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Subject: [Becker's Spine Business E-weekly] 10 Spine Surgeons Directing Fellowship Programs | 5 Points on Performing Artificial Disc Replacement | Spine Surgeons Cited for Underreporting Infuse Complications | Synthes Sues Globus for Patent Infringement |
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News & Analysis
August 3, 2011
 

1. 10 Spine Surgeon Fellowship Directors to Know.

 

2. Dr. Michael Hasz: 5 Points on Artificial Disc Replacement.

   

3. Two More Spine Surgeons Cited for Underreporting Infuse Complications.

 

4. Register Now for the Best Annual ASC Business, Legal and Clinical Conference: The 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference--Improving Profitability & Business and Legal Issues (Oct. 27-29, Chicago). 

 

5. How Spine Surgeons Can Maximize Efficiency in ORs From Dr. Richard Kube.

 

6. Synthes Sues Globus Medical for Patent Infringement.    

 

7. American Spine Center Opens New Surgery Center in Maryland.

 

8. Alphatec Spine to Answer FDA's Question on PureGen Product for Spinal Fusion.

   

9. Study: XLIF Can Be Expanded to the Thoracic Spine.

 

10. Study: Thoracic Spine to Pelvis Fusion Still Risky After Technology Advancement.

 

 


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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

Westin Michigan Avenue, Chicago

 

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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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10 Companies to Know

1.Amedica:  szeiger@amedicacorp.com;
www.amedicacorp.com
2. Spine Surgical Innovation: 
czorn@spinesurgicalinnovation.com;
www.spinesurgicalinnovation.com

3. Practice Partners in Healthcare:
ltaylor@practicepartners.org;
www.practicepartners.org
4. Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners:
jleland@bluechipsurgical.com
www.bluechipsurgical.com

5. Joimax:
nicole.claret@joimax.com;

www.joimax.com
6. Allen Medical:
erin.herbst@hill-room.com;

www.allenmedical.com
7. Spine Centers of America:
info@spinecentersofamerica.com;

www.spinecentersofamerica.com
8. Interventional Management Services:
www.physiciancontrol.com

9. Source Medical Revenue Cycle Solutions:
scott.stone@sourcemed.net;

caryl.serbin@sourcemed.net;
www.sourcemed.net
10. SAS - The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery:
info@ISASS.org
www.isass.org



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