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Special Report Extra
 
Welcome to Modern Healthcare’s Special Report Extra podcast series. Each edition of Special Report Extra amplifies a related Special Report that appears in the weekly edition of Modern Healthcare, the nation’s leading healthcare business publication. With each edition of Special Report Extra, listeners hear directly from key healthcare executives and leaders involved in the major events shaping the industry.

For more information on the Special Report Extra podcast series, please contact Editor David Burda at 312-649-5439 or dburda@crain.com.

Podcast: Johns Hopkins' Gerard Anderson discusses lessons to be learned from foreign medical education

July 26, 2010
Modern Healthcare reporter Rebecca Vesely talks with Gerard Anderson, director of the Center for Hospital Finance and Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He discusses trends in medical education overseas and what...
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Podcast: Analyst Mark Merlis discusses challenges facing new high-risk insurance pools

May 31, 2010
Modern Healthcare reporter Rebecca Vesely talks with Mark Merlis, an independent health policy analyst, about the funding challenges facing the temporary high-risk pool for the uninsured set to take effect this summer and continue through...
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Podcast: Southwind CEO John Deane discusses physician-hospital relationships

March 01, 2010
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Vince Galloro talks with John Deane, CEO of Southwind, a physician practice management consultancy. Deane discusses the reasons that physicians and hospitals are seeking deeper...
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Podcast: Compensation expert Larry Reissman on trends in the healthcare sector | Click here to listen to the podcast.

August 03, 2009
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Joe Carlson talks with Larry Reissman, a principal with Boston-based human resources firm Buck Consultants. Reissman discusses issues such as transparency in executive...
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Podcast: InterHealth CFO Mitchell Thomas on the structuring of a recent bond issue | Right click here to download the podcast.

June 14, 2009
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Melanie Evans talks with Mitchell Thomas, senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer of InterHealth Corp., a not-for-profit in Whittier, Calif., that...
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What nurses can bring to the table as members of governing boards | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

April 13, 2009
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Melanie Evans talks with Joanne Disch, a clinical professor and director of the Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership at the University of...
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How green energy purchasing and other approaches help hospitals control costs | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

March 09, 2009
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Shawn Rhea with John Bick, managing principal at Priority Power Management, an energy consulting firm based in Midland, Texas. Bick discusses some of the challenges...
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How the economic turmoil is affecting strategic planning at one Fla. system | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

February 09, 2009
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Melanie Evans talks with Joe Felkner, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Baptist Health Care Corp., Pensacola, Fla. Felkner discusses how the recession...
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A look at the challenges ahead for the VA's VistA information system | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

February 02, 2009
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Joseph Conn talks with Gordon Moreshead, a former VA programmer and now president of Informatix Laboratories Corp., a software development firm based in Salt Lake City.
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Sharp HealthCare’s CEO on the IHN’s efforts involving health IT | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

January 26, 2009
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Joe Carlson talks with Michael Murphy, president and CEO of Sharp HealthCare in San Diego, about the integrated health network's use of information technology and...
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A look back at 2008 M&A activity and the outlook for this year | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

January 19, 2009
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Vince Galloro talks with Philip Pfrang, a partner with consulting firm Deloitte, about trends in mergers and acquisitions.
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Weighing impact of bad doc behavior on medical outcomes | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

December 08, 2008
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Jean DerGurahian talks with Dean Griffen, chairman of the American College of Surgeons Patient Safety and Professional Liability Committee, about the impact of doctors’...
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Getting creative in financing big-ticket medical technology | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

December 01, 2008
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Shawn Rhea talks with Tim Harlin, chief executive officer of Randolph Medical Center, a critical-access hospital in Roanoke, Ala. Harlin discusses financing strategies...
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Sorting through legal issues facing ambulatory surgery centers | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

November 24, 2008
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Gregg Blesch talks with Dennis Simmons, chief operating officer of the Wayne (N.J.) Surgical Center, discussing the legal skirmishes involving ambulatory surgery...
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Employers begin to focus more on outcomes in wellness programs | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

October 27, 2008
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Rebecca Vesely talks with Thomas Parry, president of the Integrated Benefits Institute, a San Francisco-based firm that advises companies on the business value of...
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Possible links between medical records and national security interests | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

