About Us

Becker's Healthcare is the leading source of cutting-edge business and legal information for healthcare industry leaders.

Our portfolio includes five industry-leading trade publications:

  • Becker's ASC Review
  • Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality
  • Becker's Spine Review
  • Becker's Hospital Review
  • Becker's Dental Review

We take advantage of multiple channels to reach these industry leaders and decision-makers. To see the various offerings within our portfolio of products, as well as information on our company and its leadership, click on the categories below.

 

 


Publications

Becker's ASC Review. Becker's ASC Review features general business, legal and clinical guidance on topics relevant to outpatient surgery including joint-ventures, development and expansion, and regulatory and compliance issues; as well as analysis and insight for specialties including bariatrics, orthopedics and spine, gastroenterology, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, ENT and anesthesiology. Each of the nine annual issues of the publication reaches a qualified audience of more than 25,000 key ASC leaders, including surgeons, medical directors, directors of surgery and ASC administrators. Further, every ASC in the nation receives Becker's ASC Review.

Becker's Spine Review. Becker's Spine Review features news and analysis on business and legal issues relating to spine practices. Each issue of the quarterly publication reaches a qualified audience of approximately 12,500 key  spine practice decision-makers including surgeons and spine practice administrators.

Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality. Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality provides guidance and analysis on clinical quality, patient safety, infection control and accreditation issues. Each issue of the bimonthly publication reaches a qualified audience of quality and patient safety leaders, including CMOs, CNOs, directors of nursing and other infection control, quality and patient safety specialists.

Becker's Hospital Review. Becker's Hospital Review features up-to-date business and legal news and analysis relating to hospitals and health systems. Content is geared toward high-level hospital leaders (CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CMOs, CIOs, etc.), and we work to provide valuable content, including hospital and health system news, best practices and legal guidance specifically for these decision-makers. Each of the 12 annual issues of Becker's Hospital Review reaches a qualified audience of approximately 18,500 healthcare leaders.

Becker's Dental Review. Becker's Dental Review features news and analysis on key business and clinical issues relevant to dental and oral surgery practices. It regularly features insight on the latest industry trends and insight from thought-leaders in the field.

 


E-Weeklies

 

Becker's ASC Review E-Weekly. This e-newsletter (sent Monday-Friday) provides a round-up of the most relevant industry business and legal news affecting the outpatient surgery industry. Each issues provides links to both news and analysis as well as Becker's ASC Review's most popular feature articles, including popular "people to know" and "ASCs to know" lists.

Becker's Spine Business Review E-Weekly.
This e-newsletter (sent Monday-Friday) focuses on covering both inpatient and outpatient spine surgery trends. It regularly features columns with top spine surgeons as well as summaries of spine research, new devices, minimally invasive spine surgery techniques and general trends in spine care.

Becker's Hospital Review E-Weekly. This e-newsletter (sent Monday-Friday) provides a round-up of the most relevant business and legal news affecting hospitals and health systems. Each issue also includes links to Becker's Hospital Review's most popular feature articles from the past week, including popular "people to know" and "hospitals to know" lists.

Becker's Hospital CEO Report E-Weekly. This e-newsletter (sent Tuesdays and Thursdays) provides hospital and health system CEOs and administrators guidance and analysis on pressing issues within hospital and health system management. Each issue contains benchmarking data, the most popular feature articles on hospital management and operations, as well as coverage on best practices, regulatory issues and round-ups of CEO moves and profiles.

Becker's Hospital CFO Report E-Weekly. This e-newsletter (sent Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) provides hospital and health system CFOs the latest financial statistics, news and guidance as it relates to the healthcare industry. Each issue provides links to feature articles on hospital operations and profits; capital expenditures and funding sources; coding, billing and claims; the conversion to ICD-10; Medicare and Medicaid recovery audit contractors; and payer news. The e-newsletter is also distributed to revenue cycle specialists, including directors of revenue cycle, revenue cycle managers, coders and billers and claims processors, among others.

