 50 top level leaders in the Nashville Health Care Council.

CONTINUED >

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Reimbursement 8.02

Technology 7.56

Healthcare reform implementation 7.21

Governmental mandates 7.15

Patient satisfaction 6.65

Staffing and personnel shortages 6.32

Financial challenges 6.31

Patient safety and quality 6.29

Physician/hospital relations 6.06

Care for the uninsured 5.40

All other responses 4.18

NOT a concern VERY SERIOUS concern

SURVEY: Reimbursement, technology issues emerge as leaders prepare for the future

Respondents were asked:

“ On a scale of 1 to 10, rate EACH of the following as it impacts your health care business right now.”

Source: Modern Healthcare survey of Nashville Health Care Council Leaders

Average ratings

Regardless of how health care

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consists of networks of hospitals, doctors and other providers coordinating — and being held accountable for — patient care.

MissionPoint now has more than 1,400 doctors and nine hospitals, and is responsible for all or part of the continuing

care of nearly 30,000 members. It is one of the first institutions sanctioned as an accountable care organization for Medicare patients by the Centers for Medicare Services, Schatzlein said, adding that he expects MissionPoint will enroll more than 21,000 Medicare patients in 2012.

With health care reform expected to introduce tens of millions of previously uninsured patients into the managed care system, it is not surprising that nearly a third of the survey’s respondents ranked medical reimbursement as their No. 1 concern.

Scott Mertie, president of Kraft Healthcare Consulting, which specializes in all aspects of reimbursement and compliance related to Medicare and Medicaid, said he has

already been working with clients eager to understand how health care reform laws will impact their facilities.

“Due to RAC’s (recovery audit contractors) and other forms of governmental claims audits, our compliance practice has seen a large increase in providing external coding and documentation audits and other risk assessments to identify areas of exposure for our clients,” Mertie said.

Lattimore, Black, Morgan & Cain, P.C., the largest regional accounting and financial services family of companies based in Tennessee has been proactive in health care reform.

“We began implementing an active campaign to address the health care reform bill years ago when it was merely a possibility,” said Andrew Bissonnette, health care partner at the firm.

With a team of more than 40 health care professionals, the firm has expertise in national accounting firms as well as direct industry experience, Bissonnette said. “Having these professionals with extensive financial and practical experience enables us to dissect this bill, and what it means to our clients quickly and efficiently.”

Making certain that providers receive payment for every patient will be increasingly complex as the volume of new patients increases.

Passport Health Communications, which specializes in software and business solutions for health care companies, anticipates 30 million people will access health care in the United States as a result of health care reform. The company has developed products that track logistics and patient risk

HEALTH CARE LEADERS SURVEY continued

“We are always looking forward to

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from outpatient, to inpatient, to post-acute care to manage the patient’s entire episode of care across health care enterprises. It has also developed software to determine eligibility, facilitate enrollment and identify financial assistance for needy patients.

“We are always looking forward to make accessing health care easier for patients and to help providers achieve the necessary payment certainty in order to continue delivering the high level of care Americans enjoy and demand,” said Scott MacKenzie, chief executive officer of Passport Health Communications, Inc.

In terms of impact to the health care business, more than half of those surveyed ranked technology high. Health IT and management plays a huge role in health reform, specifically in meaningful use of electronic health records technology (EHR). (The recent Supreme Court decision does not affect meaningful use, which was established under earlier legislation. Health care providers must prove meaningful use of certified electronic health systems to qualify for Medicaid and Medicare incentive payments.)

As two of the biggest national providers among the Nashville health care community, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and Community Health Systems (CHS) are focused on establishing meaningful use best practices.

“Whether it’s working toward the requirements of health reform or successful implementation of electronic health records to achieve meaningful use, our scale allows us to address multiple issues simultaneously, innovate, perfect approaches and then replicate successful strategies,” said Dr.

Jonathan B. Perlin, HCA president, Clinical and Physician Services Group and chief medical officer. HCA is the largest private operator of health care facilities in the world.

Perlin said he is proud that most of HCA’s hospitals attested for meaningful use last year, but stresses that it is not an “end point.”

“We see the EHR as a vehicle for delivering better patient care, with greater continuity, more personalization and improved efficiency,” he said.

At CHS, clinical excellence has always been a top priority, said Dr. Lynn Simon, the company’s senior vice president and chief quality officer.

Simon said that like other hospitals and health systems, CHS has historically examined clinical measures separately from day-to-day operations. But with the focus shifting to value based purchasing, quality efforts and operations need to be integrated more closely, she said.

