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4 PUBLISHER'S LETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ASC MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 8 Key Thoughts on Best Practices for Outpatient Cervical Spine Surgery ASCs Band Together to Form North Carolina Ambulatory Surgical Center Association ASC Leaders Share Their Top Goals for 2017 25 Specialties Where Physicians Report Financial Loss Due to Practice Issues The 4 Secrets to Scaling Your Business 4 Key Thoughts for Building Physician Leaders 25 Highest-Paid Healthcare Careers—Chief Executive Salary Hits $150k Judge Orders Federal Government to Pay Moda Health $214M in Risk-Corridor Lawsuit ORTHOPEDIC SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 16 Things to Know About Outpatient Total Joint Replacements and ASCs 5 Statistics on Orthopedic Net Revenue Per Case at ASCs Outpatient Rotator Cuff Repairs Increase 272% in a Decade—5 Facts on Orthopedics in ASCs NYT: Surgeons Divided on Outpatient Total Knees for Medicare Patients, but Support to CMS Grows Johnson & Johnson Medical Device Companies Launch Orthopedic Episode of Care Platform: 5 Things to Know Medicare Episode Expenditures for Joint Replacement Decline 20.8% Following CJR: 5 Study Insights 5 Key Notes on Quality Metrics for Total Joint Replacement Bundled Payments Vero Orthopaedics & Neurology Adds ASC: 4 Key Notes Zimmer Biomet, J&J, Stryker & More: 15 Device Company Key Notes GASTROENTEROLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 18 New GI/endoscopy Centers That Opened in 2016 Korean Scientists Develop Artificial Liver for Human Transplants BCBS Gives Cologuard Positive Review: 3 Key Notes Could Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty be an Alternative to Bariatric Surgery? Microbial Richness, Presence of Methangens Negatively Associated With IBS 50% of Gastroenterologists Feel Burnout—10 Takeaways 53 Health Systems With the Most Hospitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 FEATURES