Becker's Hospital CIO Report E-Weekly
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This e-newsletter (sent Monday-Friday) offers hospital and health system CIOs and other health information technology and management leaders with news and guidance on pressing issues related to HIT/HIM, electronic medical records, meaningful use, privacy and security and more.

Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality E-Weekly. This e-newsletter (sent Monday-Friday) provides guidance and news and analysis on quality, patient safety, infection control, accreditation, process improvement, reducing readmissions and more.

Becker's GI & Endoscopy E-Weekly. This e-newsletter (sent Monday, Wednesday and Friday) provides gastroenterologists and GI-driven ambulatory surgery center leaders a round-up of the most relevant news affecting the business and clinical spheres of GI. It regularly features insight from practicing gastroenterologists, as well as information on general trends in GI, new research and more.

Becker's Dental Review E-Weekly. This e-weekly newsletter (sent Monday, Wednesday and Friday) provides dentists and oral surgeons with the latest in business and clinical news. It regularly features lists and articles on leaders in the field, new technology and more.

Becker's Orthopedic Review E-weekly. This e-newsletter (sent Monday-Friday) focuses on covering both inpatient and outpatient orthopedic surgery trends. It regularly features expertise from the industry as well as summaries of orthopedic research, new devices, orthopedic surgery techniques and general trends in orthopedic care.


Conferences


ASC Conferences. Becker's Healthcare/ASC Communications also hosts two conference in Chicago, one in October that focuses on ASC development and profits, and one in June the focuses on orthopedics, spine, neurosurgery and pain management in ASCs. Each event offers CME credits and brings 500-600 attendees, including physicians who either own surgery centers or are considering developing or investing in surgery centers. In addition, numerous companies take advantage of exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities. With these conferences, ASC Communications provides the ideal opportunity for CEOs and the senior leadership of the largest and most successful ASC companies to come together with surgeons, administrators and owners of ASCs.

Hospital and Health System CEO Strategy Roundtable. The CEO Strategy Roundtable event takes place each November and features a roundtable of 10-plus hospital and health system CEOs to discuss strategy, challenges and opportunities. The 2013 event is scheduled for Nov. 14th in Chicago.

Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting occurs each spring and brings together hundreds and hospital and health system leaders for networking and educational opportunities. The 5th Annual Meeting is scheduled for May 15-17, 2014, in Chicago. The event will feature industry leaders speaking on key business issues for hospitals and health systems. Keynote speakers include Delos "Toby" Cosgrove, MD, president and CEO Cleveland Clinic, Forrest Sawyer, former television news Anchor for ABC, CBS, and MSNBC, and Joe Torre, Major League Baseball executive and former manager and player.
 


Websites

ASC Communication's Web sites are www.BeckersASC.com, www.BeckersHospitalReview.com and www.BeckersSpine.com.

These sites are a one-stop shop for information for healthcare leaders. The sites feature archived issues of our print publications, archived E-Weeklies, conference brochures, whitepapers authored by expert sources and breaking business and legal news relevant to the healthcare community. Each website also includes specialty channels, which provide more in-depth coverage into critical topics such as legal and regulatory issues, valuation, anesthesia, specialties and more. They are a key resource for healthcare leaders who want to have all that ASC Communications offers at their fingertips.

 



Webinars

Becker's Healthcare hosts a number of webinars throughout the year for healthcare leaders and regard any number of business, regulatory and clinical issues. The flexible formats mean fresh content for attendees, who can join the educational sessions without leaving the comfort of their facilities.

A full list of Becker's Healthcare upcoming webinars is available here.

 

 


Lists

Becker's ASC Review, Becker's Spine Review,Becker's Hospital Review, and Becker's Clinical Quality and Infection Control publish a number of lists of outstanding facilities and individuals throughout the year. These lists include the 100 Great Places to Work in Healthcare, the 100 Great Hospitals in America and the 30 Most Powerful People in Healthcare, as well as a variety of lists on outstanding physicians, healthcare leaders, hospitals and surgery centers.

