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Publisher's Letter
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his issue of Becker's ASC Review includes best practices for key
ASC specialties, expertise from ASC leaders and healthcare
news from around the industry. is issue also includes a list of
physician-owned hospitals that patients would definitely recommend.
Mark your calendar for the Becker's ASC 24th Annual Meeting: e
Business and Operations of ASCs on Oct. 26-28, 2017 at the Swissotel
in Chicago. e conference includes more than 126 sessions with 235
speakers including 155 speakers. More than 1,500 attendees will be at
this world-class event that includes keynote speakers:
• Andrew Hayek, Chairman and CEO of Surgical Care Affiliates
• Bill Walton, NBA Legend and Basketball Analyst
• Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN Analyst
• Alexa von Tobel, CEO of LearnVest.com
Should you have any questions or comments, please contact me at
sbecker@beckershealthcare.comor Editor-in-chief Laura Dyrda at
ldyrda@beckershealthcare.com or President and CEO Jessica Cole at
jcole@beckershealthcare.com.
Very truly yours,
Scott Becker
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