From: Scott Becker <scott@beckersasc.com>
Subject: [Becker's ASC Review] 5 Ways ASCs Can Cut Costs | 8 Points on Renovating an ASC | 30 Spots Left for Oct. ASC Conf - Register Now! | Kentucky Physicians Challenge Plan to Let Optometrists Do Eye Surgery | Wyo. ASCs Form State Association
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Becker's ASC Review
ASCOA
News and Analysis
September 12, 2011

1. 5 Ways ASCs Can Cut Costs: Thoughts From Larry Taylor of Practice Partners in Healthcare. Click Here

2. 8 Points on Construction When Renovating a Surgery Center
. Click Here

3. Kentucky Physicians File Challenge of Plan to Let Optometrists Do Eye Surgery
. Click Here


4. 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference (Oct. 27-29, Chicago) to include keynote speaker Sam Donaldson discussing politics in Washington. He will also moderate a panel on the future of healthcare with Congressman Dr. Tom Price, ASCOA CEO Dr. Brent Lambert, Regent Surgical Health CEO Tom Mallon and PHA President Mike Russel. Less than 30 spots left. Register today! Click Here 
  

5. ASC Leader Michael Guarino Testifies in Congress on Healthcare Consolidation, Surgery Center Reimbursement Gap. Click Here

6. State Rejects Plans for New North Carolina Surgery Center. Click Here

7. 8 Common Coding Errors in Surgery Centers. Click Here

8. ASC Legislation Adds 5 More Cosponsors. Click Here

9. Subscribe to our new Pain Management E-Weekly to receive up-to-date news on pain management. To register, Click Here.

10. Wyoming Surgery Centers Form State Association. Click Here


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18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference: Improving Profitability & Business and Legal Issues

This exclusive conference -- the Best Fall ASC Business & Clinical Conference -- is presented by Becker's ASC Review, ASC Communications, the ASC Association and the Ambulatory Surgery Foundation and takes place Oct. 27-29 at the Westin Michigan Avenue in Chicago. It brings together surgeons, administrators and ASC business and clinical leaders to discuss how to improve your ASC and its bottom line in these challenging but opportunity-filled times. Learn more about the conference by clicking here.


Highlights include:


1. 90 Sessions, 132 Speakers

2. Great keynote speakers including Bill Walton, Hall of Fame NBA Basketball Player; Sam Donaldson, ABC News Veteran and former Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News; and Adrian Gostick, Author and Global Thought Leader on Workplace Strategy

3. Discounts for registering early, when registering two or more attendees, and for ASC Association members and paid Becker's ASC Review subscribers

4. Earn your CME, CASC and CEU Credits

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

 

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

B. Optimizing Business Office Performance - Paul Davis, CPA, CMA, Amblitel

C. Effective Clinical Benchmarking and Infection Control -
Regina Robinson, Director, Peninsula Surgery Center


D. Should You Outsource Billing and Collections or Keep It In-House? -
Caryl Serbin, RN, BSN, LHRM, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, SourceMedical Solutions, Revenue Cycle Solutions


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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23 Companies to Know

 

1. ASCOA:

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

www.ascoa.com

2. SourceMedical Revenue Cycle Solutions:

scott.stone@sourcemed.net |

caryl.serbin@sourcemed.net;

www.sourcemed.net   

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

4. SurgicalNotes: 

jeff@surgicalnotes.com
www.surgicalnotes.com

5. ASD Management:    

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

www.asdmanagement.com

  6. Surgical Care Affiliates: 

john.puckett@scasurgery.com;  

www.scasurgery.com
7. NovaMed:
www.novamed.com

8. Vantage Outsourcing:

www.vantageoutsourcing.com 

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

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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