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Subject: [Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review E-weekly] Issue Alert: March/April Issue Online - 5 Tips to Grow Your Orthopedic Practice | 8 Statistics About Orthopedic Surgeon Compensation | 50 of the Best Spine Specialists in America |
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March/April Issue of Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review Now Online
March 1, 2010

Download the March/April Issue of Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review (pdf). Link

1.
5 Tips to Grow Your Orthopedics Practice From Central Maine Orthopedics. Link

2. 5 New Developments in Orthopedics. Link

3. 50 of the Best Spine Specialists in America. Link

4. Orthopedics, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 10-12, 2010; Chicago). Great topics and speakers focused on key business, financial, clinical and legal issues facing ASCs. 91 sessions. 112 speakers. To learn more, click here.

5. Publisher's Letter: March/April 2010. Link


6. A Big-Picture Vision for Spine Care: Q&A With Dr. John Caruso. Link

7. 8 Statistics About Orthopedic Surgeon Compensation. Link

8. Becker's ASC Review, the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review Announce 8th Annual Conference on Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASCs: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues. Link

9. 4 Trends in Orthopedic and Spine Services in Hospitals and Surgery Centers. Link

10. Free Becker's Healthcare Alert Sends Breaking Healthcare Business and Legal News and Analysis to Your Inbox Daily. Link

11. 10 Orthopedic and Spine Surgeon-Inventors. Link

12. Nominations Sought: Orthopedic and Spine-Driven ASCs to Know. Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review is currently accepting nominations for a list of 20 orthopedic and spine-driven ASCs to know. If you would like to nominate an ASC, please contact Scott Becker at sbecker@mcguirewoods.com or Lindsey Dunn at lindsey@beckersasc.com.

13. Brett Gosney: 5 Tips for Maintaining Orthopedic Implant Costs. Link


14. Study Calls for Changes in Training of Orthopedic Surgeons. Link

15. Supply of Orthopedic Surgeons Won't Keep Up With Surging Demand. Link


View these stories and download the entire issue. Link

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8th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 10-12, 2010; Chicago)
Register today for the 8th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 10-12, 2010; Chicago) by clicking here. This exclusive conference, sponsored by the Ambulatory Surgery Association, Ambulatory Surgery Foundation, Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Reivew, is focused on key business, financial, clinical and legal issues facing orthopedic, spine and pain management-driven ASCs. It brings together ASC business and strategy leaders to discuss how to improve your organization and its bottom line in these challenging but opportunity-filled times.

Here are just 5 of the 91 terrific sessions:

1. Building Outstanding and Profitable Pain Management Programs, Making Pain Profitable - Robin Fowler, MD, Executive Director & Owner, Interventional Spine & Pain Managment

2.
Ambulatory Spine Surgery - ASC vs. Hospital Reimbursement Comparison - David Abraham, MD, Reading Neck & Spine Center

3. ASC Transactions, Current Market Analysis and Valuations - Greg Koonsman, Senior Partner, VMG Health

4.
Uni-Knees in ASCs - Walter Shelton, MD, Mississippi Surgical Center

5. Establishing an ASC - 10 Keys for Success - Bill Southwick, President & CEO, HealthMark Partners

For more information about the program, please download the conference brochure (PDF), click here or call (703) 836-5904.
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