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June 21, 2012
1. Dr. Alan Villavicencio: 5 Factors Driving the Move to Outpatient Spine Surgery. 
2. Minimally Invasive TLIF Saves $6k vs. Open Surgery.
3. Spine Surgeons: How do you define 'minimally invasive' spine surgery?
Dr. Michael Schneier (Calif.): Minimally invasive surgery is an evolving process of utilizing novel techniques and technology to achieve the same surgical goal and outcome via less traumatic measures.Dr. Scott Tromanhauser (Mass.): I like to think of it as anything that reduces the impact on the patient compared to traditional open surgery.
Dr. Neel Anand (Calif.): There isn't one definition of minimally invasive surgery because it isn't a technique or product; it's more of a philosophy, or what it means to do any and all surgery in a non-disruptive manner.
For full responses and next week's question, .
4.10 Milestones for Spine Devices & Implants.
5. Hospital for Special Surgery Honors Dr. Patrick O'Leary.
6. Free Webinar: PPO-Out of Network Payments Are Not Dead! Kelly D Webb CEO of ASC Billing Specialists LLC will discuss how surgery center leaders should evaluate out-of-network billing to manage their ASCs at a profit instead of thin margins. Thursday, June 28, 1:00PM-2:00PM. Click here to register.
7. 16 Statistics on Payor Timeliness & Accuracy.
8. 5 Trends in Spine Implants & Devices.
9. 10 Markets With Highest Physician Saturation.
10. EHR Incentive Payments Reach $5.7B.
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