There are several steps spine surgeons must take when migrating their cases from the inpatient setting to an outpatient surgery center. Beyond the appropriate training, surgeons must consider how their practice will change as a result of the transition and seriously think about the commitment.

Robert S. Bray, Jr., MD, neurosurgeon and CEO of DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif., believes that outpatient surgery centers and spine specialty hospitals are the future of elective spine surgery. He moved out of his role as head of the Cedars-Sinai Spine Center in Los Angeles to open his own practice, and has since developed two surgery centers where surgeons perform complex minimally invasive orthopedic and spine cases.

There are several ways to maintain efficiency at surgery centers, but ASCs can't be efficient unless surgeons have good time management skills.

Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners is currently seeking an administrator for a multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center located in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Here are 10 stand-out sessions that will be held at the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues in Chicago, June 14-16. The conference will include 102 sessions and 134 speakers over three days, including key note speakers ESPN analyst and former football coach Lou Holtz and Fox News contributor Tucker Carlson.

Seven spine surgeons discuss the number of cases they could bring into an ambulatory surgery center.

Here are 16 new statistics on orthopedic case revenue, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

Luke Lambert, CEO of Ambulatory Surgery Centers of America, discusses the current state of the ambulatory surgery center industry and how it can succeed in the future.

Jeff Leland, CEO of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, has been involved in the management and development of several spine-focused ambulatory surgery centers, including joint ventures between hospitals and physician groups. He discusses five core concepts for achieving and maintaining success with joint venture spine ASCs.

With new procedures, varying payor reimbursements and rising implant costs to consider, running a profitable, orthopedic-driven ASC can often be a delicate balancing act of conflicting demands. Karen Cannizzaro, CASC, administrator at Physicians Day Surgery Center in Naples, Fla., provides five strategies for satisfying physicians, patients and payors while maintaining a profit-driven and increasingly efficient ASC.