1. 18 Statistics on Orthopedic Surgeon Compensation by Length of Time in Practice.

      
2. Orthopedic Surgeons Grow More Unwilling to See Young Fracture Patients.      

3. 10 Ideas for Promoting a Great Sports Medicine Practice.     

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. Dr. Pat McKenzie Performs Knee Surgery on Packers' Mike Neal.   

6. Clothing Line Recognizes Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Gus Gialamas for Humanitarian Work.          

7. AAOS Updates Guidelines on Preventing Blood Clots After Joint Replacement.          

8. Worried About Transitioning to Generic Implants? There is Help.  

9. Free Registration for Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review Readers - McGuireWoods' 3rd Annual Medical Device, Durable Medical Equipment & Diagnostics Conference (Nov. 2; Deerfield, Ill.) The annual event addresses key legal and business issues facing medical device, durable medical equipment and diagnostics manufacturers and distributors. To learn more and register, .

10. Possible Data Breach May Have Affected Thousands in Minnesota Laptop Theft.              

Tuesday's Orthopedic and Spine Device Industry Stock Watch--Opening Prices Down Vs. Week Ago: Stryker, $44.55; Zimmer Holdings, $50.46; Smith & Nephew, $43.10; Medtronic, $31.49.      

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 .

26. Action Products:

www.actionproducts.com 

27. SDI Health:
www.sdihealth.com  

28. Meridian Surgical Partners: