| News & Analysis | April 27, 2010
1. A Review of OIG Self Referral and Antikickback
Cases: 5 Categories of Non-Compliant Physician Relationships and 8
Recent Cases.  2. CMS Proposes New Rule for ASC Conditions for
Coverage Regarding Same-Day Procedures. 3. HealthCare Appraisers Releases "Healthcare
Transactions 2009 Year in Review" Report. Learn more about HealthCare Appraisers.
4. 5 Days Left for Early Registration Discounts for the 8th Annual
Orthopedic, Spine
and Pain Management-Driven ASCs: Improving Profitability and Business
and Legal Issues (June 10-12, 2010, Chicago). To register, click here. Don't Miss "Back to the Future - Hospital Employed Physicians, How Big Will This Be?" With Les Jebson of the University of Florida Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute and "How Changes in the Reimbursement Market Will Change the Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management Device Market" With Dr. Carl Noback of Innovative Pain Solutions.
5. Focus on 6 Areas in Supplies and
Labor to Reduce ASC Costs, With Ed Gorz of MedHQ.
Learn more about MedHQ.
6. California's Sutter Medical Center Drops Plans
for Physician-Owned Facility, Cites Health Reform.
7. Two Free Webinars Scheduled Next Week: - How to Recruit Top ASC Administrators (Impact Players) and What Should You Pay
Them (Wed., May 5) With Greg Zoch of Kaye/Bassman. Reserve your space by clicking here.
- Hospitals
and Surgery Centers: Key Thoughts on Strategic Planning
(Mon., May 3), With David Fleisch, Partner, Bain & Company; Andrew Hayek, CEO, Surgical Care Affiliates; Brent Lambert, MD, President and Co-Founder, ASCOA; and Luke Lambert, CEO, ASCOA. Register by clicking here.
8. Tim Lavender and Darren Eudaly have founded Rainier Medical Investments. Learn more by clicking here.
9. Time Management and Inventory Control Keys to Efficiency in ASCs: Q&A With Georganna Howell of Greenspring Surgery Center.
10. Medicare Guide to Anesthesia Claims
Modifiers.
Learn More About Our Featured E-Weekly Advertisers: Kaye/Bassman, SCB, ASCOA and APIC. |
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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) |
Here are 10 of the 91 terrific
sessions on the program:
1. Building Outstanding
and Profitable Pain Management Programs, Making Pain Profitable - Robin
Fowler, MD, Executive Director & Owner, Interventional Spine &
Pain Managment
2. Ambulatory
Spine Surgery - ASC vs. Hospital Reimbursement Comparison - David
Abraham, MD, Reading Neck & Spine Center
3. ASC Transactions, Current
Market Analysis and Valuations - Greg Koonsman, Senior Partner, VMG Health
4. Uni-Knees in
ASCs - Walter Shelton, MD, Mississippi Surgical Center
5. The Best Procedures to Add to ASCs
Now - John Hajjar, MD
6.
An Analysis of Clinical Outcomes for Spine Procedures Performed in ASCs
- Ken Pettine, MD, Loveland Surgery Center
7. Key Thoughts on Handling Total
Joints in ASCs - James T. Caillouette, MD, Chairman, Newport Orthopedic
Institute
8. New
Procedure Advancements for Spine Centers - Jimmy St. Louis, VP of
Integrated Business Development, Laser Spine Institute
9. Hand Surgery in ASCs - Key
Concepts for Clinical and Financial Success - R. Blake Curd, MD,
Orthopedic Institute, Kyle Goldammer, SVP Finance, Surgical Management Professionals
10. 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
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:
Phone. Call (703) 836-5904 or (800) 417-2035. Fax. Print the conference brochure (PDF),
fill-out the registration on p. 7 and fax it to (703) 836-2090.
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