DBusiness - November/December 2012

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	Remit And Readmit Many hospitals in Michigan and elsewhere struggle to break even, but the path to profitability has gotten a lot tougher since October due to declining Medicare payments for readmitted patients. As... By Ilene Wolff
Michigan Hospitals' Readmission Rates The following hospitals were ranked by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under three categories — heart failure, heart attack, and pneumonia. The readmission rate is based on...
Speeding Along Expect home health businesses to grow in popularity as hospitals try to decrease the costly problem of people who are repeatedly hospitalized for the same condition.
	May It Please The Client When a business relies on an attorney to steer it through a legal matter, the stakes are often high. But if the attorney fails to do the job, the cost to the business can be stratospheric. By Dan Calabrese

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Remit And Readmit

Many hospitals in Michigan and elsewhere struggle to break even, but the path to profitability has gotten a lot tougher since October due to declining Medicare payments for readmitted patients. As...

By Ilene Wolff

Michigan Hospitals' Readmission Rates

The following hospitals were ranked by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under three categories — heart failure, heart attack, and pneumonia. The readmission rate is based on...

Speeding Along

Expect home health businesses to grow in popularity as hospitals try to decrease the costly problem of people who are repeatedly hospitalized for the same condition.

May It Please The Client

When a business relies on an attorney to steer it through a legal matter, the stakes are often high. But if the attorney fails to do the job, the cost to the business can be stratospheric.

By Dan Calabrese

Letter from the Editor Archive »
	A Streetcar Named... Ever since the first ships launched centuries ago, people have set out in search of a better life. By R.J. King
	Follow That Hunch Gerard van Grinsven was a highly successful general manager of the Ritz-Carlton in Dearborn, but he took a chance and made an improbable job transition. By R.J. King

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A Streetcar Named...

Ever since the first ships launched centuries ago, people have set out in search of a better life.

By R.J. King

Follow That Hunch

Gerard van Grinsven was a highly successful general manager of the Ritz-Carlton in Dearborn, but he took a chance and made an improbable job transition.

By R.J. King

Ticker Archive »
	Fine-Tune The Townsend Hotel in Birmingham is planning to undertake several makeovers.
	The Son Also Rises Kids can have the darndest ideas. By R.J. King
	Deposit & Return John Hantz is working to propel the growth of his financial institution.
	Get Your Red Pop! The Flavor Master takes the world by storm. By R.J. King
	Digital Digs A new shared-office business in Troy caters to startups and other creative firms. By R.J. King
	Brand Camp U.S.A. More B2B companies are tapping into branding campaigns to boost the bottom line. By R.J. King
	Mike Chirco's Big Adventure A metro Detroit homebuilder brings his live-action film to the big screen. By R.J. King

PDA Q&A Archive »
	The E-Interview: Justin Klimko Butzel Long Attorney Tells the Business Side of Operating a Law Firm

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The E-Interview: Justin Klimko

Butzel Long Attorney Tells the Business Side of Operating a Law Firm

Focus Archive »
Likes and Dislikes Brand experts from the Big Three weigh in on the first Michigan Social Media Brand Index, compiled by Market Strategies International, a market research firm in Livonia. By Tom Murray
	The Social Play Plenty of companies use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Four Square, but what's the return? For the first time, DBusiness presents the Michigan Social Media Brand Index, which identifies 50 of the... By Tom Murray and R.J. King
2012 Michigan Social Media Brand Index Faster than a tweet, more companies are using social media to increase their market presence and engage customers. How are they doing? In a first-of-its-kind study, Market Strategies International...

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Perspectives Archive »
	The Tipping Point Since 2011, a steady reorganization of Michigan's fiscal policies has buoyed business spending and growth, but political indecision in Washington threatens to bring the entire global economy to a... By David Littmann
What Michigan Business Leaders Foresee for 2013

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The Tipping Point

Since 2011, a steady reorganization of Michigan's fiscal policies has buoyed business spending and growth, but political indecision in Washington threatens to bring the entire global economy to a...

By David Littmann