From: Scott Becker <scott@beckersasc.com>
Subject: [Becker's ASC Review] Top 5 Areas ASCs are Most Vulnerable | Early Reg for 18th Annual ASC Conf Ends Tomorrow - Register Now! | Physician Supply & Demand in Next 10 Years | Lou Holtz vs. Jimmy Johnson
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Becker's ASC Review
ASCOA
News and Analysis
August 31, 2011

1. Top 5 Areas Surgery Centers are Most Vulnerable. Click Here

2. Physician Supply and Demand in the Next 10 Years. Click Here

3.
Adding a Total Joint Program to a Surgery Center: Q&A With John Brock of NorthStar Surgical Center. Click Here

4. Early Registration Discounts End Tomorrow for the 18th Annual ASCs Conference (Oct. 27-29, 2011; Chicago). Less Than 125 Spots Remain. Register today! Click Here 
  
 
5. 10 Steps for Surgery Center Administrators to Maintain Great Physician Relations. Click Here

6. 4 Things You Should Know About the ASC Quality and Access Act of 2011. Click Here  


7. Healthcare Fraud Prosecutions Expected to Increase by 85%. Click Here

8. Lou Holtz vs. Jimmy Johnson:  Please email Scott Becker at sbecker@mcguirewoods.com to tell us who you'd prefer as one of the keynote speakers for next year's 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference.

9. Free Upcoming Webinar: Critical Guidance for Hospital Integration of Independent Physicians (Tues., Sept. 20 at 1:15 p.m. CDT). Reserve your spot today by clicking here!


10. 10 ASC Must-Reads From the Week of Aug. 22. Click Here  

 

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4. Earn your CME, CASC and CEU Credits

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

 

A. 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

B. Developing a Strategy for your ASC - Kenny Hancock, President & Chief DevelopmentOfficer, Meridian Surgical Partners, Mike Doyle, CEO, Surgery Partners, Richard E. Francis, Chairman & CEO, Symbion, Inc

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

D. What is Great and What is Not Great Physician Leadership for Your ASC - Brad Lerner, MD, Summit ASC


Learn more about the conference by clicking here

 

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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6. Anesthesia - sponsored by Somnia Anesthesia Services 
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23 Companies to Know

1. ASCOA:

blambert@ascoa.com | llambert@ascoa.com; 

www.ascoa.com

2. ASD Management:    

joezasa@asdmanagement.com | bzasa@asdmanagement.com;     

www.asdmanagement.com

3. VMG Health:    gregk@vmghealth.com | 
osullivan@vmghealth.com
www.vmghealth.com 

4. SurgicalNotes: 

jeff@surgicalnotes.com
www.surgicalnotes.com

5. SourceMedical Revenue Cycle Solutions:

scott.stone@sourcemed.net |

caryl.serbin@sourcemed.net;

www.sourcemed.net    

6. Surgical Care Affiliates: 

john.puckett@scasurgery.com;  

www.scasurgery.com 

7. ProVation Medical:

sean.benson@provationmedical.com;

www.provationmedical.com

8. HealthCare Appraisers:

tmello@healthcareappraisers.com 

9. Surgery Partners:
www.surgerypartners.com
10. Provista:
www.provistaco.com

11. Interventional Management Services:

kspitler@physiciancontrol.com;

www.physiciancontrol.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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