1. 8 Steps to Boost Profitability at Spine Practices.           

2. Where Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Is Now & Where It's Headed: Q&A With Dr. Frank Phillips of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush.

3. Zimmer's Spine Sales Drop 7% in 2Q.   

4. 6 Methods for Engaging Patients With Health IT.  

5. 19th Annual ASC Conference - Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues. Join us Oct. 25-27 in Chicago for the 19th Annual ASC Conference including 138 speakers and 92 sessions with key note speakers Tony LaRussa, Howard Dean, Ari Fleischer and Suzy Welch. Click here to learn more and register.       

6. Southcoast Brain & Spine Center in Massachusetts Opens Outpatient Clinic.       

7. 4 Spine Surgeons on How Congress Should Move Forward With Healthcare Reform.      

8. Top 21 Codes for Denied Claims.  

9. Free Webinar: Cost Cutter or Value Killer? Find the right answers when looking for equipment service cost savings in this webinar, featuring Mike Guin, senior vice president of service and Mike Parella, zone vice president, of Siemens Financial. Click here to learn more.

10. The Spine Journal of NASS Impact Factor Up for 3rd Consecutive Year.         

11. 9 Recently Formed ACOs.                 

12. Spine Specialty Day in St. Louis. SpineSearch is hosting an introduction to best practice in the surgical treatment of spinal disorders will be held at Spine Specialty Day in St. Louis on August 25. Click here to learn more.

Becker's Spine Review is compiling a list of spine surgeon inventors. If you would like to recommend a spine surgeon for the list, please contact Laura at lmiller@beckershealthcare.com for more information.