November 2015
Vol. 2015 No. 12
PUBLISHER
Scott Becker / Publisher
sbecker@beckershealthcare.com
EDITORS
Laura Dyrda / Editor in Chief, ASC Review & Becker's Spine
Review
Molly Gamble / Editor in Chief, Becker's Hospital Review
Heather Punke / Managing Editor
Carrie Pallardy / Editor
Ayla Ellison / Editor
WRITERS/REPORTERS
Kelly Gooch / Senior Writer/Reporter
Shannon Barnet / Writer/Reporter
Max Green / Writer/Reporter
Akanksha Jayanthi / Writer/Reporter
Erin Marshall / Writer/Reporter
Emily Rappleye / Writer/Reporter
Mary Rechtoris / Writer/Reporter
Tamara Rosin / Writer/Reporter
Anuja Vaidya / Writer/Reporter
Megan Wood / Writer/Reporter
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Jessica Cole / President & CEO
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Katie Atwood / Vice President of Operations
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Maggie Wrona / Director of Sales/Strategy
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Maura Jodoin / Account Executive - Integrated Campaigns
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Features
Publisher's Letter
SPINE LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: Key Thoughts on Sacral
Insufficiency Fractures for the Future & Coding
Updates for Sacroplasty in 2015
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
JUNE CONFERENCE BROCHURE
EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: Reducing the Cost of Spine
Care
SPINE DEVICE & INNOVATION
HEALTHCARE REFORM
Whistle-Blower Physician: 'We Have Got to Get
Hospitals Out of the Business of Hiring Doctors'
High vs. Low Volume Surgeons for Scoliosis
Procedures
Spine Payments, Competition & New Techniques:
What Excites Spine Surgeons Most About the
Current Landscape
When Spine Surgery Navigation Becomes Cost-
Effective: 5 Key Notes
Where Non-Operative Spine Specialists Fit in the
Future: What Surgeons Need to Know
5 Essentials for Surgeons to Know About the Stock
Market
Physician Assistant Pay: 5 Things to Know
Advertising Index
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