From: Scott Becker <scott@beckersasc.com>
Subject: [Becker's ASC Review] 7 ASC Traits That Attract Physicians | Health Inventures Adds Three New Service Lines | 6 Staffing Changes That Boost ASC Profits | NJ ASC Licensing Bill Amended | Download the Brochure for the 18th Annual ASC Conference Today!
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Becker's ASC Review
ASCOA
News & Analysis
July 1, 2011
 
1. 7 Surgery Center Characteristics That Attract Potential Physicians. Click Here

2. Health Inventures Expands Into Three New Service Lines. Click Here

3. 6 Staffing Changes That Boost Surgery Center Profits. Click Here


4. Great Keynote Speakers Including Bill Walton, Sam Donaldson and Adrian Gostick to Speak at 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference: Improving Profitability & Business and Legal Issues (Oct. 27-29, 2011; Chicago). 88 Sessions, 130 Speakers. Download the brochure by clicking here (pdf). Learn more and register today! Click Here
To learn more about exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities, email jessica@beckersasc.com or call (800) 417-2035. 


5. New Jersey ASC Licensing Bill Amended, Applauded by NJAASC. Click Here

6. Michigan Physician, Husband Duo Charged With Medicare Fraud. Click Here

7. 4 Ways for ASCs to Boost Income on Payor Contracts. Click Here

8. Miami HIV Clinic Physician Found Guilty of Medicare Fraud Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison. Click Here

9. Ophthalmologist Compensation: 10 Statistics to Know. Click Here 

10. New Colorado Surgery Center Under Construction for Westminster. Click Here      



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18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference: Improving Profitability & Business and Legal Issues
This exclusive conference -- the Best Annual 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. 88 Sessions, 130 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. Developing a Strategy for Your ASC - Kenny Hancock, President and CDO, Meridian Surgical Partners, Mike Doyle, CEO, Surgery Partners, Richard E. Francis, Chairman & CEO, Symbion

 

B. The Most Common Medical Staff Issues and How to Handle Them - Thomas J. Stallings, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP

 

C. Are We Profitable? Driving ASC Performance Through Effective Financial Management - Rajiv Chopra, Principal and CFO, The C/N Group 

 

D. The 5 Best and Worst Specialties for ASCs - An Outlook for the Next Five Years - Larry Taylor, CEO, Practice Partners in Healthcare  


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;

www.ascoa.com

2. Experior:

www.experior.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. ProVation Medical:

sean.benson@provationmedical.com;

www.provationmedical.com

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

7. Surgical Care Affiliates:

john.puckett@scasurgery.com;  

www.scasurgery.com

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

9. Interventional Management Services:

kspitler@physiciancontrol.com;

www.physiciancontrol.com

10. Meridian Surgical Partners:

bbacon@meridiansurg.com |

khancock@meridiansurg.com;

www.meridiansurgicalpartners.com 

11. EVEIA:

nayak@eveia.com;  

www.eveia.com
12. HealthCare Appraisers: tmello@healthcareappraisers.com;

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

14. Laser Spine Institute:

www.laserspineinstitute.com 

15. ASCs Inc.:
jonvick2@aol.com;
www.ascs-inc.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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