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1. Medicare Proposes 0.9% ASC Fee Increase, Linking Payments to Quality.
2. 14 New Surgery Centers Opened or Announced in June.
3. HealthSouth Subpoenaed Over Allegations of Improper Medicaid, Medicare Reimbursement.
4. Great Keynote Speakers Including Bill Walton, Sam Donaldson and Adrian Gostick to Speak at 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference: Improving Profitability & Business and Legal Issues (Oct. 27-29, 2011; Chicago). 88 Sessions, 130 Speakers. Download the brochure by clicking here (pdf). Learn more and register today! To learn more about exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities, email jessica@beckersasc.com or call (800) 417-2035.
5. 10 Tactics to Increase ASC Patient Collections Immediately.
6. Handling Prisoners in an ASC: Q&A With Randy Todorovich of ASD Management.
7. New Jersey Man Charged With Failure to Pay $13K Surgery Center Bill.
8. 10 Great Physicians in North Carolina.
9. Senate Postpones Hearing to Consider ASC Bill Amendments.
10. Medicare Cuts to Medical Imaging Could Hurt Access to Colon Cancer Screenings.
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18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference: Improving Profitability & Business and Legal Issues
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This exclusive conference -- the Best Annual ASC Business & Clinical Conference -- is presented by Becker's ASC Review, ASC Communications, the ASC Association and the Ambulatory Surgery Foundation and takes place Oct. 27-29 at the Westin Michigan Avenue in Chicago. It 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. Learn more about the conference by clicking here. Highlights include: 1. 88 Sessions, 130 Speakers 2. 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 Strategy3. Discounts for registering early, when registering two or more attendees, and for ASC Association members and paid Becker's ASC Review subscribers4. Earn your CME, CASC and CEU Credits5. Here are just four of the conference's great sessions:
A. Benchmarking for GI Centers - Barry Tanner, President & CEO, John Poisson, EVP, New Business Development, and Karen Sablyak, CPA, EVP Management Services, Physicians Endoscopy B. Ophthalmology, ENT and Podiatry in ASCs - Key Thoughts and Trends - Jeff Peo, Vice President, Development & Acquisitions, ASCOA C. Determining the Exact Cost of a Procedure - Terry Woodbeck, CEO, FAHC, Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital D. The Future is Now, Preparing You and Your Practice for a Changing Environment - Pedro Vergne-Marini, MD, Founder and Managing Member, Physicians' Capital Investments Learn more about the conference by clicking here.
Register online by clicking here. You can also call (703) 836-5904 or e-mail registration@ascassociation.org. To sponsor or exhibit at the conference, contact Jessica Cole at jessica@beckersasc.com.
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