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Subject: 20 Spine Surgeons for Professional Football | NASS to Honor Dr. Thomas Faciszewski | Can ASCs Still Profit From Out of Network? Early Reg. Dscts End Friday | Is Hospital Employment Causing Healthcare Prices to Soar? |
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News & Analysis
August 28, 2012
 

1. 20 Spine Surgeons for Professional Football Teams.           

 

2. Dr. Thomas Faciszewski to Receive Award for Spinal Surgery Contributions.

  

3. Is Hospital-Employment Causing Healthcare Prices to Soar?   

 

4. 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.  

 

Many ASCs thrive or struggle based simply on how well they contract with payors and handle billings and collections. This conference has many great sessions on out of network, payor contracting and billing and collections. These sessions are led by some of the smartest and most interesting people in the business, such as Bobby Sarnevesht, Naya Kehayes and Lisa Rock. To gain insight that can help you improve revenue Monday morning, please join us at Becker's 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago! Click here to learn more.    

 

5. EHR Incentive Program Stage 2 Final Rule Released.   

 

5. 10 Milestones for Spine Devices & Companies.   

 

6. 8 Surgery Centers With Artificial Disc Replacement.       

 

7. Alphatec Spine Launches New BridgePoint Spine System.     

 

8. Medtronic & NuVasive Battle Over Patent Infringement Allegations.  

          

9. Free Webinar: Hospital Joint Venture ASCs: Why Less is More. This webinar features Jeff Leland, CEO of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, and Megan R. Perry, Chief Vice President of Northern Virginia and President of SNVMC/Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center discussing joint ventures on spine and orthopedic centers. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM CDT. Click here to learn more.  

  

10. Cigna Launches Back Pain Program With Wyoming Partners.                                                                       

 

11. 10 Tips to Keep ASCs Profitable in Tough Economic Times.                    

 

12. Free Webinar: 70% of Strategic Initiatives at Hospitals Fail - How to Make Yours Succeed. This webinar features James Stanford, Client Service Executive, and Josh Sens, CIO, at Objective Health discussing best practices in change management, including obstacles hospitals and health systems can learn to overcome. Wednesday, Sept. 19, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM CDT. Click here to learn more. 

 


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19 Companies to Know
1. Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners:
jleland@bluechipsurgical.com;
www.bluechipsurgical.com
2. Invibio:
www.invibio.com
3. SI-BONE:
info@SI-BONE.com;
si-bone.com
4. SAS-The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery:
info@isass.org;
www.isass.org
5. K2M:
info@k2m.com;
www.k2m.com
6. North American Spine Society:
www.spine.org
7. Spine-health/Veritas Health:
bcroy@vertashealth.com;
www.spine-health.com
8. Zimmer:
www.zimmer.com
9. SRSsoft:
srssoft.com

10. Spine Surgical Innovation:
czorn@spinesurgicalinnovation.com;
www.spinesurgicalinnovation.com  

11. CareFusion:
www.carefusion.com
 
 

12. Chart Logic:
www.chartlogic.com
13. Havel's:
customercare@havels.com;
www.havels.com  
14. Esaote North America: 
inquire@esaoteusa.com;
www.esaoteusa.com
15. Meridian Surgical:
www.meridiansurgicalpartners.com
16. Maquet: 
info@maquet-inc.com;
www.maquet-inc.com
17. Surgical Management Professionals:
info@smpsd.com;
smpsd.com 
18. Interventional Management Services:
www.physiciancontrol.com

19. Practice Partners in Healthcare:
ltaylor@practicepartners.org;
www.practicepartners.org
 

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