21st Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference
Improving Profitability
and Business and Legal Issues
October 23-25, 2014 • Swissôtel - Chicago, Illinois
ASCREVIEW
• 30 Great Surgeons, 36 Leading Administrators and 80 Surgery Center Speakers in Total
• Keynote Speakers Terry Bradshaw, Lolo Jones and Bill Taylor
• e Best ASC Business and Clinical Conference Ever
• Register by Sept. 1st
• Keynote: Why Not Your Best?, Terry Bradshaw, Co-host and
Analyst, FOX NFL Sunday and NFL Legend
• Key Thoughts on Keeping ASC Owners Engaged, Gary
Richberg, RN, ALNC, Administrator, Pacific Rim Outpatient
Surgery Center, Thomas Bombardier, MD, FACS, Founding
Principle, Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America (ASCOA),
Larry Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer, Practice
Partners in Healthcare, Moderated by Melissa Szabad, JD,
Partner, McGuireWoods LLP
• The Future of Anesthesia in ASCs and Key Issues Facing An-
esthesia, Tony Mira, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Anesthesia Business Consultants, Steven A. Gunderson, DO,
Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director, Rockford
(Ill.) Ambulatory Surgery Center, Stanford Plavin, MD,
Anesthesiologist, Ambulatory Anesthesia of Atlanta/Sa-
vannah, Moderated by Scott Becker, JD, CPA, Publisher,
Becker's Healthcare; Chairman, McGuire Woods, LLP
Healthcare Department
• Lolo Jones, 2-Time Olympic Hurdler and World Champion,
2014 Olympic Bobsledder
• Leaders' Role in Managing a Team: Trying to Balance Building a Great Culture with
Getting Things Accomplished, Susan Kizirian, Chief Operating Officer, Physician
Partners of America, Judy Harless. MBA, CASC, Administrator, SMI Surgery Center,
Martha R. Colen, RN, MBA, CASC, Administrator, Virginia Beach Ambulatory Sur-
gery Center, Moderated by Holly Carnell, JD, Attorney, McGuireWoods LLP
• Transparency in ASC Pricing, Why, How Does it Help? Keith Smith, MD, Board-
Certified Anesthesiologist, Surgery Center of Oklahoma
• Execution is Everything - How to Create Centers That Delivers Results, Brent W.
Lambert, MD, FACS, Principal and Founder, Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America
(ASCOA), Luke Lambert, CFA, CASC, Chief Executive Officer, Ambulatory Surgi-
cal Centers of America (ASCOA), Moderated by Scott Becker, JD, CPA, Publisher,
Becker's Healthcare; Chairman, McGuire Woods, LLP Healthcare Department
• Keynote: Key Thoughts on Building an Exceptional Organization, William Taylor, Found-
ing Editor, Fast Company and Best-selling Author, Practically Radical: Not-So-Crazy Ways
to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself
• The Future of Physician-Owned ASCs, John Cherf, MD, MPH,
MBA, Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons,
The Chicago Institute of Orthopedics, Laxmaiah Manchikanti,
MD, Chief Executive Officer, American Society of Interventional
Pain Physicians, John Newman, Senior Vice President and General
Counsel, Constitution Surgery Center, Raymond A. Dieter, Jr, MD,
Surgeon, The Center for Surgery, Jay Grochmal, MD, Medical
Director, Snowden River Surgery Center, Toni Patterson, MD,
Anesthesiologist, Mid Rivers Surgery Center, Moderated by Scott
Becker, JD, CPA, Publisher, Becker's Healthcare; Chairman, Mc-
GuireWoods, LLP Healthcare Department
• Quality Improvement and Cost Savings, Cindy Vincent, Executive Director, Rex Surgery
Center of Cary, LLC, Vicki Edelman, RN, BSN, CASC, Administrator, Blue Bell Surgery
Center, Tami Robinson, RN, BSN, MSN, CNOR, Administrator and Director of Nurs-
ing, Unity Surgical Center, Moderated by Laura Miller, Editor in Chief, Becker's ASC
Review and Becker's Spine Review
• Washington Update and ASCA Update, William M. Prentice, Chief Executive Officer,
Ambulatory Surgery Centers Association (ASCA) and Nap Gary, Chief Operating Officer,
Regent Surgical Health, and Chairman of the Board, Ambulatory Surgery Centers As-
sociation (ASCA)
• Which Specialties Are Still Great for ASCs? Which Ones Should ASCs Eliminate Today?
Will Hospital Employment Kill ASCs? What ASC Problems are Not Fixable?, Michael
J. Patterson, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mississippi Valley Health,
Lawrence E. Kosinski, MD, MBA, AGAF, FACG, Elgin Gastroenterology, Fred N. Davis,
MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, College of Human Medi-
cine, ProCare Research, ProCare Systems, David J. Abraham, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon,
The Reading Neck & Spine Center, Moderated by Scott Becker, JD, CPA, Publisher,
Becker's Healthcare and Chairman, McGuireWoods, LLP Healthcare Department
• The Business Challenges to Develop Spinal Implants for Outpatient Surgery, Kingsley
R. Chin, MD, Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Technology Officer, SpineFrontier
• Key Thoughts on Medicare Inspections and Survey Readiness, Tracey Harbour, BSN,
RN, Administrator, Surgery Center of Pinehurst, Nueterra Healthcare, Margaret Acker,
Administrator, Southwest Surgical Center, Jennifer K. Wilbur, CFO/TOSC Assistant
Administrator, Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists, Moderated by Lindsey Dunn, Editor in
Chief, Becker's Hospital Review
Terry Bradshaw
Lolo Jones
Bill Taylor
To Register, Call 800-417-2035 • Fax 866-678-5755 • Email registration@beckershealthcare.com
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