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ASCREVIEW
March/April 2015 Vol. 2015 No. 3
FEATURES
1 5 Bold Predictions in ASC M&A Landscape for 2015
1 Reshaping Adversarial Relationships: Payers Now Coming to ASCs
1 Direct-to-Consumer Marketing: 7 Tips for ASCs
7 Publisher's Letter
Executive Briefing: Outsourced Compounded Sterile Products for ASCs
9 How Outsourced Compounded Sterile Products Can Help Healthcare Providers
Meet Today's Challenges
12 Your Supply Chain Strategy is Failing — 4 Warning Signs
12 CMS ASC Quality Reporting Could Get 2 New Measures
15 Healthcare Hacks Jump 1,800% in 5 years, And Growing — 5 Key Points for ASCs
15 CMS Corrects HOPD, ASC Final Payment Rule; ASC Conversion Factor Drops
15 10 Key Statistics on Medical Errors
16 The Most Common ASC Specialties: Urban vs. Rural
16 Orthopaedic Associates of Wisconsin to Open New Clinic, ASC — 5 Things to Know
17 Centers for Special Surgery of Essex County Opens in New Jersey
17 Surgery Partners Acquires ASC, Practices
Executive Briefing: Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty 15
19 Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Safe, Cost-Effective Perioperative Pathway
ASC Management
22 7 Fundamentals to Improve Physician Case Volume
24 Outpatient Spine Surgery Innovation: Key Concepts for Adding Cases
26 How to "Go Big or Go Home" With Joint Venture ASCs
26 3 Pending ASC Projects
Transactions & Joint Ventures
31 $5B in Medical Office Buildings Sold in 2014 — And Investors are Ready for More
31 5 Recent ASC Industry Acquisitions
32 ASC Physicians: How to Build a Personal & Professional Financial Game Plan
34 24 New ASC Joint Ventures
36 5 Out-of-the-Box Ideas for ASCs to Collaborate With Hospitals (But Stay Independent)
37 13th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference +
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47 5 Tips to Fix Supply Chain Failures
Executive Briefing: Executive Briefing: Optimizing Your ASC Investment
49 Unlocking the Contractual Keys to Success
52 5 Organizations With Great Cost-Cutting Strategies
Coding & Billing
54 ICD-10 Change: It's Real This Time... Again
55 6 Healthcare Spending Trends
Quality & Accreditation
57 Medical Errors Still a Leading Cause of Death in America — 5 Things to Know
57 5 Key Changes in CMS Guidance for ASC Surveyors
58 Exceptional ASC Nurse Leaders: Key Advice for Finding & Keeping Them
58 10 Legislative Updates for ASC Leaders
60 What Does 2015 Hold for Eye Surgeons & Centers?
62 Advertising Index
EDITORIAL
Laura Dyrda / Editor in Chief, Becker's ASC Review & Becker's Spine
Review
ldyrda@beckershealthcare.com
Molly Gamble / Editor in Chief, Becker's Hospital Review
mgamble@beckershealthcare.com
Carrie Pallardy / Editor
cpallardy@beckershealthcare.com
Heather Punke / Editor
hpunke@beckershealthcare.com
Ayla Ellison / Editor
aellison@beckershealthcare.com
Kelly Gooch / Senior Writer/Reporter
kgooch@beckershealthcare.com
Shannon Barnet / Writer/Reporter
sbarnet@beckershealthcare.com
Akanksha Jayanthi / Writer/Reporter
ajayanthi@beckershealthcare.com
Emily Rappleye / Writer/Reporter
erappleye@beckershealthcare.com
Tamara Rosin / Writer/Reporter
trosin@beckershealthcare.com
Anuja Vaidya / Senior Writer
avaidya@beckershealthcare.com
SALES & PUBLISHING
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