“We’re looking at quality metrics in real time — not just at the historical data— and that is a good thing for our patients,”

CONTINUED >

“We see the EHR as a vehicle for

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with greater continuity, more

personalization and improved

efficiency.”

JONATHAN B. PERLIN, MDHCA president, Clinical and Physician Services Group and chief medical officer

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Simon said. “The entire industry has to remain focused on ways to reduce medical errors. Patient safety is a priority for us – as it should be for all health care providers.”

CHS has embarked on efforts to make its affiliated hospitals highly reliable, Simon said. It is shifting its focus from process

of care measures to improving outcomes, including improving mortality rates and reducing readmissions and hospital acquired conditions.

One example she points to is a system-wide development of standardized order sets. Local medical staffs approve them, but with an organization-wide standardized and consistent approach to quality, CHS

can drive higher quality, reduced costs, the ability to track resource consumption and organization-wide efficiency, Simon explained.

Successful health care reform depends on keeping costs down

HEALTH CARE LEADERS SURVEY continued

while improving quality. That is especially true for providers of Medicaid and Medicare services.

Vanderbilt Health System is Tennessee’s largest provider of Medicaid services and addresses a significant volume of Tennessee’s Medicare population.

“Already, we know we will be facing declining reimbursements as we continue to treat these populations,” said Dr. C. Wright Pinson, deputy vice chancellor for health affairs, Vanderbilt University and chief executive officer of the Vanderbilt Health System.

In order to meet that challenge, last year Vanderbilt Health System began a comprehensive operational improvement process to create savings and realign its cost structure. The organization met its initial goal to save $50 million and continued to work toward even greater efficiencies, Pinson said.

Vanderbilt also recently received an $18.8 million federal grant it will use in partnership with its affiliate medical centers — Maury Regional Medical Center, NorthCrest Medical Center and Williamson Medical Center — to establish a medical home model.

Pinson said all parties will be able to better manage patient populations with costly and epidemic chronic illnesses, such as diabetes, heart disease and hypertension.

“Based on the success of our medical home pilot, financial modeling projects, we can create significant savings while also greatly improving outcomes for these patients,” he said. ■

“Based on the success of our

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modeling projects, we can create

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these patients.”

C. WRIGHT PINSON, MD Deputy vice chancellor for health affairs, Vanderbilt University and CEO Vanderbilt Health System

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As LHC’s executive director, Judith Byrd, explained recently, “Health care is Nashville’s largest and fastest growing economic driver, which has a ripple effect across

the Nashville economy to the tune of more than 200,000 jobs. LHC wants to build Nashville’s reputation as the nation’s health care capital. And, in order to do that, we need to plan for the future.”

The way to do that, Byrd told the Nashville Post, is creating a place where up-and-coming professionals in the health care industry can get to know each other better while gaining valuable knowledge about the industry.

“Fostering the next generation of health care leaders and entrepreneurs helps solidify Nashville’s position as a health care industry leader and ensures a strong economy and good quality of life for the city,” she said.

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Care’s educational, mentoring and networking events. The group, an initiative of the Nashville Health

Care Council, has been cultivating the area’s emerging health care leaders for a decade now.

INVESTING IN NASHVILLE’S FUTURE LEADERSHIP

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More than 650 professionals representing nearly 300 companies are active members in LHC. And over the past year, nearly 1,500 people attended LHC events.

One of LHC’s signature activities is an annual visit to Washington. About 100 delegates took the most recent trip to the nation’s capital, where they sat down for briefings with top Obama administration officials, government policymakers and influencers.

“The delegations to Washington, D.C., have provided us with an opportunity to hear firsthand from policy experts inside the beltway about real-life issues that are relevant to the industry,” said attorney Angela Humphreys, a member of the law firm Bass, Berry & Sims PLC. An LHC member since the initiative started in 2002, Humphreys has taken part in all 10 of LHC’s delegations to Washington as well as similar LHC trips to Wall Street.

The Washington visits have also been highly informative for another LHC member, Sarah Cook, director of account management at Healthways Inc., a company whose work has included coaching individuals and groups toward optimal nutritional health, as well as collaborating with large health plans to improve well-being for millions of people.

