Susan DeVore news and information

Between now and November, Republicans should frame their Medicare message first by telling voters the country has a serious problem with the decades-old healthcare program, a former Congressional Budget Office director said on the last day of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
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This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare includes 18 newcomers as well as eight honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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Susan DeVore is president and CEO of Premier in Charlotte, N.C.
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Hospitals that spend less money on pharmaceuticals also take better care of their patients. That's one key finding from an in-depth analysis of finances and care quality at thousands of hospitals across the U.S., performed by analytics firm Thomson Reuters at the request of Modern...
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Universal Health Services, King of Prussia, Pa., hired Marvin Pember as senior VP and named him president of its acute-care division. Pember, 57, is leaving his position as CFO of Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, on July 29, according to a news release from IU Health. Pember joined...
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The Premier healthcare alliance promoted Mike Alkire to COO, a position that has been vacant at the Charlotte, N.C.-based quality-improvement and group-purchasing organization since Susan DeVore was named president and CEO in 2009.
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Susan D. DeVore is president and CEO of the Premier healthcare alliance, the nation's leading alliance of hospitals, health systems and other providers dedicated to improving healthcare performance. An alliance of more than 2,500 hospitals and health systems and 73,000-plus other healthcare...
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Health policy experts met in Washington last Friday and most politely took apart the proposed plans to launch accountable care under Medicare. On hand to gamely hear the critique was Dr. Richard Gilfillan, acting director of the CMS' Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, who may have lamented...
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The Alliance for Health Reform and the Commonwealth Fund are sponsoring a briefing on accountable care organizations starting at 12:15 p.m. Friday, May 13, at the Columbus Club in Union Station, Washington. Panelists include...
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Medtronic faces a Senate investigation after canceling contracts with one of the largest group purchasing organizations. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, initiated the investigation Monday over the Minneapolis-based devicemaker's cancellation of contracts with...
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