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Subject: [Becker's ASC E-Weekly] Top 20 Most Read Articles from Becker's ASC Review, Becker's Hospital Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review
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Top 20 Most Read Articles From Becker's ASC Review, Becker's Hospital Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review

Here are the top 20 most read stories from Becker's ASC Review, Becker's Hospital Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review during November.

1. Becker's Hospital Review Names America's 10 Best Hospitals
(Hospital Review). Click Here

2. CMS Releases Final Rule For 2010 ASC Payment Rates
(ASC Review). Click Here

3. ASC Physician Owners Share Top Concerns for 2010
(ASC Review). Click Here

4. N.Y. Attorney General Announces Creation of New Non-Profit Company to Develop Out-of-Network Reimbursement Database
(ASC Review). Click Here

5.
Several Perspectives on Healthcare Reform (Hospital Review). Click Here

6. 11 Things to Know About Anesthesia and Anesthesia in ASCs
(ASC Review). Click Here

7. 5 Recent Medicare Fraud Cases Involving Kickbacks
(ASC Review). Click Here

8.
California Medical Center Sues Developer Over Failed Surgery Center (ASC Review). Click Here

9. 53 ASC Management and Development Companies to Watch in 2010
(ASC Review). Click Here

10. 10 ASC Salary Statistics From the ASC Association (ASC Review
(ASC Review). Click Here

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11. NJ Superior Court Upholds Ruling That Surgery Center Did Not Violate Insurance Fraud Prevention Act by Waiving Costs for Out-Of-Network Patients
(ASC Review). Click Here

12.
Chip Kahn, President of the Federation of American Hospitals, Looks at Healthcare Reform (Hospital Review). Click Here

13. 7 Orthopedic Clinical Practices That Can Affect Your Organization's Bottom Line With Dr. Carlos Guanche
(Orthopedic & Spine Review). Click Here

14. Stryker Biotech Indicted for Fraudulent Marketing of
Bone Growth Products
(Orthopedic & Spine Review).Click Here

15. 47 Concepts to Consider for ASCs
(ASC Review). Click Here

16. Texas Legislators Speak Out in Favor of Physician-Owned Hospitals
(Hospital Review). Click Here

17. 10 Orthopedic and Spine Surgeon Inventors
(Orthopedic & Spine Review). Click Here

18. South Texas Health Systems Paying $27M to Settle Physician Kickback Charges
(Hospital Review). Click Here

19. Acting CMS Administrator Highlights Top Three Sectors for Medicare Fraud
(Hospital Review). Click Here button

20. Average ASC Facility Expenses For Surgery Centers with More Than 50% Orthopedics
(Orthopedic & Spine Review). Click Here


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