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ASC Communications is the leading source of cutting edge business and legal information for hospital and health system leaders, owners and operators of ambulatory surgery centers and leaders of orthopedic and spine practices. ASC Communications takes advantage of multiple channels through which to reach these decision-makers of the hospital and outpatient surgical community, including: print magazines (Becker's Hospital Review, Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review); two industry-leading ASC conferences and a new hospital and health system conference; weekly e-newsletters; as well as www.BeckersHospitalReview.com, www.BeckersASC.com, www.BeckersOrthopedicandSpine.com and a variety of Webinars and teleconferences.  

• Becker's Hospital Review. Becker's Hospital Review is a bimontly publication offering up-to-date business and legal news and analysis relating to hospitals and health systems. Our content is geared-toward high-level hospital leaders, and we work to provide valuable content, including hospital and health system news, best practices and legal guidance specifically for these decision makers. Each issue of Becker's Hospital Review reaches more than 15,000 people, primarily acute care hospital CEOs and CFOs. 

• Becker's ASC Review. Becker's ASC Review is a bimonthly publication that offers general business, legal and clinical guidance on topics including joint-ventures, development and expansion, and regulatory and compliance issues; as well as analysis and insight for specialties including bariatrics, orthopedics/spine, gastroenterology, neurosurgery, pain management, ophthalmology, ENT and anesthesiology. The publication reaches a qualified audience of more than 25,000 key business decision holders, including surgeons, hospital administrators, medical directors, directors of surgery, ASC administrators and others involved in the rapidly growing field of outpatient surgery. Further, every ASC in the nation receives the ASC Review.

• Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review. Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review is a bimonthly publication offering news and analysis on business and legal issues relating to orthopedic and spine practices. Each issue of the publication reaches an audience of more than 15,000 key ASC-industry orthopedic and spine practice decision makers including orthopedic and sports medicine physicians and surgeons and spine practice administrators. 

• Hospital and health system conference. The first annual Hospitals and Health Systems: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues Conference will occur in April 2009 in Chicago. The conference will feature industry leaders speaking on key business issues and will offer CME credit.

•  ASC conferences. ASC Communications also hosts two conference in Chicago, one in October that focuses on ASC development and profits, and one in June the focuses on orthopedics, spine, neurosurgery and pain management in ASCs. Each event offers CME credits and brings 500 to 600 attendees, attracting a great number of physicians who either own surgery centers or are considering developing or investing in surgery centers. In addition, numerous companies take advantage of exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities. With these conferences, ASC Communications provides the ideal opportunity for CEOs and the senior leadership of the largest and most successful ASC companies to come together with surgeons, administrators and owners of ASCs.

• Becker's Hospital Review E-Weekly. This weekly e-newsletter provides a round-up of the most relevant business and legal news affecting hospitals and the healthcare communities. Each issue provides links to numerous business, legal, safety and regulatory news and analysis from the past week as well as Becker's Hospital Review's most popular feature articles, including our "people to know" and "hospitals to know" lists. If there’s news that matters to hospitals and health systems, it’s sure to be found in Becker's Hospital Review E-Weekly.

• Becker's ASC Review E-Weekly. This weekly e-newsletter provides a round-up of the most relevant industry business and legal news affecting the outpatient surgery and healthcare communities. Each issues provides links to both news and analysis as well as Becker's ASC Review's most popular feature articles, including our "people to know" and "hospitals to know" lists. When business, legal and regulatory news breaks, it's sure to be reported in the Becker's ASC Review E-weekly.

• Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review E-Weekly. This weekly e-newsletter provides a round-up of the most relevant business and legal news affecting physicians and administrators of orthopedic and spine practices. Each issue provides links to numerous business, legal, safety and regulatory news and analysis from the past week as well as Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review's most popular feature articles. If there’s news that matters to orthopedic and spine practices, it’s sure to be found in Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review E-Weekly.

• Web sites. ASC Communication's Web sites, www.BeckersASC.com, www.BeckersHospitalReview.com and www.BeckersOrthopedicandSpine.com, are a one-stop shop for information for ASCs, hospitals and health systems and orthopedic and spine practices. The sites feature archived issues of Becker's ASC Review, Becker's Hospital Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review, archived e-zines, conference brochures, white papers authored by expert sources and breaking business and legal news relevant to the healthcare community. Each Web site also includes specialty channels, which provide more in-depth coverage into critical topics such as Stark Act and Anti-Kickback, valuation, anesthesia, specialties and more. They are a key resource for healthcare leaders who want to have all that ASC Communications offers at their fingertips. Each Web site also includes specialty channels, which provide more in-depth coverage into critical topics such as Stark Act and Anti-Kickback, valuation, anesthesia, specialties and more.

• Webinars and audio conferences. Industry experts present on a wide variety of topics, providing insiders' views of what it takes to succeed in ASC development and operations across a wide variety of specialties and regarding any number of regulatory and clinical issues. The flexible formats mean fresh content for attendees, who can join the educational sessions without leaving the comfort of their facilities.