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Subject: [Becker's Pain Management] 10 Stats on Pain Management Physician Comp | 2012 CPT Updates for Interventional Pain Management | 10 New Pain Management Facilities | States Target Physicians in Opioid Regulations |
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News & Analysis
Oct. 24, 2011
 

1. 10 Statistics on Pain Management Physician Compensation.  

 
2. States Target Physicians in New Opioid Regulations.

     

3. 10 New Pain Management Facility Openings.  

 

4. 2012 CPT Coding Changes Released for Interventional Pain Management.  

  

5. 5 Points on the Role of Pain Management in Spine Care.   

 

6. Lower Back Pain Patients' Emotional State Influences Physician Decisions.  

 

7. Chronic Pain Care for Women Cost $12.9B.          

 

8. Petition Launched on White House Website to Provide CMS Coverage for Acupuncture.               

 

9. Florida's Prescription Drug Database Goes Live.  

 

10. Study: Gabapentin Does Not Decrease Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty.                      

 

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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

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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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13 Companies to Know
1. GE:
www.ge.com 
2. Laser Spine Institute:
www.laserspineinstitute.com
3. Practice Partners in Healthcare: 
ltaylor@practicepartners.org;
www.practicepartners.org
4. Interventional Management Services:

www.physiciancontrol.com
5. B. Braun:

www.bbraun.com
6. Source Medical Revenue Cycle Solutions:
scott.stone@sourcemed.net;
caryl.serbin@sourcemed.net;
www.sourcemed.net
7. Spine Surgical Innovation: 
czorn@spinesurgicalinnovation.com;
www.spinesurgicalinnovation.com
8.
Amedica:
szeiger@amedicacorp.com;
www.amedicacorp.com
9. Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners:
jleland@bluechipsurgical.com
www.bluechipsurgical.com
10. Joimax:
nicole.claret@joimax.com;
www.joimax.com
11. Allen Medical:
erin.herbst@hill-room.com;
www.allenmedical.com
12. Spine Centers of America:
info@spinecentersofamerica.com;
www.spinecentersofamerica.com
13. SAS - The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery:
info@ISASS.org
www.isass.org

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