From: Scott Becker <scott@beckersasc.com>
Subject: [Becker's ASC Review] The Current State of Physician Recruitment | 3 Points When ASCs Can Undergo Syndication | AmSurg Earnings Drop 11.5% | Clinical ASC Stats to Review Every Month | Download the ASC Conf Brochure Today!
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News and Analysis
July 25, 2011

 
 1. 3 Points When an ASC May Undergo Syndication. Click Here Features insight from Edward Hetrick, CEO of Facility Development and Management .

2. The Current State of Physician Recruitment: 6 Thoughts From Phil Spencer of United Surgical Partners International. Click Here

3. AmSurg Earnings Drop 11.5% Over Last Year. Click Here

4. 132 Best-in-the-Business Speakers at the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference (Oct. 27-29, 2011; Chicago). Highlights Include 90 Sessions
and Great Keynote Speakers Including Bill Walton, Sam Donaldson and Adrian Gostick. Download the brochure by clicking here (pdf). Learn more and register today! Click Here

5. Clinical Statistics Surgery Centers Should Look at Every Month. Click Here
Features insight from Kathleen Bernicky, Ann O'Neill and Carla Shehata of Regent Surgical Health.

6. CEO of Medical Imaging Company Banned From Medicare Business for 8 Years. Click Here

7. Kaiser Breaks Ground on New California Surgery Center in San Marcos. Click Here

8. 8 Strategies for Up-Front Facility Collections. Click Here

9. Patient Recruiter From Miami Healthcare Agency Pleads Guilty to $25M Medicare Fraud Scheme. Click Here

10. Complimentary Webinar: Future of Hospital/Physician ASC Joint Venture. Thursday, July 28; 1:15 - 2:15 CDT. To register for this webinar, click here .
 
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1. 88 Sessions, 130 Speakers

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5. Here are just four of the conference's great sessions:

A. Climbing Up the Mountain - One More Time - Bill Walton, Former ABC, ESPN, NBC Basketball Announcer, Hall of Fame NBA Basketball Player

 

B. Hospital and Physician Alignment in the Wake of Healthcare Reform - The Expectations for the Next Five Years - Kate Lovrien, Senior Manager, Kurt Salmon and Associates

 

C. Assessing the Future Demand for ASCs, A Panel Discussion - Barry Tanner, President & CEO, Physicians Endoscopy, Brian Mathis, Vice President, Surgical Care Affiliates, and Vivek Taparia, Director of Business Development, Regent Surgical Health

 

D. The Best Ideas to Improve Volume and Profits - Bryan Zowin, President, Physician Advantage, Inc., John C. Steinmann, MD, Renovis Surgical Technologies, Robin Fowler, MD, Executive Director and Owner, Interventional Management Services, and Keith Metz, MD  

 

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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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22 Companies to Know

1. HealthCare Appraisers:

 tmello@healthcareappraisers.com

2. ASCOA:

blambert@ascoa.com;

www.ascoa.com 
3. SourceMedical Revenue Cycle Solutions:
scott.stone@sourcemed.net |
caryl.serbin@sourcemed.net;   www.sourcemed.net
4. Surgical Notes: jeff@surgicalnotes.com;
www.surgicalnotes.com   

5. Medtegrity:

www.medtegrity.us  

6. ASD Management: joezasa@asdmanagement.com | bzasa@asdmanagement.com;   
www.asdmanagement.com 

7. Surgical Care Affiliates: 

john.puckett@scasurgery.com;  

www.scasurgery.com

8. VMG Health:  

gregk@vmghealth.com | 
osullivan@vmghealth.com
www.vmghealth.com  

9. Interventional Management Services:

kspitler@physiciancontrol.com;

www.physiciancontrol.com  

10. ProVation Medical:

sean.benson@provationmedical.com;

www.provationmedical.com

11. Surgery Partners: 

www.surgerypartners.com  

12. Meridian Surgical Partners:

bbacon@meridiansurg.com |

khancock@meridiansurg.com;

www.meridiansurgicalpartners.com 

13. EVEIA:

nayak@eveia.com;  

www.eveia.com

14. ASC Turnaround Group:  rob@murphyhealthcare.com;
www.murphyhealthcare.com   

15. Laser Spine Institute:

www.laserspineinstitute.com 

16. Amerinet:   evan.danis@amerinet-gpo.com;   www.amerinet-gpo.com 

17. SourceMedical:

marie.kennedy@sourcemed.net;

www.sourcemed.net
18. Practice Partners in Healthcare:

ltaylor@practicepartners.org;

www.practicepartners.org
19. Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program:

mshaver@hfap.org;

www.hfap.org 

20. Pinnacle III:

sschwartz@pinnacleiii.com;

www.pinnacleiii.com 

21. Surgical Management Professionals:

mlipomi@smpsd.com;

www.smpsd.com 

22. McKesson Medical-Surgical:

www.mckesson.com  

23. Regent Surgical Health:

jdream@regentsurgicalhealth.com;

www.regentsurgicalhealth.com  

  

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