1. Accounts Receivable Analysis for Surgery Centers (By Number of Operating Rooms).

2. Case Study: Optimizing Reductions in ASC Supply Costs.

3. ASC Communications, together with the ASC Association, will be hosting its 16th Annual ASC Conference on Improving the Profitability of ASCs and Business and Legal Issues for ASCs on Oct. 8-10 in Chicago. We have a really interesting program including speakers such as Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute on the Politics of HealthCare Reform, Dr. Steve Stern from United Healthcare (medical director of orthopedics and spine at United HealthCare), Bill Lane, the long-time speech writer for Jack Welch and author of "Jacked Up," Kathy Bryant, president of the ASC Association, Bruce Bright, together with Hall of Fame football player Bart Starr, on working with Generation Y. To learn more, click here or see below for more information.

5. Core Trends in ASCs - 14 Observations.

6. Developing Centers of Excellence-Key Concepts, Strategies and Tactics.

7. Learn More About Our Featured E-Weekly Advertisers:

8. Healthcare Reform: An Overview of Key Concepts.

9. Out-of-Network Payment Squeeze: 4 ASC Trends and Challenges.

10. A Practical Compliance Plan Approach for ASCs.

11. 10 Most Pow

erful People in Healthcare.

12. 17 Key Legal Issues of 2009.

13. 3 Core Models for Delivering Anesthesia Services - Trends, Legal Issues and Observations.

14. ASC Transactions - An Overview and Primer of Key Issues.

15. Compliance Guidelines Related to Selling Units in an ASC to Physician Investors. 

16. HIPAA Settlements Between Healthcare Providers and the Government. 

17. Improving and Maintaining Profitability in Orthopedic and Spine Practices: 12 Areas of Focus. 

18. 10 Best Practices for Increasing Hospital Profitability. 

19. What Hospitals Need to Know About the ARRA and the HIPAA Updates. 

20. 58 Hospital and Health Industry Leaders. 

If you'd like more information about or an introduction to any of these companies, please e-mail Scott Becker.

Anesthesia Healthcare Partners. AHP provides ASCs, hospitals, or office-based practice with the choice of all-inclusive anesthesia service solutions or any combination of those distinct anesthesia service components, which include anesthesia billing, recruitment and practice management. Learn more about AHP.

Medical Consulting Group. Medical Consulting Group specializes in medical consulting, both at the surgical practice and corporate levels, providing ASC development and management solutions for single, multi-specialty and hospital joint-venture facilities. Read more about Medical Consulting Group.

Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners. Founded by ASC veteran Jeff Leland, Blue Chip holds an equity stake in its projects and also serves as a managing partner, with several highly profitable, physician-led centers in operation around the country and a number of projects in the works. Learn more about Blue Chip.

VMG Health. VMG Health is recognized by leading healthcare providers as one of the most trusted valuation and transaction advisors in the United States. Learn more about VMG.

ASCOA. Since 1984, ASCOA's founders have helped physician-owners start and operate successful facilities; ASCOA currently owns and manages 34 facilities across the country with 14 others in development. Learn more about ASCOA.

SmartFund Medical. SmartFund Medical is a full service billing and collections company that specializes in ASC billing, coding, collections, patient payment programs, and funding accounts receivable. Learn more about SmartFund Medical.

Amkai. Amkai is a software company with 20-plus years of experience delivering administrative and clinical solutions to ASCs, surgical hospitals and physician practices. Read more about Amkai.

Surgical Notes. Surgical Notes is a nationwide provider of medical transcription, coding and other related value-added information technology services for ASCs. Read more about Surgical Notes.

Amerinet. As a leading national group purchasing organization, Amerinet strategically partners with healthcare providers to reduce costs and improve quality through its Total Spend Management solutions and operational performance improvement programs, tools and services. Learn more about Amerinet.

Prexus Health. Prexus Health is a 100 percent physician-owned company that specializes in the development and management of multi-specialty, physician-owned ASCs and small hospitals. Learn more about Prexus Health.