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2010 Editorial Calendar and Industry Events

News is unpredictable... which is why last-minute reporting is front-and-center at Healthcare Finance News. Our core news is covered in four sections: Hospitals & IDNs, Community Care, Payers, and Solutions & Services. In order to delve deeper into specific areas of interest, we pre-plan some topic areas to cover through research and investigative reporting. This editorial calendar shows these topic areas, and the months in which they’ll be covered, as well as important concurrent industry events.

Issue Month News in Every Issue Product Technology Trends Major Industry Events Buyer's Guide*
January/February
Ad Reservations Due: 12/18/09
Ad Materials Due: 12/23/09		 Trends in '10 Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Products & Services Budgeting World Congress Leadership Summit on Healthcare Supply Chain Management
Dallas, TX 1/25 - 1/27		 Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Products & Services
March
Ad Reservations Due: 2/1/10
Ad Materials Due: 2/5/10		 Hospitals & IDNs, Community Care, Payers, Solutions & Services Revenue Cycle Management Solutions Accessing Capital Markets HIMSS10 Annual Conference
Atlanta, GA 3/1 - 3/4
Third National Medicare RAC Summit
Washington, D.C. 3/4 - 3/5		 IT Solutions/
HIMSS Exhibitor Profiles
April
Ad Reservations Due: 3/12/10
Ad Materials Due: 3/19/10		 Hospitals & IDNs, Community Care, Payers, Solutions & Services Denials Management/Claims Solutions Labor: Your Biggest Expense AHA Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C.
4/25 - 4/28		 Denials Management Solutions
May
Ad Reservations Due: 4/9/10
Ad Materials Due: 4/16/10		 Hospitals & IDNs, Community Care, Payers, Solutions & Services Bugeting & Forecasting Tools Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program   Budgeting & Forecasting Solutions & Services
MAY SPECIAL REPORT: Revenue Cycle Management. This supplement is also polybagged with Healthcare IT News.
Revenue Cycle Management Buyer's Guide included in Special Report
June
Ad Reservations Due: 5/14/10
Ad Materials Due: 5/21/10		 Hospitals & IDNs, Community Care, Payers, Solutions & Services Accounts Receivable Management (ARM) Business Intelligence in Healthcare HFMA ANI Conference
Nashville, TN
6/20 - 6/23		 HFMA Exhibitor Profiles
July/August
Ad Reservations Due: 6/25/10
Ad Materials Due: 7/2/10		 Hospitals & IDNs, Community Care, Payers, Solutions & Services Document Management Solutions Price Transparency AHRMM's 48th Annual Conference & Exhibition
Denver, CO 8/1 - 8/4		 Document Management/Imaging Solutions
JULY/AUGUST SPECIAL REPORT: ARRA's Healthcare Promise — Keeping the Promise in 2010.
This supplement is also polybagged with Healthcare IT News.
EHR Buyer's Guide included in Special Report
September
Ad Reservations Due: 8/2/10
Ad Materials Due: 8/6/10		 Hospitals & IDNs, Community Care, Payers, Solutions & Services Chargemaster Maintenance Solutions Enhancing Revenue Cycle Management ASHHRA
Tampa, FL
9/26 - 9/28
AHIMA Annual Convention
Orlando, FL
9/25 - 9/30
World Congress 5th Annual Hospital & Health System Financial Management Congress
TBD		 Chargemaster Solutions
October
Ad Reservations Due: 9/10/10
Ad Materials Due: 9/17/10		 Hospitals & IDNs, Community Care, Payers, Solutions & Services Time, Attendance & Scheduling Tools Group Purchasing Organizations MGMA Annual
New Orleans, LA
10/24 - 10/27		 Time, Attendance & Scheduling Tools
November
Ad Reservations Due: 10/8/10
Ad Materials Due: 10/15/10		 Hospitals & IDNs, Community Care, Payers, Solutions & Services Supply Chain Management Tools Calculating and Reporting Community Benefit   Consulting/Outsourcing Services
December
Ad Reservations Due: 11/12/10
Ad Materials Due: 11/19/10		 Hospitals & IDNs, Community Care, Payers, Solutions & Services Business Intelligence & Dashboards Managing Patient Debt   Patient Accounts/Business Office Solutions

Other Special Reports to be scheduled include: Successful Community Hospitals; Mid-Sized Physician Practices: Quality Care & Efficiency

*For Buyer's Guide inquiries, contact advertising@medtechpublishing.com