“The delegations to D.C. have been extremely valuable, especially the 2010 delegation,” Cook said. That trip occurred just as Washington lawmakers were passing the massive health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

“As delegates, we heard from political leaders, literally as change was happening,” Cook said. “It was exhilarating and gave me a personal perspective of the political environment

unlike any I could ever achieve from a distance. I returned to work with a better understanding of the opportunities and the challenges my clients faced as they outlined their future strategies.”

LHC member Kelvin Ault, senior vice president of tax for Vanguard Health Systems, also singles out the group’s trips as important experiences. “I think the D.C. and New York delegation trips have been the most rewarding both from a professional development standpoint as well as from a networking standpoint,” Ault said — but he adds that he has also learned a lot by attending LHC’s local events.

Those events in Nashville include roundtable sessions, which give LHC members a chance to sit down with influential leaders and gain insights about the health care field. LHC has hosted such sessions with Dr. Jeffrey Balser, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s vice chancellor for health affairs; former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee CEO Vicky Gregg and numerous other well-respected industry leaders.

“LHC has given me insights into numerous areas of health care — clinical, medical device, pharma, technology, managed

CONTINUED >

More than 650 professionals representing nearly

300 companies are active members in LHC

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NASHVILLE’S FUTURE LEADERSHIP continued

care, political and more,” Cook said.Likewise, Ault said, “LHC provides me with an opportunity

to expand my horizons and depth of industry knowledge beyond the tax world that I live in on a day-to-day basis.”

Ault started his career at the Nashville office of Ernst & Young, where he worked predominantly with clients in the health care industry. He joined LHC about nine years ago, when he was vice president of tax at LifePoint Hospitals, and he has remained in the organization since moving to Vanguard, which owns 28 acute care and specialty hospitals and complementary facilities in Illinois, Arizona, Michigan, Texas and Massachusetts.

“I think it has given me a professional advantage over my counterparts at other health care companies who aren’t involved in LHC, by helping me to see the broader industry perspective,” Ault said.

Ault said he has taken the knowledge he gained at LHC events and used it when he advocates for legislation and regulatory tax initiatives at the state and federal level. For example, a charity care tax credit for investor-owned hospitals was recently enacted after lobbying by Ault and others.

Ault said LHC has opened professional doors for him. “I’m en route to Chicago now to present at an IRS health care industry conference to present on current and future state of the health care industry,” he recently said. “I wouldn’t have had the knowledge or the confidence to do this presentation if it weren’t for what I’ve learned through my involvement with LHC.”

LHC’s other recent local events have included a panel of

women health care industry leaders discussing health care reform and a discussion focused on social entrepreneurism in health care. In addition, LHC offers a “Board-to-Board” mentoring program which matches LHC Board members with Council Board members. The pairs meet to discuss topics such as business strategy and the political landscape. The mentoring program also provides board-level meetings for interaction and career growth. Recently, HCA Retired Chairman & CEO Jack O. Bovender Jr. held a discussion with Council and LHC boards on the importance of mentoring.

Humphreys said she has made valuable connections — and friendships — by participating in LHC.

“It has been an organization through which I have formed lifelong friendships,” she said. “It has been instrumental in the development of my career, in particular from a networking standpoint.”

Cook praises LHC for helping her with both knowledge and networking. “I’m confident that I have a pulse on the current state of health care and the impact for various stakeholders, and I know who to call for additional expertise if needed,” she said.

Humphreys said LHC is a great forum where up-and-coming health care leaders can exchange ideas.

“It’s a place where people can come together, learn from each other and share ideas and experiences,” Humphreys said. “I do think that LHC is one of the most beneficial organizations that a young executive in the Nashville community can participate in, from education to programming to networking.” ■

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Leadership Health Care (LHC)

has been cultivating Nashville’s

health care leaders of the future

for 10 years now. The Nashville

Health Care Council launched the initiative in 2002 to foster the next

generation of industry executives with educational, mentoring and

networking opportunities.

Many LHC alumni have risen to leadership positions in established

health care organizations or have gone on to launch successful startup

companies. Since its beginnings, LHC membership has climbed from

120 members to more than 650 today, representing nearly 300

companies.

“For 10 years, Leadership Health Care has been playing a critical role in

Nashville,” said Michael Drescher, former chairman of LHC and director

of Network Communications at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.

“LHC has created a forum where the next generation of health care

leaders can brainstorm, discuss policy and solve problems. Businesses

are grown from these discussions; this is what has helped Nashville

become and remain the health care industry capital.”

