| News & Analysis | April 29, 2010
1. Call Coverage Payments: Trends, Regulations,
Statistics and Valuation Considerations, by Jen Johnson of VMG Health. Learn more about VMG Health. 2. Statistics on ASC Case Volume Mix as a Percent of Total
Cases by Number of ORs. 3. Independent Medical Practice: Does Healthcare
Reform Mark the Beginning of the End?  4. Last Chance 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). Register today and save by clicking here. Early registration discounts end May 1.
5. Are ASC Values Going Up or Down? With Nap Gary of
Regent Surgical Health. Learn more about Regent Surgical Health.
6. AmSurg Announces First Quarter 2010 Financial
Results, Revenue for Quarter Up 6%.
7. Free Webinars Next Week: - Monday, May 3: Hospitals
and Surgery Centers: Key Thoughts on Strategic Planning, 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.
- Wednesday, May 5: How to Recruit Top ASC Administrators (Impact Players) and What Should
You Pay
Them, With Greg Zoch of Kaye/Bassman.
Reserve your space by clicking here.
8. List of Possible Combinations for Procedures
With More Than One Modifier. 9. 3 Best Practices for GI Patient Safety From
Dr. Bernard McDonnell, Surveyor for Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program. Learn more about HFAP.10. Top 3 ASC Payors by Volume for Orthopedics By
Region of the Country. 
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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 focused on improving ASC profits:
1.10 Keys to Improve Billing and Collections - Caryl
Serbin, President
& Founder, Serbin Surgical Center Billing 2. Financial Benchmarking - Rob
Westergard, Chief Financial Officer, ASCOA 3. The 7 Best Ways to Increase
ASC Profits Now - Larry Taylor, CEO, Practice Partners in Healthcare
4. Effective
Cost Cutting and Benchmarking For Your ASC - 5 Examples - Robert Welti,
COO, Regent Surgical Health 5. Key Tips for Success - Orthopedics in ASCs - What Works and What
Doesn't - Greg Deconciliis, Administrator, Boston Out-Patient Surgical
Suites
6. Pain Management in ASCs: Current Ideas to
Increase Profits - Amy Mowles, President & CEO, Mowles Medical Practice Management
7. Building Outstanding
and Profitable Pain Management Programs, Making Pain Profitable - Robin
Fowler, MD, Executive Director & Owner, Interventional Spine &
Pain Managment
8. The Best Procedures to Add to ASCs
Now - John Hajjar, MD
9. Driving Revenues Up by Driving Denials Down - Bill Gilbert, VP of Marketing, AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions
10. Negotiating Implant Payments with Payors and Payments for Multiple Procedures and Other Issues - Marcus Williamson, President Neospine Division, Symbion Healthcare, and Jamie Pearlman
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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