Download the entire Sept./Oct. issue (pdf).  

1. Will There Be a Place for Orthopedic and Spine Surgeon Relationships With Device Companies in the Future? 6 Responses.

      
2. 67 Outstanding Shoulder Surgeons and Specialists.      

3. Robotics in Orthopedic Surgery: 6 Points on the Present and Future.    

4. Fewer than 100 Spots Remain 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, .   

5. Publisher's Letter: September 2011      

6. Dr. John Caruso: Becoming a Champion of Change in Healthcare.  

7. Dr. Brian Cole: Developing the Future of Cartilage Regeneration in Orthopedics.    

8. Dr. Frank Cammisa: 4 Points on Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion.  

9. What Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Means and Why it Will Survive: 5 Points From Dr. Frank Phillips.

10. Simplifying the Complexities of Being a Team Physician: Q&A With Dr. Doug Freedberg.      

11. Dr. Scott Glaser: 6 Points on Why Repeal of IPAB and PCORI is Necessary.  

12. Impact on Pain Management of the New Outcomes Research Institute: Q&A With Dr. Laxmaiah Manchikanti.  

13. Top 10 Things to Look for in a TeleRadiology Group.  

14. Changes for CMS Reimbursement.  

15. 50 Orthopedic and Spine Devices to Know.  

16. 30 Orthopedic and Spine Surgeons on the Move.  

View all these stories and download the full issue.   

Tuesday's Orthopedic and Spine Device Industry Stock Watch--Opening Prices Down Vs. Week Ago for Stryker, Zimmer and Medtronic: Stryker, $46.05; Zimmer Holdings, $53.75; Smith & Nephew, $47.88; Medtronic, $33.60.    

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

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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