From: Scott Becker <sbecker@beckershealthcare.com>
Subject: [Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review ] Bringing TJR Into ASCs | Orthopedic Pain Patient Stats | Stryker Q1: Flat Knee, Hip Sales, Increase in Spine | Reg Dscts End 5/1--9th Orthopedic, Spine & Pain ASC Conf - Session Added on Sports Performance Training Centers |
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News & Analysis

April 26, 2011 

 

1. 5 Steps to Bring Total Joint Replacement Into Surgery Centers. Link

 

2. Orthopedic Pain Patient Visit Statistics: 4 Areas to Know.  Link

 

3. Stryker Reports Flat Q1 Hip and Knee Sales, Increase in Spine. Link  

 

4. Early Registration Discounts End May 1. Session Added: Sports Performance Training/Testing: Opportunities for Orthopedics, Geoffrey Connor, MD. 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference - Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 9-11, Chicago). Come Hear Coach Mike Ditka and More Than 130 Other Great Orthopedic, Spine and Pain-Management speakers. Speaker profiles below. To register for the conference or learn more, Link or call (703) 836-5904. See below for additional information.

 

5. 5 Ways to Enhance Sports Medicine Practices.

Link 


6. What Should Your Surgery Center Pay Its Employees?

Link

 

7. Reform Law May Force Device-Makers to Move, Study Says. Link 

 

8. AAOS: Orthopedic Research Lacking in Level I Studies. Link

 

9. Rush University Medical Center Patient Endows Her Surgeon's Orthopedic Oncology Research . Link

 

10. 4 Points on Medication Management for Back Pain.Link

 

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9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference (June 9-11; Chicago)

Hear keynote speakers including Legendary NFL Football Player and Coach Mike Ditka and Healthcare Futurist Joe Flower, and learn practical guidance to boost your ASC's profitability immediately at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 9-11; Chicago). Early registration discounts end 5/1.  

 

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1. 101 sessions and 134 speakers, including 25 CEOs and 30 physician leaders as speakers, focused on immediately useful guidance for orthopedic, spine and pain management surgeons who own ambulatory surgical centers

2. Keynote speakers Legendary NFL Coach Mike Ditka and Healthcare Futurist Joe Flower
3. Last year's event included 725 attendees and 65 exhibitors
4. Register before May 1 and save $100; additional discounts when registering 2 or more attendees, and for ASC Association members and paid Becker's ASC Review subscribers

5. Here are just three of the more than 100 sessions:

A. Three Ideas to Streamline Costs and Improve Profits - Jeff Blankinship, President, Surgical Notes, Tom Jacobs, President $ CEO, MedHQ, Bill Cramer, CEO, Access MediQuip 

B. Business and Financial Relationships With Hospitals - Co Management, joint Ventures and Employment - Ed Hetrick, President and CEO, Facility Development Management 

C. Current Issues in Orthopedics and ASCs - Michael Redler, MD, The OSM Clinic, and John Cherf, MD, MPH, MBA, President, OrthoIndex 

D. An Analysis of Clinical Outcomes for Spine - Procedures Performed in ASCs - Ken Pettine, MD, Loveland Surgery Center  

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19. Pinnacle III:
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20. Access MediQuip: lharris@accessmediquip.com;
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21. Arise Healthcare:
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