“LHC membership has become an

invaluable resource for professionals

looking to take their career to the

next level,” said LHC Executive

Director Judith Byrd. “Not only do

individuals gain industry insight by

mentoring and networking with

top executives, but they are given

opportunities to develop essential

skills and expand their knowledge.”

“The history of Nashville’s health

care industry is filled with legendary

leaders who dynamically impacted how health care is administered

here and across the country,” said Nashville Health Care Council

President Caroline Young. “It is within the membership of the Council’s

Leadership Health Care initiative that we will see the next generation

who will come forward to leave their own mark on health care.” ■

For more information on the Council’s Leadership Health Care

initiative, please visit www.leadershiphealthcare.com.

Leadership, entrepreneurial spirit fuel LHC growth“LHC has created a forum

where the next generation

of health care leaders can

brainstorm, discuss policy

and solve problems.”

MICHAEL DRESCHER Former chairman, LHC Director of Network Communications BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

CULTIVATING THE NEXT GENERATION

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Nashville Health Care Council Board of DirectorsBen R. Leedle, Jr. (Chairman) President & CEO, Healthways

William F. Carpenter III (Vice Chairman) Chairman & CEO, LifePoint Hospitals

Alfredo Arguello Senior Vice President, GE Healthcare

Andrew S. Bissonnette, CPA Healthcare Partner, Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain

Dennis C. Bottorff Managing General Partner, Council Capital

Richard M. Bracken Chairman & CEO, HCA

Bruce Broussard President, Humana

Victor L. Campbell Senior Vice President, HCA

Thomas G. Cigarran Chairman Emeritus, Healthways

Gregory L. Daniels, CPA Senior Vice President, Aon Risk Solutions

Roger L. (Vern) Davenport Chairman & CEO, M*Modal

The Honorable William H. Frist, M.D. Partner, Cressey & Company

William Gracey President & COO, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Thomas P. (Tom) Hackett Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

Michael R. Hill Shareholder, Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner

Christopher A. Holden President & CEO, AmSurg

Joey A. Jacobs Chairman & CEO, Acadia Healthcare

A.J. Kazimi CEO, Cumberland Pharmaceuticals

Jim Lackey CEO, Complete Holdings Group

Bond Oman Chief Executive Officer, OGA

C. Wright Pinson, M.B.A., M.D. Deputy Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs & CEO, Vanderbilt Health System

Keith Pitts Vice Chairman, Vanguard Health Systems

Wayne Riley, M.D., MPH, MBA, MACP President & CEO, Meharry Medical College

Mike Schatzlein, M.D. President & CEO, Saint Thomas Health

W.E. (Bill) Sheriff CEO, Brookdale Senior Living

Dee Anna Smith CEO, Sarah Cannon Research Institute

Wayne T. Smith Chairman, President & CEO, Community Health Systems

Mark Wainner (Chair, Leadership Health Care) Vice President, AmSurg

EX OFFICIO

James W. Bradford Dean, Owen Graduate School of Management

William C. O’Neil, Jr. Director, Healthways

Ralph J. Schulz, Jr. President & CEO, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

Caroline Young President, Nashville Health Care Council

PAST CHAIRS

Jack O. Bovender, Jr. Retired Chairman & CEO, HCA

Thomas G. Cigarran Chairman Emeritus, Healthways

James E. Dalton Chairman, Signature Health Corporation

Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D. Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus, HCA

Joseph C. Hutts CEO, BreatheAmerica

Harry R. Jacobson, M.D. Chairman, MedCare Investment Funds & Vice Chancellor, Health Affairs Emeritus, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Ken Melkus Senior Advisor, Welsh, Carson, Anderson, & Stowe

Martin S. Rash Chairman & CEO, RegionalCare Hospital Partners

H. Rusty Siebert Chairman & CEO, Winchase Gulf Coast Properties

Wayne T. Smith Chairman, President & CEO, Community Health Systems

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Nashville Health Care Council Member Directory 2012-2013

