1. Are Partial Knee Replacements a Passing Trend or the Future of Knee Care? 13 Responses.

      
2. 42 Orthopedic and Spine Devices Receive FDA 510(k) Clearance in August.      

3. AAOS Responds: Physician Fees Didn't Cause Rising Healthcare Costs.     

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. Features Keynote Speakers 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. To learn more and register, .   

5. Leadership During Hospital Alignment: 6 Points for Orthopedic Groups.       

6. 10 Sports Medicine Specialists on the Move.    

7. 7 Ways for Orthopedic Practices to Focus on Youth Sports Medicine.    

8. Dr. W.P Andrew Lee Elected New President of American Society for Surgery of the Hand.  

9. Total Hip Arthroplasty Program Introduced for MAKOplasty Robotic Procedure.

10. 15 Benchmarks for Orthopedic Surgeon Retirement Benefits.              

Tuesday's Orthopedic and Spine Device Industry Stock Watch--Opening Prices Up Vs. Week Ago: Stryker, $48.71; Zimmer Holdings, $56.78; Smith & Nephew, $46.82; Medtronic, $34.21     

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 .

25. Action Products:

www.actionproducts.com 

26. SDI Health:
www.sdihealth.com  

27. Meridian Surgical Partners: