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Physician-Owned Hospitals: 10 Concepts to Consider

Written by Scott Becker
Friday, 18 January 2008
1. There are now nearly 200 hospitals in the country with physician-ownership of one kind or another.
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One Facility's Advice for Bariatric Success

Written by Scott Becker
Friday, 18 January 2008
A year-and-a-half ago, the South Sound Surgery Center in Olympia, Wash., transitioned from a hospital-based outpatient surgery department to an independent ASC facility. General surgery made up about 30 percent of the multi-specialty center's procedures, so when a local bariatric surgeon, who has an office-based Center of Excellence, approached administrator Paul Wilkinson about adding laparoscopic banding, it was an easy transition to a successful program.
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Can Selling an ASC's Real Estate Enhance the Surgery Business?: An interview with Lt. Col. Bruce Bri

Written by Scott Becker
Friday, 18 January 2008
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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10 Benchmarking Statistics for Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Written by Scott Becker
Friday, 18 January 2008
The following highlights another 10 terrific statistics on ASCs from the 2007 Multispecialty ASC Intellimarker. This publication is authored by VMG Health, an outstanding valuation firm with a focus on ASCs. You can e-mail Greg Koonsman and VMG or call him at (214) 369-4888.
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Physician Owned Hospitals The Best of Times the Worse of Times

Written by Scott Becker
Friday, 18 January 2008
For physican owned hospitals in the United States, this is truly the best of times and the worst of times. Here's why . . .
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