Some lists include a nomination process, a period of time in which members of the healthcare community can nominate individuals or organizations for consideration. Those nomination processes are publicized through the E-Weekly newsletter of the appropriate publication. For example, the nomination process for Women Hospital & Healthcare Leaders is publicized through the Becker's Hospital Review E-Weekly newsletter, while the nomination process for Women to Know in the ASC Industry is publicized through the Becker's ASC Review e-weekly newsletter.

Other lists — for example, 100 Great Hospitals in America, 100 Great Community Hospitals and 30 Most Powerful People in Healthcare — are compiled through a lengthy research and review process. The editorial team starts a master list of facilities or individuals based on national rankings or original research. The lists compiled without a nomination process are essentially considered "lists of lists," which highlight institutions or individuals that are consistently lauded by other industry ranking companies.

Each list — both those with a nomination process and those without — is vetted through a panel of industry experts. These experts provide feedback on the chosen entries and note any oversights prior to publication. Each list is published on the appropriate publication website, and some lists are also included in the print publication.

To see a schedule of upcoming lists or nominate a surgery center or ASC industry leader, contact Carrie Pallardy at cpallardy@beckershealthcare.com.

 



Leadership


Scott Becker, JD, CPA.
Publisher
sbecker@beckershealthcare.com

Mr. Becker is the publisher of Becker's ASC Review, Becker's Hospital Review and Becker's Spine Review. As a partner at McGuireWoods in Chicago, he provides counsel to hospitals, ASCs, surgical hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, single- and multi-specialty medical practices and a variety of healthcare industry entrepreneurs. Mr. Becker received his JD from Harvard Law School and his BS in finance and accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.



Jessica Cole
President & CEO
JCole@beckershealthcare.com

As president & CEO, Jessica is oversees strategic growth, business development and operations for ASC Communications. She has more than nine years of sales, event and marketing experience in different roles. A native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, she graduated from the University of Iowa with a BS in Marketing and Management. Jessica currently serves on volunteer boards for both Children's Memorial Hospital and Best Buddies Chicago in various leadership capacities.

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Katie Atwood

Vice President, Operations
katwood@beckershealthcare.com

As Vice President of Operations, Katie oversees the operations department with a core focus on client service. Her top priority is providing enhanced customer service and contributing to the growth of client organizations. Katie oversees company recruiting efforts and is responsible for contributing to ongoing company growth. She has served in a variety of business development roles throughout her time at Becker's Healthcare. Katie graduated with honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in Advertising.


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Lindsey Dunn
Editor in Chief, Becker's Hospital Review
ldunn@beckershealthcare.com

Lindsey oversees the editorial direction of Becker's Hospital Review, including its print issues, E-Weeklies and Web site. Lindsey holds a BA and MA in Communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before joining ASC Communications, she worked at public relations firm Edelman and as an instructor in the communication department at the University of Illinois.

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Molly Gamble

Managing Editor, Becker's Hospital Review
mgamble@beckershealthcare.com

Molly oversees monthly issue planning for Becker's Hospital Review. She assigns stories, creates and enforces deadlines, organizes the magazine's print layout and heads development of the magazine's major lists. Molly earned a degree in journalism with a minor in interdisciplinary peace and justice from Marquette University in Milwaukee. She previously wrote for LIVESTRONG Quarterly magazine and held an editor position with her college newspaper, which earned national distinction as the Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper by the Society of Professional Journalists.


Laura Miller

Editor in Chief, Becker's ASC Review, Becker's Spine Review
ldyrda@beckershealthcare.com

Laura oversees the editorial direction of Becker's Spine Review, including web content, print editions and E-weeklies. She also has editorial responsibilities for Becker's ASC Review web content, print editions and E-Weeklies. Laura graduated with a BA in creative writing from Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., and has previous experience writing for the Galesburg Register-Mail.

