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20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues October 24-26, 2013 • Swissotel - Chicago, Illinois 132 great ASC Executives and Physicians and 87 Sessions with Great Topics Focused on Key Issues for ASCs, State of the Industry, Cost Reduction and Benchmarking, and Key Specialties Thank You to Our Corporate Sponsors • Keynote - A Nansy Bit of Rough - David Feherty, CBS Golf Commentator and Best-Selling Author • ASCs 2013 and 2014 - Where Does the Industry Stand, Where are the Great Opportunities? Nap Gary, Chief Operating Officer, Regent Surgical Health, I. Naya Kehayes, MPH, Managing Principal and Chief Executive Officer, Eveia Health Consulting & Management, Richard N.W. Wohns, MD, JD, MBA, South Sound Neurology, PLLC, Scott Becker, JD, CPA, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP, moderated by Bob Woodward, Legendary Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist/Author and Associate Editor, The Washington Post • Keys to Keeping Surgery Centers Profitable Businesses - Robert Zasa, MSHHA, FACMPE, Managing Partner and Founder, ASD Management, Doug Golwas, Senior Vice President Medline Industires, Stephen Blake, Chief Executive Officer, Central Park ENT & Surgery Center, moderated by Barton C. Walker, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP david Feherty • ASCs, 10 Months and 10 Years Into the Future; Emerging Business Issues in ASCs - David J. Abraham, MD, The Reading Neck & Spine Center, Linda Ruterbories, RN, ANP, OSC Director, OA Center for Orthopedics, Bill Hazen, RN, CHT, Administrator, The Surgery Center at Pelham • Washington D.C., The Budgets, Healthcare, America - Bob Woodward, Legendary Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist/ Author and Associate Editor The Washington Post Bob Woodward • Success is a Choice - Rick Pitino, Head Men's Basketball Coach University of Louisville • Anesthesia Issues; Shorten Your Length of Stay in PACU - G-A (Gary) Lawson-Boucher, MD, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corp., United States Navy, ACSCSWF • Achieving Your Personal Best - Bonnie Blair, Speed Skating Champion and Gold Medalist • Analyzing the Health System Market - Who Needs to Sell? Why Joint Venture? Greg Koonsman, Senior Partner, VMG Health Rick Pitino • Key Thoughts on Keeping ASC Owners Engaged - Michael Patterson, President & CEO, Mississippi Valley Health, Darlene Johnson, RN, BSN, MSN, CASC, Healthcare Consultants International, Inc., Gary Richberg, RN, BSN, ALNC, CNR-A, CNR-C, CASC, Administrator, Pacific Rim Outpatient Surgery Center, moderated by Scott Becker, JD, CPA, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP • The State of the ASC Industry - Andrew Hayek, President & CEO, Surgical Care Affiliates • Which Specialties Are Still Great for ASCs? Which Ones Should ASCs Eliminate Today? Will Hospital Employment Kill ASCs? What ASC Problems are not Fixable? - David J. Abraham, MD, The Reading Neck & Spine Center, Lawrence E. Kosinski, MD, MBA, AGAF, FACG, Elgin Gastroenterology, Timothy T. Davis, MD, DABNM, DABPMR, DABPM, Director of Interventional Pain and Electrodiagnostics, The Spine Institute, Center for Spinal Restoration, Fred Davis, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, ProCare Research, ProCare Systems, moderated by Scott Becker, JD, CPA, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP • Cost Reduction and Benchmarking - 10 Key Steps to Immediately Improve Profits - Robert Westergard, CPA, Chief Financial Officer, Susan Kizirian, Chief Operations Officer, and Ann Geier, RN, MS, CNOR, CASC, Senior Vice President of Operations, Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America • ASC Association - Key Priorities for 2014 - Nap Gary, Chief Operating Officer, Regent Surgical Health, and William M. Prentice, JD, Chief Executive Officer, ASCA Bonnie Blair • Does Your Infection Prevention Program Meet Survey Requirements? Marcia Patric, RN, MSN, CIC, Infection Prevention Consultant, AAAHC, and Marsha Wallander, RN, Associate Director of Accreditation Services, AAAHC • Key Thoughts on Medicare Inspections and Survey Readiness - Tracy Harbour, RN, BSN, Administrator, Surgery Center of Pinehurst, Marti Potter, Administrator, Jersey Shore Ambulatory Surgery Center, Marcy Sasso, CASC, Director of Compliance and Development, Facility Development & Management, LLC, moderated by Melissa Szabad, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP • Opening a State of the Art ASC in Changing Times - Michael Redler, MD, The OSM Center • Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy in an Outpatient Setting; Successes and Suggestions Jon Nielsen, MD, North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center at Maple Grove For more information, call (800) 417-2035 If you would like to sponsor or exhibit at this event, please call (800) 417-2035 TO RegISTeR, CAll 800-417-2035 • FAx 866-678-5755 • emAIl registration@beckershealthcare.com Register online at https://www.regonline.com/20thAnnualASC