1. 4 Tips for Negotiating Outpatient Spine Contracts.

2. Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: 4 Things to Know.

3. Study: NFL Players Return Quicker, Have Longer Careers After Surgery for Cervical Disc Herniation.

4. Hear Drs. John Caruso, James Lynch, Ken Pettine,

Richard Kube, Joan O'Shea, Robert Nucci, Greg Poulter,

William Tobler, Scott Gibbs, and more than 20 other leading physicians discuss outpatient orthopedics and spine--Register today for the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference - Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 9-11, Chicago). To register for the conference or learn more, . See below for additional information  or call (800) 417-2035.    

5. Deuk Laser Disc Repair: 5 Points on Laser Spine Surgery Without Drilling Bone.   

6. Stryker Reports Increase in Spine Sales.   

7. Centinel Spine Reports 47% Increase in Q1 Sales.

8. DSM Biomedical, Interventional Spine Enter Into License and Supply Agreement.   

9. AAOS: New Imaging Technology Could Benefit Spinal Navigation.

10. Study: Benefits of Surgery for Adult Scoliosis Could Outweigh Risk of Complication.

Highlights include:
1. 101 sessions and 134 speakers, including 25 CEOs and 30 physician leaders as speakers, focused on immediately useful guidance for orthopedic, spine and pain management surgeons who own ambulatory surgical centers

2. Keynote speakers Legendary NFL Coach Mike Ditka and Healthcare Futurist Joe Flower
3. Last year's event included 725 attendees and 65 exhibitors
4. Register before May 1 and save $100; additional discounts when registering 2 or more attendees, and for ASC Association members and paid Becker's ASC Review subscribers

5. Here are just four of the more than 100 sessions:

A. How to Achieve Great Results for Spine Surgery/Neurosurgery in an ASC - Joan F. O'Shea, MD, Neurosurgeon & Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, The Spine Institute of New Jersey 

B. Spine Surgery -The Next Five Years - James Lynch, MD, Surgery Center of Reno 

C. Handling Complex Spine Cases in an ASC, Clinical and Financial Issues - Marcus Williamson, President, Neospine Division, Symbion 

D. Assessing Profitability of Orthopedics and Spine Cases - Vivek Taparia, Director of Business Development, and Matt Lau, Director of Financial Analysis Regent Surgical Health 

To sponsor or exhibit at the conference, contact Jessica Cole at jessica@beckersasc.com. Please note that exhibits were 70 percent sold out as of Feb. 1, 2011.