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What with many healthcare entities already so far behind on both HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 implementations as to render industry timelines almost worthless, WEDI and NCHICA reworked their recommendation.

Because he thinks in stories, Atul Gawande - surgeon, author, professor - started a recent lecture about the costs and failures of the country's healthcare system with a story about a middle-aged car mechanic in Alabama.

Karen Ignagni, president and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans, feels that as healthcare reform moves forward, improvements in access may come at the expense of cost containment and quality.

Laura Winner, Director, Lean Sigma Program, Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Md.

Susan Turley, CFO, Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, McAllen, Texas

Mary Hatch, CFO, Dixie Regional Medical Center, St. George, Utah

James Lee, CFO, Adventist HealthCare, Rockville, Md.

Chrissy Yamada, CFO, Evergreen Healthcare, Kirkland, Wash.

Healthcare in the United States is becoming increasingly unaffordable, and one of the contributing factors may be the high salaries earned by healthcare employees.

Hospitals have been hiring physicians at an unprecedented rate this year, leaving administrators to figure out how to align clinical strategies, quality initiatives and compensation to best keep costs down and still provide quality care.