From: Scott Becker <sbecker@beckershealthcare.com>
Subject: [Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review] 50 Orthopedic and Spine Devices | Sports Med Vs. Joint Surgeons: Who Is Compensated More? | Orthopedics Market Generated $30B in 2010 | 300 Spots Remain - Register Today for the 18th ASC Conference |
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 News & Analysis
August 9, 2011
 

1. 50 New Orthopedic and Spine Devices to Know. Link

  

2. Sports Medicine Vs. Joint Surgeons: 5 Points on Which Was Most Lucrative in 2010. Link

 

3. How Has the Recent Scrutiny on Surgeon-Device Company Relationships Impacted Orthopedics? 5 Responses.  Link    

4. Only 300 Spots Remain - Register Now for the Best Annual ASC Business, Legal and Clinical Conference: The 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference --Improving Profitably and Business and Legal Issues, Oct. 27-29, Chicago. To learn more and register, Link.

 

5. Worldwide Orthopedics Market Generated $30B in 2010. Link

 

6. Rhode Island Orthopedic Surgeon's License Revoked After Performing Surgery Under the Influence of Prescription Drugs. Link

 

7. Changes and Opportunities in the Sports Medicine Device Market: Q&A With Cayenne Medical CEO David Springer. Link    

 

8. Orthopedics in ASCs: 40 Benchmarks. Link  

 

9. Protect Your Practice From Wrongful Termination Claims. Link

 

10. Alliance of Specialty Medicine Seeks Further Changes to CMS' E-Prescribing Program. Link      

 

Tuesday's Orthopedic and Spine Device Industry Stock Watch--Opening Prices Way Down Vs. Week Ago: Stryker, $47.90; Zimmer Holdings, $51.80; Smith & Nephew, $44.04; Medtronic, $31.15.  

 

For updated analysis on prices, click here. 

  

Learn more about the other Becker's publications: Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Hospital Review.


Learn More About Our Featured E-Weekly Advertisers: Xodus Medical, Action Products, Practice Partners in Healthcare and Blue Chip.

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18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference: Improving Profitability & Business and Legal Issues

The Best Annual ASC Business, Legal and Clinical Conference


Oct. 27-29, 2011

Westin Michigan Avenue, Chicago

 

October 2011 Brochure

This exclusive conference brings together surgeons, administrators and ASC business and clinical leaders to discuss how to improve your ASC and its bottom line in these challenging but opportunity-filled times.

 

The best minds in the ASC field will discuss opportunities for ASCs plus provide practical and immediately useful guidance on how to bring in more cases; improve reimbursement; manage, reduce and benchmark costs; introduce new specialties; engineer a turnaround; work on joint-ventures with hospitals and much, much more.

 



Highlights include:

- 90 Sessions, 132 Speakers

- Great Keynote Speakers Including Bill Walton, Hall of Fame NBA Basketball  Player; Sam Donaldson, ABC News Veteran and former Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News; and Adrian Gostick, Author and Global Thought Leader on Workplace Strategy  

- Earn CME, CASC, CEU Credits

 

Here are just five of the outstanding presentations at the conference:  

 

 

1. 10 Statistics Your ASC Should Review Each Day, Week and Month and What to Do About Them - Reginal Robinson, Director, Peninsula Surgery Center

 

2.  How to Evaluate & Implement New Profitable Services Into an ASC - Robert Zasa, Founder, ASD Management, and Kenneth Austin, MD, Rockland Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 

 

3. Physician-Hospital Joint Ventures: How to Resolve Conflict and Keep the Venture Thriving - Dawn McLane, Regional VP, Health Inventures, Tom Yerden, CEO, TRY Healthcare Solutions   

 

4. Advanced Benchmarking of Financial and Clinical Results - John Goehle, CPA, Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies   

 

5. Determining the Exact Cost of a Procedure - Terry Woodback, CEO, Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital  

 

Register online by clicking here. You can also call (703) 836-5904 or e-mail registration@ascassociation.org .

 
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26 Companies to Know

1. Xodus Medical:

www.xodusmedical.com

2. Action Products:

www.actionproducts.com

3. Practice Partners in Healthcare:    ltaylor@practicepartners.org;
www.practicepartners.org

4. Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners:  jleland@bluechipsurgical.com;
www.bluechipsurgical.com

5. Amedica:
szeiger@amedicacorp.com;
www.amedicacorp.com
 
 

6. Spine Surgical Innovation:  czorn@spinesurgicalinnovation.com; www.spinesurgicalinnovation.com

7. Allen Medical:  

erin.herbst@hill-rom.com;
www.allenmedical.com 

8. Abraxas Medical Solutions:

info@abraxasmedical.com;

www.abraxasmedical.com
9. Source Medical Revenue Cycle Solutions, Inc.: scott.stone@sourcemed.net;

caryl.serbin@sourcemed.net;
www.sourcemed.net
10. Joimax,Inc.:
nicole.claret@joimax.com;
www.joimax.com
11. Bacterin International, Inc.:
mmason@bacterin.com;

www.bacterin.com
12. Spine Centers of America:
info@spinecentersofamerica.com;

www.spinecentersofamerica.com   

13. Interventional Management Services:  
sr@physiciancontrol.com;

kspitler@healthmarkpartners.com;
www.physiciancontrol.com

14. Surgical Management Professionals: 
mlipomi@smsd.com;
www.smpsd.com
15. Kapstone Medical:

jkapitan@kapstonemedical.com
www.kapstonemedical.com
16. Ancillary Advantage:
info@ancillaryadvantage.com;
www.ancillaryadvantage.com
17. Advantis Medical/Avalign Technologies:
mmeek@advantismedical.com;
www.advantismedical.com
18. DeRoyal:
mdutton@deroyal.com;
www.deroyal.com
19. ChartLogic:
ericsorenson@chartlogic.com;
www.chartlogic.com
20. Pinnacle III:
rdehart@pinnacleiii.com;
rcarrera@pinnacleiii.com;
www.pinnacleiii.com

21. Access MediQuip: lharris@accessmediquip.com;
www.accessmediquip.com

22. Arise Healthcare:
www.arisehealthcare.com

23. Mednet:
www.mednetus.com

24. Meridian Surgical Partners:
bbacon@meridiansurg.com

khancock@meridiansurg.com;
www.meridiansurgicalpartners.com

25. SonoSite:

www.sonosite.com

26. ASC Association:
asc@ascassociation.org   

 

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