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CHICAGO, April 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- McDermott Will & Emery will convene leaders from the Physician Practice Management (PPM) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) sectors on April 25-26^th at the 2018 Physician Practice Management and ASC Symposium. Held at the Nashville Music City Center, presenters and attendees will come together during this two-day event to identify and address the critical issues and opportunities facing both buy-side and sell-side industry representatives.

Programming on April 25th will include a series of keynote panels, with concurrent PPM- and ASC-focused sessions on April 26^th. The symposium discussions will revolve around five hot market topics, including:

• Continued growth of the PPM industry
• The impact of PPM growth on ASC companies
• Private equity investment strategy in PPMs and ASCs
• Incentivizing physicians post-deal, and aligning with physicians
• Prioritizing value

More than 80 industry players will share their perspectives over the course of this event, including executives from Envision Healthcare, Bain Capital, Oppenheimer & Co., and McKesson Specialty Health.

Featured panels include:

Wednesday, April 25^th:

• Titans of the PPM Industry: Vision From the Top
  Featuring Christopher A. Holden, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Envision Healthcare

• State of the ASC Industry
  Featuring Wayne S. DeVeydt, Chief Executive Officer, Surgery Partners & Barry Tanner, Chief Executive Officer, Physicians Endoscopy

• Washington Update – Reading the Tea Leaves
  Featuring William Main Prentice, Chief Executive Officer, Ambulatory Surgery Center Association

• What the Money Thinks
  Featuring Andrew Kaplan, Principal, Bain Capital Private Equity Investment

Thursday, April 26^th:

• Getting ASC Deals Done in Today's Competitive Environment
  Featuring Ben Jacobs, Chief Development Officer, Surgery Partners

• Preparing a Large Practice For Sale
  Featuring Marc A. Cabrera, Managing Director, Co-Head of Healthcare, Oppenheimer & Co.

• After the Deal: Keys to Successfully Partnering with Physicians
  Featuring Chris Bishop, Chief Executive Officer, Regent Surgical Health

• Closing Is Just the Beginning: Keys to Successful Practice Integration
  Featuring Mark Ahern, Senior Advisor, McKesson Specialty Health

Keynote Address
On April 26^th, author Joshua Foer will deliver the symposium keynote address.

In his book Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, Foer recounts his yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top "mental athletes." He draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory. In the end, Foer reminds us that – in every way that matters – we are the sum of our memories.

Online event registration is now open. For more information or to schedule a consultation with a McDermott attorney onsite, please contact Ryan McCormick.

McDermott is the nation's leading health care law firm. Our Health Industry Advisory group is the only health practice to receive Tier 1 national rankings from all major legal directories. This includes Chambers USA in which McDermott has been the only Band-1 national practice recognized for the last eight consecutive years. The Firm was also recognized by PitchBook as the most active in the health care space, handling more than fifty health care private equity deals across 2017.

About McDermott Will & Emery
McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.

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