From: Scott Becker <scott@beckersasc.com>
Subject: 11 New Articles Added to Becker's ASC Review Channels: 3 Small Changes for Big Improvements | 5 Observations on Anesthesia in ASCs | Fight These Third-Party Payor Clauses |
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11 New Articles Added to
Becker's ASC Review
's Channels
July 17, 2010

1. 3 Small Changes for Big Improvements (ASC Turnarounds: Ideas to Improve Performance)Click Here Features insight from Joe Zasa of ASD Management.

2. 5 Observations on Anesthesia in ASCs (Anesthesia)Click Here Features insight from Syed Ishaq of Somnia Anesthesia Services.

3. Fight These Third-Party Payor Contract Clauses: Q&A With Kevin Dowdy of Meridian Surgical Partners (Coding, Billing & Collections)Click Here Learn more about Meridian Surgical Partners.

4. 4 Key Questions to Ask to Determine if an ASC Can be Turned Around(ASC Turnarounds: Ideas to Improve Performance). Click Here Features insight from Bill Southwick of HealthMark Partners.

5.
 Guidance for Proper Peer Review: Insight From Dr. Jack Egnatinsky of AAAHC (ASC Accreditation and Patient Safety)Click Here Learn more about AAAHC.

6. PQRI 0.5% Bonus for Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology, by Tony Mira of Anesthesia Business Consultants (Anesthesia). Click Here

7. Free Webinar: Strategic Transaction Trends and Valuation Issues Facing Hospitals (July 28; 1:00-2:00 CST). Registration is limited so reserve your spot today. Click Here Presenters are Jon O'Sullivan and Aaron Murski of VMG Health.

8. ASC Management & Development Companies Acquire Interests in ASCs (ASC and Hospital Valuations, Transactions and Finance Issues). ASCOA Acquires Interest in Ohio Surgery Center. Click Here Surgical Care Affiliates Enters Into Joint Venture With Mississippi ASC. Click Here

9. 5 Ways Memorial Mission Surgery Center Provides an Excellent Patient Experience (GI and Endoscopy)Click Here

10. Texas Gastroenterologist Featured for Use of Capsule Endoscopy (GI and Endoscopy). Click Here

11. One Way to Address New Joint Commission Standard on Measuring Surgical Site Infection Rates (ASC Accreditation and Patient Safety). Click Here

12.
Guidance for Coding Meniscal Transplantation (Coding, Billing & Collections). Click Here


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17th Annual Improving Profitability, and Business and Legal Issues for ASCs Conference: Oct. 21-23, Chicago

Register today for the 17th Annual Improving Profitability, and Business and Legal Issues for ASCs Conference (Oct. 21-23, 2010; Chicago) by clicking here. This exclusive conference, sponsored by the Ambulatory Surgery Association, Ambulatory Surgery Foundation and Becker's ASC Review, is focused on key business, financial, clinical and legal issues facing 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 five of the 83 terrific sessions:

1. Taking Bold Steps to Build Case Volume: Our Direct Access, Screening Colonoscopy Program - A Great Case Study - Cindy Givens, Executive Director, and Christine Corbin, MD, Medical Director, Surgery Center at Tanasbourne

2. Practical Tips for Recruiting Physicians - Dale Holmes, Administrator, Warner Park Surgery Center

3. Information Technology - Key Ways to Improve Your Centers Operations - What are the Best Solutions? - Jennifer Brown, RN, Nurse Manager, Gastroenterology Associates of Central Virginia

4. Great Medical Director - Dawn McLane, RN, MSA, CASC, CNOR, Chief Development Officer, Nikitis Resource Group, and Jenni Foster, MD, The ASC at Flagstaff

5. Building Outstanding and Profitable Pain Management Programs, Making Pain Profitable - Stephen Rosenbaum CEO, and Robin Fowler,
MD, Medical Director, Interventional Management Services

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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Channels
1. Becker's Hospital Review
2. Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review
3. ASC Coding, Billing and Collections - sponsored by AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions
4. ASC Turnarounds: Ideas to Improve Performance - sponsored by ASCOA
5. ASC and Hospital Valuations, Transactions and Finance Issues - sponsored by VMG Health
6. ASC Conferences - June 10-12 & Oct. 21-23
7. Anesthesia - sponsored by Somnia Anesthesia Services
8. Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
- sponsored by Physicians Endoscopy
9. ASC Accreditation and Patient Safety
- sponsored by AAAHC
10. Healthcare Reform
11. Stark Act & Antikickback Statute
12. Becker's Hospital Review / Becker's ASC Review Names 100 Best Places to Work
13. America's 30 Best Hospitals
25 Companies to Know
1. Monster: www.monster.com
2. Prexus Health:
leslie.burford@prexushealth.com;
www.prexushealth.com

3. VMG Health:
gregk@vmghealth.com| osullivan@vmghealth.com; www.vmghealth.com
4. B. Braun:
www.asc.bbraunusa.com
5. Surgical Notes: jeff@surgicalnotes.com; www.surgicalnotes.com
6. ASCOA:
blambert@ascoa.com; www.ascoa.com
7. Spine Surgical Innovation:
czorn@spinesurgicalinnovation.com; www.spinesurgicalinnovation.com
8. HealthMark Partners: kspitler@healthmarkpartners.com;
www.healthmarkpartners.com
9. ASD Management: joezasa@asdmanagement.com| bzasa@asdmanagement.com;
www.woodrumasd.com

10. Serbin Surgery Center Billing: cas@surgecon.com; www.ascbilling.com
11. Surgical Care Affiliates: joseph.clark@scasurgery.com; www.scasurgery.com
12. Somnia Anesthesia Services: solutions@somniainc.com; www.somniaanesthesiaservices.com
13. Practice Partners in Healthcare: ltaylor@practicepartners.org; www.practicepartners.org
14. Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners: jleland@bluechipsurgical.com; www.bluechipsurgical.com
15. Meridian Surgical Partners: bbacon@meridiansurg.com| khancock@meridiansurg.com; www.meridiansurgicalpartners.com
16. Anesthesia Healthcare Partners: timothy@ahphealthcare.com; www.ahphealthcare.com
17. Access MediQuip: bcramer@accessmediquip.com;
www.accessmediquip.com
18. HealthCare Appraisers: tmello@healthcareappraisers.com;
www.healthcareappraisers.com

19. EVEIA HEALTH Consulting & Management:
nayak@eveia.com
;
www.eveia.com

20. Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program: mshaver@hfap.org;
www.hfap.org
21. Surgical Management Professionals:
msturm@smpsd.com
;
www.surgicalmanprof.com

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