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Non-Compete Agreement Imposed by Doctor Group on Physician's Practice Upheld by Court

Written by Stephanie Wasek
An employment contract's non-compete clause did not unreasonably restrict a physician's practice, the Kansas Court of Appeals has ruled. The non-competition agreement in the contract between a physician group and a physician placed restrictions on where the physician could practice after employment was terminated.
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Case Costing and Advanced Benchmarking for Ambulatory Surgery Centers - An Audio Conference

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DATE: Wednesday, August 6, 2008

To ensure sustainable, long-term financial success, ASCs must learn how to conduct effective case costing and benchmarking. Join Ann Geier, RN, MS, CNOR, CASC, vice president of operations for Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America (ASCOA) and Susan Kizirian, COO of ASCOA, as they discuss how to properly case cost and benchmark, offer effective, advanced case costing and benchmarking techniques and tell you how to determine the benchmarking data most important to your operations.

LENGTH: 90 minutes

COST of CD: $199; $99 for subscribers to Becker's ASC Review (e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you are a subscriber and would like to take advantage of this special offer).

Effective Diligence in Health Care Transactions -- Core Challenges and Key Steps

Written by Scott Becker, JD, CPA
The deal volume in the health care provider and services sectors remains high. Financial sponsors continue to make investments related to hospitals, surgery centers and dialysis facilities. Correspondingly, the deal volume in health care products, health care devices and health care real estate also continues to be steady. However, while the aggregate deal flow is stable, the average dollar value of deals has decreased. Further, there appears to be an increased proportion of deals being executed by strategic rather than financial buyers. The increase in transactions by strategic buyers can translate into less risks in the due diligence process.
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Highly Leveraged Investments in Health Care: Growing Concerns and Risks

Written by Scott Becker, JD, CPA
Health Care services and device companies have become a core target for private equity investors. In recent years there has been a binge in the private equity acquisition of health care companies valued between one billion and twenty billion dollars. Private equity funds are eager to seek investments that create value for their investors and are investing where they believe the opportunity for value creation exists. Generally health care companies have assets that can be used as debt collateral and investors see fragmented markets as opportunities for consolidation, operational improvement and cost-cutting.
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Buying and Selling of Ambulatory Surgery Centers -- Pricing by Tier

Written by Scott Becker, JD, CPA, and Sarah Abraham, JD
This article focuses on buyers of majority interests in ambulatory surgery centers. Currently, there are three public company buyers of majority interests in ASCs, and four private company buyers that fit in this category. These are the companies that generally buy more than 50 percent in an ASC transaction -- typically from 51 to 66 percent.
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