Acadia Healthcare

Accelecare Wound Centers

Adams and Reese

Adreima

Advantage Behavioral Health

Advocat

Aegis Sciences Corporation

AirStrip Technologies

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Alana HealthCare

Alvarez & Marsal

Ambulatory Services of America

American HomePatient

AMERIGROUP

AmSurg

Aon Risk Services

Aquinas College

Ardent Health Services

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals

athenahealth

Avenue Bank

Avondale Partners

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Barclays Capital

Bass, Berry & Sims

BDO USA

Behavioral Centers of America

Belmont University

BioMimetic Therapeutics

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

Brentwood Capital Advisors

Brookdale Senior Living

Brown Brothers Harriman

The Buffkin Group

Burr & Forman

C3 Consulting

Cadence Bank

Cain Brothers

Capella Healthcare

Capital Bank

Catalyst Healthcare Research

CBIZ Valuation Group

CCMP Capital Advisors

Centerre Healthcare

The CFP Group

CGS

Chase

Clearwater Compliance

Clinically Home

Cogent HMG

Commerce Bank

Community Health Systems

Council Capital

Covenant Surgical Partners

Craneware InSight

Cressey & Company

Cross Country Education

Crowe Horwath

Cumberland Consulting Group

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals

DaVita

Dell Services

Deloitte

Deutsche Bank

Dixon Hughes Goodman

Dream Systems

DynaVox Mayer-Johnson

Earl Swensson Associates

EDG PartnersCONTINUED >

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NASHVILLE HEALTH CARE COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTORY continued

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Emdeon

EMG Clinics of Tennessee

eMids

EnableComp

Epiphany Health Ventures

Ernst & Young

Fifth Third Bank

First Tennessee Bank

FirstBank

FOCUS Search Partners

Ford & Harrison

Foundations Recovery Network

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

FTI Healthcare

Gallagher Benefit Services

GeBBS Healthcare Solutions

GE Healthcare

Gould Turner Group

Gresham, Smith & Partners

Harbert Management Corporation

Harpeth Companies

Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner

HCA

HCCA International

HCP

Health Care REIT

Healthcare Management Systems

Healthcare Productivity Automation

HealthCaring Company

HealthSpring

HealthStream

HealthTeacher

Healthways

Heritage Group

Hospice Compassus

Houlihan Lokey

Huguley Consulting Group

Human Capital Group

Humana

Huron Healthcare

IASIS Healthcare

IBM

IMI Health

Informatics Corporation of America

Ingenious Med

Ingenuity Associates

Inspire Health

INSPIRIS

Intel Corporation

Interior Design Services

Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock

Jefferies & Company

Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Public Relations

KPMG

Kraft Healthcare Consulting

Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain

Lellyett & Rogers Company

LetterLogic

LifePoint Hospitals

Lipscomb University

The Little Clinic

Littler Mendelson

Lovell Communications

M*Modal

M2Grx Med-Management Group

Madison Dearborn Partners

Marsh | Mercer

Marwood Group Advisory

McKesson

McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations

MedAssets

MedSolutions

Meharry Medical College

Meiko USA

Metropolitan Nashville Hospital Authority

Microsoft Corporation

Midas+Solutions, ACS a Xerox Company

Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia

Middle Tennessee State University

Miller & Martin

Modern Healthcare

Moelis & Company

Morgan Stanley

Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

Nashville Business Journal

National Distribution and Contracting

National HealthCare Corporation

Noro-Moseley Partners

North Highland Company

OGA

Onlife Health

Outpatient Imaging Affiliates

Owen Graduate School of Management

Paradigm Group

Parallon Business Solutions

Parental Health

Partners Healthcare Group | PHG Technologies

Passport Health Communications

PharmMD

PICA Group

Ponder & Company

Post-n-Track

Press Ganey

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Privia Health

Prologics

PYA

QHR

Raymond James | Morgan Keegan Health Care

Investment Banking

REACH Health

RegionalCare Hospital Partners

Regions Bank

The Rehab Documentation Company

Renal Advantage

ReviveHealth

Robert W. Baird & Company

Saint Thomas Health

Santé Ventures

Sarah Cannon Research Institute

Seigenthaler Public Relations

Shareable Ink

Sherrard & Roe

Shire Regenerative Medicine

Skanska USA Building

SmartRoom

SMS Holdings

Southwind, A Division of the Advisory Board Company

SpecialtyCare

SRS

The SSI Group

STAT Solutions

Stephens

Stites & Harbison

SunTrust Banks | SunTrust Robinson

Humphrey

Symbion

Take Care Health Systems

Tatum

TeamHealth

TherEX

TIBCO Software

Trauger & Tuke

Trevecca Nazarene University

UBS Financial Services

UnitedHealth Group

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanguard Health Systems

Vestar Capital Partners

The Viability Company

Vivere Health

W Squared

Waller

Western Kentucky University

Wheelhouse

Williamson Medical Center

Willis HRH

Windsor Health Plan

WoodRidge Behavioral Care

XMi High Growth Development Fund

Ziegler Investment Banking

Zycron

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