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Subject: [Becker's ASC E-Weekly] Compensation Benchmarks for Top ASC Specialties | 4 Ways to Ensure Profitability When Adding Procedures | Pain Management Gross Charge and Revenue Stats |
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News & Analysis
March 9, 2010

1. Compensation Statistics Benchmarks for:
- Orthopedic Surgeons. Click Here
- Gastroenterologists. Click Here
- Ophthalmologists. Click Here
- Urologists. Click Here
- General Surgeons. Click Here
- Anesthesiologists. Click Here

2. 4 Ways to Ensure Profitability When Adding Procedures, with Joyce Deno of Regent Surgical Health. Click Here

3. Pain Management Gross Charge and Revenue Statistics by Number of ORs. Click Here

4. Final Day to Sign Up for Free Webinar: Meeting Today's ASC Reimbursement Challenges: A Case Study for Success (March 10; 1:15-2:15 CST). Sponsored by Serbin Surgery Center Billing. Learn more and register. Click Here 


5. Louisiana Orthopedic Surgeon Pleads Guilty to Fraud in False Claims Case. Click Here

6. 17 Facts and Business and Legal Issues About Premium Intraocular Lenses for Cataract Patients. Click Here

7. Register before May 1 and save $100 on the 8th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASCs: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 10-12, 2010, Chicago). It will feature terrific speakers including Ron Brownstein, Political Director of Atlantic Media Company,
Discussing "The Politics of Healthcare Reform." Learn more.
Click Here See below for more highlights.

8. Effect on Healthcare, Patients of Hospital-Physician ASC Joint Ventures: Q&A With David M. Thoene of Medical Surgical Partners. Click Here


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8th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 10-12, 2010; Chicago)

Register today for the 8th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues (June 10-12, 2010; Chicago) by clicking here. This exclusive conference, sponsored by the Ambulatory Surgery Association, Ambulatory Surgery Foundation, Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Reivew, is focused on key business, financial, clinical and legal issues facing orthopedic, spine and pain management-driven ASCs. It brings together ASC business and strategy leaders to discuss how to improve your organization and its bottom line in these challenging but opportunity-filled times.

Here are just 5 of the 91 terrific sessions:

1. 10 Keys to Improve Billing and Collections - Caryl Serbin, CEO, Serbin Surgical Center Billing

2. Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in ASCs - Greg Poulter, MD, Surgeon, Peak One Surgery, Center, and Lisa Austin, RN, CASC, Vice President of Operations, Pinnacle III

3. Key Concepts to Improve the Profitability of Spine Programs - John Caruso, MD, Jim Lynch, MD, Founder Surgery Center of Reno, Moderator, and Jeff Leland, Managing Director, Blue Chip Surgical Partners

4. Key Concepts to Managing an Effective Interventional Pain Management Practice and Center - Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, CEO & Chairman of the Board, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians

5. The Changing Future of Health Care in the United State - Joe Flower, Healthcare Futurist

For more information about the program, please download the conference brochure (PDF), click here or call (703) 836-5904. There are four ways you can register:
  1. Online. Register through our secure Web site.
  2. Phone. Call (703) 836-5904 or (800) 417-2035.
  3. Fax. Print the conference brochure (PDF), fill-out the registration on p. 7 and fax it to (703) 836-2090.

 
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18. HealthMark Partners: kspitler@healthmarkpartners.com;
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19. Surgical Management Professionals: tflickema@smpsd.org;
www.surgicalmanprof.com

20. SpineSearch: nicola@spine-search.com; www.spine-search.com
21. Principle Valuation: dsf@principlevaluation.com; www.principlevaluation.com
22. Amerinet: evan.danis@amerinet-gpo.com; www.amerinet-gpo.com
23. MedHQ: rlacine@medhq.net; www.medhq.net
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