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CMS Says Resources for Surveys to Be Very Limited |
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Written by Scott Becker
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Friday, 18 January 2008 |
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CMS informed states on Nov. 5 that resources for initial surveys would be severely limited. In a memo CMS stated that new providers and suppliers would be to be given the lowest priority -- and that providers that have accrediting organization options for accreditation, as ASCs do, were strongly encouraged to seek third-party accreditation rather than state surveys in order to avoid unnecessary delays.
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Orthopedic-Driven Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Specialty Hospitals |
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Written by Scott Becker and Amber Walsh
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Thursday, 17 January 2008 |
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This article provides an overview of several issues facing the orthopedic-driven ambulatory surgery center and specialty hospital development industry. The article specifically then reviews certain key business drivers to industry growth, examines key risks related to ASC and specialty hospital projects, and provides a brief review of certain legal issues related to the same.
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Ambulatory Surgery Center Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Entities |
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Written by Scott Becker, Robert J. Pristave and Wendy McConnell
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Thursday, 17 January 2008 |
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This article provides an overview of the tax-exempt related issues for ambulatory surgery center joint ventures involving tax-exepmt entities. The article analyzes the key points of analysis of the guidance relased by the IRS, in particular General Councel memorandum 39862, Revenue Ruling 98-15, and Redlands Surgical Services v. Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. These key points include whether the venture results in private inurement to insiders and whether the venture furthers the charitable purposes of the tax-exempt entity. The article also provides practical guidance to analyze the documents and structure of the joint venture to ensure compliance with the IRS guidance. These practical considerations include, among other things, whether the charitable purposes of the tax-exempt entity are clearly expressed in the documents and whether the tax-exempt entity has sufficient control over the joint venture to ensure the charitable purposes are being adhered to.
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Different Approaches Help 5 ASCs Find Turnaround Success |
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Written by Dana Kulvin
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
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Good third-party management companies that have specific expertise in
the ASC industry are often successful in turning around financially
struggling facilities. This is because they are able to evaluate an
ASC's operations and effectively identify problem areas and resolve
them.
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Don't Let Your ASC Suffer From Success |
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Written by Scott Becker and Ronald Lundeen
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
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You want your ASC to be a success. It benefits you and your patients if
it is. However, if you want to expand on that success, providing a way
for new physicians to invest in your facility can be difficult, to say
the least.
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ASCs - An Analysis for the Next Five Years |
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Written by Scott Becker
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Friday, 11 January 2008 |
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The last several years have been an outstanding time for surgery centers. There has been explosive growth in the overall industry and in the number of surgery centers. There have also been a great number of developments that have been extremely positive for the surgery center business.
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Can Selling an ASC's Real Estate Enhance the Surgery Business? |
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Written by Stephanie Wasek
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Wednesday, 09 January 2008 |
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The business concept of selling your ASC building, then renting it from a real estate investment company such as The Sanders Trust, is an interesting one. An excerpt of an interview with Bruce Bright, the director of business development for The Sanders Trust, follows below. To see the full text in the Jan./Feb. issue, be sure to subscribe to Becker's ASC Review.
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Interview With John Poisson: A Temperate View of the GI Medicare Payment Cuts |
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Written by Scott Becker
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Wednesday, 09 January 2008 |
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By all accounts, GI as a specialty — and especially GI ASCs — will be hit the hardest by CMS's restructuring of the ASC payment system. But the situation is not as dire as it may seem at first glance, notes John Poisson, the executive vice president at Physicians Endoscopy, which works exclusively with the same GI facilities seemingly doomed by the ACG.
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007 |
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