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Subject: [Becker's Spine Business E-weekly] Where Infuse Stands: 6 Things to Know | Dr. Edward Wirth Named CSO of InVivo Therapeutics | US Held 69% of Global Spine Device Market in 2010 | Synthes Quarterly Revenues Break $1B for the First Time |
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News & Analysis
Oct. 26, 2011
 

1. Where Infuse Stands: 6 Points on the Controversial Spinal Fusion Product.    

 

2. 10 Spine Surgeons Involved in Humanitarian Spine Care.       

 

3. 10 Essentials for an Infection Control Program at Spine Centers.   

 

4. Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Registries Gather Support From Device Companies.    

 

5. United States Held 69% of Global Spine Device Market in 2010.        

 

6. Synthes Quarterly Revenues Break $1B for the First Time, Thanks to International Markets.    

 

7. InVivo Therapeutics Names Dr. Edward Wirth Chief Science Officer.       

 

8. More Insurance Companies Now Reimburse for TranS1's AxiaLIF.

 

9. Frazier Rehab Institute, University of Louisville Receive $2.2M Grant to Study Spinal Cord Injuries.      

 

10. Study: Most Instrumented Lumbar Fusion Patients Don't Require Routine Postoperative Radiographs.

   


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18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference: Improving Profitability & Business and Legal Issues

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Oct. 27-29, 2011

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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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18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference 
15 Companies to Know
1. CareFusion:
www.carefusion.com

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

3. Invibio:
www.invibio.com

4.
Amedica:  
szeiger@amedicacorp.com;

www.amedica.com  

5. Spine-Health:
www.spine-health.com

6. Nordson Micromedics:
www.nordsonmicromedics.com

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

www.practicepartners.org

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

www.spinesurgicalinnovation.com

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

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

www.allenmedical.com

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

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

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

caryl.serbin@sourcemed.net;
www.sourcemed.net 
15. SAS
- The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery:

info@ISASS.org
www.isass.org
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