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Summer is here Safeway, Cerberus Capital, Sears Holding, and Costco. Building
and it came in like a This list looks more like grocery chains have invaded 1855 Griffin Road, Suite A-
lion! We have the healthcare space! These organizations employ 415, Dania Beach, FL 33004
already hit the 100- 66,915 pharmacists. In addition, hospitals rank
degree mark and fourth in the type of work location where pharma- August 10 -
have seen the heat cists are found. Education & Innovation
index number be Other movement on the healthcare innovation front Roundtable
even higher. Take is that former Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove
care. is now an executive advisor to the Google Cloud September 12 -
While not being healthcare and life sciences team. Cleveland Clinic Future of Healthcare -
very comfortable in medicine super-sized to the Google scale? This rela- Signature Grand
South Florida, con- tionship bears watching.
sider that some And, another set of metrics that should be on your October 12 -
Jaime Caldwell
places in Arizona watch list are those shared by Franklin Trust Ratings Education & Innovation
were expecting tem- where they looked at hospital’s 2017 financial per- Roundtable
peratures approaching 120 degrees (Ouch!). Enjoy formance. There are some potential storm clouds on
our weather. this horizon. While kudos need to be given to hospi-
As I mentioned in the title to this article, summer is tals for managing to reduce their personnel and med-
the traditional time to take a few days vacation to ical supply costs, laboratory, radiology, and pharmacy New Members
help recharge your biologic batteries and to gain costs continue to rise with no solution in sight.
some perspective on both your personal and business Plus, that information needs to be balanced against July
lives. We will save the personal perspective until a the backdrop of net patient revenue being down by
future article and let’s just talk about some of the two percent and operating margins were also down PERLMAN CONSULTING
more significant healthcare news of the last few making margin and mission a tougher proposition.
RITEWAY SERVICES,
weeks. There will be no discussion of tariffs, walls, or Lastly, ambulatory surgical centers in the top 50
nuclear brinksmanship in this article! markets, now possess anywhere from 11 percent to INC.
Pharmacies have broken out of their silo and are 80 percent of the surgical market volume. The poten-
WEST COAST
now providing primary care and other healthcare tial savings to the system if the benchmark is closer
UNIVERSITY
services. The top ten pharmacy chains in the U.S. are to 80 percent is almost $10.5 billion. It is time to pay
CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, Walmart, Kroger, Publix, attention. DUOLARK, LLC

2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS SFHHA COMMITTEES

CHAIRMAN: David Wagner, Kindred South Florida Market CEO
VICE CHAIRMAN: Mark Doyle, Chief Executive Officer, Memorial Hospital Pembroke
SECRETARY: William "Bill" Duquette, Chief Executive Officer, Homestead Hospital, Baptist Health South Florida Education Committee
TREASURER: Charles Felix, Publisher, South Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR: Chantal Leconte, Chief Executive Officer, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
AT-LARGE: Ben Riestra, Chief Administrative Officer, UHealth’s Lennar Foundation Medical Center Healthcare Finance and Management Committee
AT-LARGE: Joel Wherley, Chief Operating Officer, VITAS
Doug Bartel, MBA Patricia Greenberg Patrick Taylor, MD
Sr. Director of Business Development, Media President Chief Executive Officer Health Information Technology Committee
and External Relations National Healthcare Associates Holy Cross Hospital
Florida Blue
Ralph A. Marrinson, NHA, FACHA Steven Ullmann Marketing and Public Relations Committee
Wael Barsoum, M.D. President Director
Chief Executive Officer Marrinson Group University of Miami Health Policy
Cleveland Clinic Hospital Management
Lincoln Mendez Membership Committee
Kevin Conn Chief Executive Officer Ana M. Viamonte Ros, M.D.
Regional Vice President of Operations South Miami Hospital Medical Director for Palliative Care
HEALTHSOUTH Corporation and Bioethics Quality and Patient Safety Committee
Charles Michelson Baptist Health South Florida
Darcy Davis Partner
Chief Executive Officer Saltz Michelson Architects
Health Care District of Palm Beach County Safety and Security Committee
Aristides (Ardy) Pallin
Michael Gittelman Chief Operating Officer
Chief Executive Officer Catholic Health Services
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

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