Healthcare Futurist Joe Flower Announced as Keynote Speaker for the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference (June 9-11, 2011; Chicago)

Chicago — Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review, announce Mike Joe Flower, healthcare futurist and thought leader, as a keynote speaker at the upcoming 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues on June 9-11, 2011, at the Westin Hotel on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago.

 

With over 30 years' experience, Joe Flower has emerged as a premier observer and thought leader on the deep forces changing healthcare in the United States and around the world. As a healthcare speaker, writer and consultant, he has explored the future of healthcare with clients ranging from the World Health Organization, the Global Business Network, and the U.K. National Health Service, to the majority of state hospital associations in the U.S. as well as many of the provincial associations and ministries in Canada, and an extraordinary variety of other players across healthcare – professional associations, pharmaceutical companies, device manufacturers, health plans, physician groups, and numerous hospitals. He has been a consultant on change and the future with the U.S. Department of Defense, Airbus and ArianeSpace, and a number of governments in China.

 

Highlights of the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference include:
1. 101 sessions and 134 speakers, including 25 CEOs and 30 physician leaders as speakers, focused on immediately useful guidance for orthopedic, spine and pain management surgeons who own ambulatory surgical centers
2. Last year's event included 725 attendees and 65 exhibitors
3. Gain practical guidance that can be used immediately
4. Outstanding keynote speakers
5. Terrific pre-conference sessions
6. 15 CME credits available
7. Register before May 1 and save $100
8. Additional discounts when registering two or more attendees, and for ASC Association members and paid Becker's ASC Review subscribers

 

For more information about the program, please download the conference brochure (pdf), click here or call (703) 836-5904. There are four ways to register:

  1. Online. Register through a secure web site.
  2. Phone. Call (703) 836-5904 or (800) 417-2035.
  3. E-mail. Contact registration@ascassociation.org.
  4. Fax. Print the conference brochure (PDF), fill-out the registration on p. 7 and fax it to (703) 836-2090.

 

If you would like to sponsor or exhibit at this event, please call (800) 417-2035 or e-mail Jessica Cole at jessica@beckersasc.com. Please note that exhibits were 70 percent sold out as of Feb. 1, 2011.

 

Here are just 10 of the 101 terrific sessions focused on critical ASC business issues:

1. Lessons Learned - What Did I Do Right and What Might I Do Differently When Creating a Spine ASC? - John Caruso, MD, Neurosurgeon, Parkway Surgery Center, Scott Gibbs, MD, Neurosurgeon, Cape Girardeau, MO, Richard Hynes, MD, Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Melbourne, FL, Moderated by Jeff Leland, CEO, Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners

2. Key Thoughts on Hand and Knee Surgery in ASCs - What Makes Sense Financially -
David J. Raab, MD, President, Board of Managers, and Jeffrey L. Visotsky, MD, Member, Board of Managers, Illinois Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Surgery Center

3. Interventional Pain Management: New Concepts to Reduce ER Visits, Hospitalizations and Re-Admissions
- Scott Glaser, MD, DABIPP, Pain Specialists of Greater Chicago

4. Keys to Successfully Establishing and Growing a Premier Spine Center - Why Partner With a Management Company, Why Partner With a Hospital, Challenges and Opportunities
- William Tobler, MD, The Christ Hospital Spine Surgery Center, and Michael Stroup, Vice President Development, United Surgical Partners International, Inc.

5. Value Priced Implants for Orthopedic and Spine Surgery
- Richard A. Kube, MD, CEO, Founder & Owner, Prairie Spine & Pain Institute, and Blair A. Rhode, MD, Orland Park Orthopedics

6. Key Concepts to Improve the Profitability of Spine Programs
- John Caruso, MD, FACS, Neurosurgeon, Parkway Surgery Center and Jeff Leland, CEO, Blue Chip Surgical Partners

7. How To Achieve Great Results for Spine Surgery/Neurosurgery in an ASC
- Joan F. O'Shea, MD, Neurosurgeon & Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, The Spine Institute of New Jersey

8. Keys to a Successful Turnaround of a Physician/Hospital Joint Venture ASC
- Tom Fry, MD, Board Member Lutheran Campus ASC, Karen Scremin, VP of Finance, Exempla Lutheran Medical Center, Diane Lampron, RN, BSN, CNOR, Administrator, Lutheran Campus ASC, and Director of Operations, PINNACLE III

9. A Roundtable on Joint Ventures
- Allen Fine, Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy and Operations Officer, The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary, and Brandon Frazier, Vice President Development & Acquisitions, ASCOA

10. Key Tips for Success - Orthopedics in ASCs - What Works and What Doesn't
- Greg Deconciliis, Administrator, Boston Out-Patient Surgical Suites

 

For more information about the program, please download the conference brochure (pdf), click here or call (703) 836-5904.

 

CONFERENCE LOCATION:
The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago
909 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL USA 60611
(312) 943-7200

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Jessica Cole
President & CEO
Becker's ASC Review / Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review
(800) 417-2035 phone
jessica@beckersasc.com

or

Scott Becker
Publisher
Becker's ASC Review / Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review
(800) 417-2035 phone
sbecker@mcguirewoods.com

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