October 13, 2008
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Joseph Conn talks with Twila Brase, president of the not-for-profit Citizens' Council on Health Care, a patient-privacy advocacy organization based in St. Paul, Minn.
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A look at Google Health, PHRs, provider partnerships and patient-privacy issues | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

September 29, 2008
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Rebecca Vesely talks with Missy Krasner, product marketing manager for Google Health, of Mountain View, Calif.-based search giant Google. Krasner discusses the...
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What’s holding back foreign direct investment in healthcare providers? | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

September 08, 2008
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Vince Galloro talks with James Brennan, a head coach with the consulting firm VirtualCDO, Great River, N.Y., about what’s holding back foreign direct investment in...
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Who says that playing video games is bad for you? These are downright healthy | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

August 18, 2008
In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Jessica Zigmond talks with Debra Lieberman, director of the Health Games Research program, based at the University of California, Santa Barbara, about the role of...
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Hospitals, systems work to 'green' the food chain, helping patients, the planet | Click here to listen or right-click to download the podcast to your desktop.

August 04, 2008
In an exclusive podcast interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Shawn Rhea talks with Jamie Harvie, coordinator of the Healthy Food in Health Care initiative with the organization Health Care Without Harm, about ways to help...
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Coalition working to establish proton-beam center | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

By TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE | July 21, 2008
Nancy Schlichting, president and chief executive officer of Henry Ford Health System, discusses a Michigan coalition's efforts to bring proton-beam therapy to the state. She was interviewed by Modern Healthcare reporter...
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They’re coming from afar to get healthcare in America | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

By TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE | July 17, 2008
In an exclusive podcast interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Jean DerGurahian talks with Leonard Karp, president and chief executive officer of Philadelphia International Medicine, about the myriad challenges foreign...
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Healthcare organizations wrestling with the question of security | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

By TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE | June 30, 2008
In an exclusive podcast interview with Modern Healthcare reporter Gregg Blesch, Tony York, president of the International Association for Healthcare Safety & Security, discusses security issues faced by healthcare...
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Will it hold up in court? How to secure the legal status of an electronic medical record | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

By TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE | June 11, 2008
In an exclusive podcast interview, Michelle Dougherty, director of practice leadership for the American Health Information Management Association, tells Modern Healthcare reporter Joseph Conn about the legal issues being...
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Safety concerns temper the lure of savings from buying medical products from offshore suppliers | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

May 26, 2008
In an exclusive podcast interview, Robert Karcher, assistant vice president of contract operations at GNYHA Ventures—an arm of the Greater New York Hospital Association—tells Modern Healthcare reporter Shawn Rhea about the...
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CMS tells critical-access hospitals that there’s a limit to how far they can go | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

By TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE | May 05, 2008
In an exclusive interview, Tim Fry, manager of government affairs for the National Rural Health Association in Washington, tells Modern Healthcare reporter Jessica Zigmond about the revised guidance from the federal...
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VA measuring the role of nurses in improving healthcare quality, efficiency | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

By TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE | April 21, 2008
In an exclusive interview, Bonny Collins, program manager of the VA's Nursing Outcomes Database, tells Modern Healthcare reporter Melanie Evans about the connection between nursing and the quality of patient care and how the VA is using...
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What’s at stake for hospitals in the pending class-action antitrust lawsuits over setting nurse wages? | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

By TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE | March 24, 2008
Jeff Miles, a healthcare antitrust attorney with Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver in Washington, tells Modern Healthcare reporter Melanie Evans about the legal, business and policy issues raised by the pending class-action antitrust lawsuits...
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How hospitals and health systems are capitalizing on the growth of retail health clinics across the U.S. | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

March 06, 2008
Web Golinkin, president and chief executive officer of RediClinic and president of the Convenient Care Association, tells Modern Healthcare reporter Andis Robeznieks about the factors behind the explosive growth in...
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How the Veterans Affairs Department’s need for behavioral healthcare providers is affecting the private healthcare sector | Right click here and choose the "Save" option to save the podcast to your desktop for later listening.

By TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE | February 18, 2008
Chuck Ingoglia, vice president for public policy at the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, tells Modern Healthcare reporter Jessica Zigmond in an exclusive interview how the Veterans Affairs...
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