From: Scott Becker <scott@beckersasc.com>
Subject: [Becker's ASC Review] Will Private Equity Groups Invest in ASCs? | 50 Benchmarks on ASC Case Volume | 7 Great Ideas to Slash ASC Costs | Early Registration Discounts End Today for Oct. ASC Conf! | Physicians Criticize AMA's Reaction to Health Reform
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News and Analysis
September 9, 2011

1. 50 Benchmarks on Surgery Center Case Volume. Click Here

2.
Will Private Equity Groups Invest in ASCs: 6 Thoughts From Ambulatory Alliances' Blayne Rush. Click Here

3. Physician Signing Bonuses Up 30% Since 2004-05
. Click Here


4. Early Registration Discounts End Today for the 18th Annual ASCs Conference (Oct. 27-29, 2011; Chicago). Less Than 50 Spots Remain. Register today! Click Here 
  

5. 7 Exceptional Ideas for Cutting Costs at a Surgery Center. Click Here

6. Survey: Physicians Believe AMA Has Failed on Healthcare Reform. Click Here

7. Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges 91 People for Allegedly Bilking $295M. Click Here

8. 7 Ways to Slash Costs of Surgical Supplies. Click Here

9. Why Aren't Surgery Centers Buying Femtosecond Lasers? Click Here

10. Recruiting ASC Physician Investors in 2011: Q&A With Buddy Bacon of Meridian Surgical Partners. Click Here  



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1. 90 Sessions, 132 Speakers

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4. Earn your CME, CASC and CEU Credits

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

 

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

B. Should You Sell Your Practice to a Hospital? What Will the Agreement Look Like? What are the Key Issues? -
Kristin A. Werling, Partner, Geoffrey C. Cockrell, Partner, and Gretchen Heinze Townshend, Associate, McGuireWoods LLP

C. The Best and Worst Procedures for ASCs and What an ASC Should Get Paid -
Matt Lau, Director of Financial Analysis, Mike Orseno, Revenue Cycle Director, and Vivek Taparia, Director of Business Development, Regent Surgical Health

D. Determining the Exact Cost of a Procedure -
Terry Woodbeck, CEO, FAHC, Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital

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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2. Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review   

3. ASC Turnarounds: Ideas to Improve Performance & Benchmarking
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4. ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues
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5. Stark Act & Antikickback Statute

6. Anesthesia - sponsored by Somnia Anesthesia Services 
7. GI & Endoscopy-Driven ASCs
- sponsored by Physicians Endoscopy and Olympus
8. Pain Management
9.
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10. ASC Coding, Billing & Collections - sponsored by AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions 
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12. ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
- sponsored by AAAHC
13.
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14. 100 Best Places to Work - 2011    
23 Companies to Know

 

1. ASD Management:    

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

www.asdmanagement.com

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

3. Surgical Care Affiliates: 

john.puckett@scasurgery.com;  

www.scasurgery.com
4. NovaMed:
www.novamed.com

5. Vantage Outsourcing:

www.vantageoutsourcing.com 

6. ASCOA:

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

www.ascoa.com

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

8. SurgicalNotes: 

jeff@surgicalnotes.com
www.surgicalnotes.com

9. SourceMedical Revenue Cycle Solutions:

scott.stone@sourcemed.net |

caryl.serbin@sourcemed.net;

www.sourcemed.net   

10. ProVation Medical:

sean.benson@provationmedical.com;

www.provationmedical.com

11. HealthCare Appraisers:

tmello@healthcareappraisers.com  

12. Provista:
www.provistaco.com

13. Interventional Management Services:

kspitler@physiciancontrol.com;

www.physiciancontrol.com  

14. Meridian Surgical Partners:

bbacon@meridiansurg.com |

khancock@meridiansurg.com;

www.meridiansurgicalpartners.com 

15. EVEIA:

nayak@eveia.com;  

www.eveia.com

16. Laser Spine Institute:

www.laserspineinstitute.com 

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

18. SourceMedical:

marie.kennedy@sourcemed.net;

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

ltaylor@practicepartners.org;

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

mshaver@hfap.org;

www.hfap.org 

21. Pinnacle III:

sschwartz@pinnacleiii.com;

www.pinnacleiii.com 

22. Surgical Management Professionals:

mlipomi@smpsd.com;

www.smpsd.com 

23. McKesson Medical-Surgical:

www.mckesson.com  

24. Regent Surgical Health:

jdream@regentsurgicalhealth.com;

www.regentsurgicalhealth.com  

  

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