 


 

Staff

Helen Adamopoulos
Senior Editor, Finance
Finance, Revenue Cycle, ICD-10, Compensations, Payer Issues
hadamopoulos@beckershealthcare.com
Twitter: @BHR_Adamop

Shannon Barnet
Writer/Reporter
Editorial Special Projects
sbarnet@beckershealthcare.com
Twitter: @ShannonBarnet

Lindsey Dunn
Chief of Editorial Content
Editor in Chief, Becker's Hospital Review/Becker's Quality & Infection Control Review
ldunn@beckershealthcare.com
Twitter: @LindseySaaren

Ayla Ellison
Writer/Reporter
Finance, Legal & Regulatory, Transactions & Valuation Issues
aellison@beckershealthcare.com
Twitter: @bhr_ayla

Molly Gamble
Managing Editor, Becker's Hospital Review
Management and Administration, Leadership
mgamble@beckershealthcare.com
Twitter: @mollygamblehr

Helen Gregg
Senior Editor, IT
Health IT, ICD-10
hgregg@beckershealthcare.com
Twitter: @HGreggBHR

Akanksha Jayanthi
Writer/Reporter
Health IT
ajayanthi@beckershealthcare.com
Twitter: @Akanksha_BHR

Laura Dyrda
Editor in Chief, Becker's Spine Review/Becker's ASC Review
ldyrda@beckershealthcare.com
Twitter: @LauraMiller19

Carrie Pallardy
Lead Editor, GI
ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues, GI, ASC Coding and Billing
cpallardy@beckershealthcare.com

Twitter: @PallardyCarrie

Heather Punke
Lead Editor, Infection Control & Quality
Workforce & Labor Management, Lists Project Manager
hpunke@beckershealthcare.com
Twitter: @hpunke_bhr

Ellie Rizzo
Lead Editor, ASCs
ASC Management, Capacity Management & Patient Flow
erizzo@beckershealthcare.com
Twitter: @becker_rizzo

Tamara Rosin
Writer/Reporter
Editorial Special Projects
trosin@beckershealthcare.com
Twitter: @TamaraRosin_BHR

Anuja Vaidya
Writer/Reporter
Anesthesia, Spine, Sports Medicine, Infection Control & Clinical Quality
avaidya@beckershealthcare.com
Twitter: @Anuja89


Sales/Advertising

Please contact Jessica Cole, President and CEO, for all advertising and other inquiries.

 

Conferences/Events

Please contact Cathy Brett, Conference Manager, for all conference- and event-related inquiries.

 

Please refrain from reproducing Becker's ASC Review content outside the intended context of the article or without acknowledgement to the publication that it originated from.

 



Linking Policy

 

Becker's ASC Review promotes and encourages the linking to articles produced for its online publications. When reproducing any content, please adhere to the following guidelines:

  • Reproduce only the first paragraph of any article
  • Link to the original URL of the content
  • Recognize Becker's ASC Review as the original producer of the content

Please refrain from reproducing Becker's ASC Review content outside the intended context of the article or without acknowledgement to the publication that it originated from.



Reprints
For hard-copy reprints of single articles or past issues, please contact Katie Atwood at katwood@beckershealthcare.com.

 



Submissions/Contributed Content


If you are a healthcare executive interested in submitting an article for Becker's Hospital Review or other Becker's publications, contact Lindsey Dunn at ldunn@beckershealthcare.com, for more information and a copy of the editorial guidelines.

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Disclaimer: ASC Communications' publishes a variety of favorable news pieces and lists featuring individual physicians, hospitals, medical practices and other healthcare providers. While ASC Communications often recognizes physicians and organizations for various reasons, ASC Communications does not endorse any individual's or organization's clinical abilities.

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