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News & Analysis
Oct. 5, 2011
 

1. 5 Things to Know About Spine & Neurosurgeon Compensation.  

 

2. 10 Spine and Neurosurgeon Leaders for Spine Device Companies.  

 

3. Spine Surgeons Call for Transparency, Treatment Overhaul in Payor Fusion Guidelines.     

 

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). Keynote speaker Sam Donaldson will be discussing politics in Washington. He will also moderate a panel on the future of healthcare with Congressman Dr. Tom Price, ASCOA CEO Dr. Brent Lambert, Regent Surgical Health CEO Tom Mallon and PHA President Mike Russel.        

 

5. 4 Tips for Employee Loyalty at Spine Centers.  

 

6. Scoliosis Research Society Celebrates 45 Years.    

 

7. John Theurer Cancer Center in New Jersey Launches The Brain & Spine Institute.       

 

8. Integra LifeSciences Introduces Two New Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery Tools.

 

9. Danish Company Receives U.S. Patent for "Natural Alignment" Spinal Fusion Device.       

 

10. Study Compares Low-Dose BMP to Autograft for Spinal Fusion.

   

       


Learn More About Our Featured E-Weekly Advertisers: Amedica, Invibio, SI-Bone and CareFusion.

 

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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

 

October 2011 Brochure

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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Channels
1. Becker's Hospital Review
2. Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review

3. ASC Turnarounds: Ideas to Improve Performance & Benchmarking
- sponsored by ASCOA
4. ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues
- sponsored by VMG Health
5. Stark Act & Antikickback Statute

6. Anesthesia & Anesthesia-Related Issues- sponsored by Somnia Anesthesia Services  
7. GI & Endoscopy-Driven ASCs
- sponsored by Physicians Endoscopy
8. Orthopedic, Spine & Pain Management-Driven ASCs
9. ASC Coding, Billing & Collections - sponsored by AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions
10. ASC Supply Chain & Materials Management
- sponsored by B. Braun Medical
11. ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
- sponsored by AAAHC
12.
ASC Quality & Infection Control
13. Compensation Issues
14. Hospital-Physician Relationships & Accountable Care Organizations


15 Companies to Know
1. Amedica:  
szeiger@amedicacorp.com;

www.amedicacorp.com 

2. Invibio:
www.invibio.com

3. SI Bone:
www.si-bone.com

4. CareFusion:
www.carefusion.com

5. Nordson Micromedics:
 www.nordsonmicromedics.com

6. Blue Chip Surgical Partners:
jleland@bluechipsurgical.com;
www.bluechipsurgical.com
7. Practice Partners in Healthcare:
ltaylor@practicepartners.org;

www.practicepartners.org 

8. Spine Surgical Innovation: 
czorn@spinesurgicalinnovation.com;

www.spinesurgicalinnovation.com 

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

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

www.allenmedical.com

11. Spine Centers of America:
info@spinecentersofamerica.com;

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

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

caryl.serbin@sourcemed.net;
www.sourcemed.net
14. Spine-Health:
www.spine-health.com 

15. SAS
- The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery:

info@ISASS.org
www.isass.org
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