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At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, Devin Datta, MD, of Crane Creek Surgery Center gave a presentation titled “Complex Revision Spine Surgery and ALIFs, TLIFs, DLIFs in ASCs — Lessons Learned, Mistakes to Avoid, Tips to Consider.”
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Spine
Luke Lambert, CEO of Ambulatory Surgery Centers of America, discusses the current state of the ambulatory surgery center industry and how it can succeed in the future.
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Ambulatory Surgery Centers
March 05, 2012
11 Key Issues Facing Surgery Centers — 2012
This article discusses 11 issues facing surgery centers.
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Improving Practice Profits
March 02, 2012
Changes That Can Increase An ASC's Value
The following article is contributed by Matt Lau, corporate controller for Regent Surgical Health.
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Improving Practice Profits
February 15, 2012
10 Spine Surgeon & Specialist Moves
Here are 10 spine surgeons and specialist moves to new practices, surgery centers or medical centers.
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Spine
January 11, 2012
5 Points on ACDF in Surgery Centers
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is a surgical procedure performed to remove a herniated or degenerative disc in the cervical spine. While this procedure has been present in hospitals for some time, surgery centers are just starting to adopt it into their list of services. Neal Maerki, administrator of Bend (Ore.) Surgery Center, discusses issues to consider when adding anterior cervical disc fusion to an ASC.
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Spine
September 30, 2011
Orthopedist Dr. Douglas Abbott Joins Columbia Memorial Hospital in Oregon
Douglas Abbott, MD, recently joined Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Ore., as an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine according to a CMH news release.
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Improving Practice Profits
August 03, 2011
Top 10 Orthopedic Procedures in Surgery Centers by Volume
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Here are the 10 most-performed orthopedic procedures in freestanding outpatient surgery centers in 2009, according to SDI's Free-standing Outpatient Surgery Centers Database (2009 data year). Procedures are listed by CPT code, long name description and total volume.
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Improving Practice Profits
June 15, 2010
4 Quick Facts About Orthopedics in Surgery Centers
Here are four statistics about orthopedics in ASCs, according to SDI.
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How to Develop an Orthopedic & Spine ASC
The healthcare sector added 8,000 jobs in May for total seasonally adjusted employment of 13.73 million, but some areas saw slight declines during the month, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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