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Subject: 5 Costs to Cut in a Mature Surgery Center | UnitedHealthcare Joins Aetna in Suing Calif. ASCs | What is the Going Rate for ASC Admin/Medical Director Pay? | 6 Strategies for ASC Expansion
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News and Analysis

June 22, 2012

   

1. Reaching Past the "Low Hanging Fruit": 5 Costs to Cut in a Mature Surgery Center. Click Here  

2. UnitedHealthcare Second Insurer to Sue California ASCs Over Alleged Overbilling. 
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3. 6 Strategies for Seamless Surgery Center Expansion. Click Here


4. What is the Going Rate for ASC Administrator and Medical Director Pay? 
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5.
Free Webinar: PPO-Out of Network Payments Are Not Dead! Kelly D Webb CEO of ASC Billing Specialists LLC will discuss how surgery center leaders should evaluate out-of-network billing to manage their ASCs at a profit instead of thin margins. Thursday, June 28, 1:00PM-2:00PM. Click here to register.

6. Reworked NJ Bill Would Apply Same Standards to One-Room Surgeries and ASCs. 
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7. 5 Factors for Success With Spine Surgery in ASCs
. Click Here

8. Case Costing, Benchmarking and More: 10 Ways to Improve Profits in an ASC.
 Click Here

9. California to Allow Nurses to Administer Anesthesia Unsupervised
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10. Webinar: Critical Strategies for Achieving Positive Medicare Margins. Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 12 PM CT - 1 PM CT.
Eric Flyckt, MD, Director of Client Analytics for Objective Health, discusses how to prioritize and focus margin improvement efforts. Click here to register.


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23 Companies to Know

1. ASCOA:

info@ascoa.com;  

www.ascoa.com 

2. Experior:

www.experior.com

3. Medical Facilities Corporation:

www.medicalfacilitiescorp.ca 

4. Amkai:

www.amkai.com

5. ASD Management:

www.asdmanagement.com

6. SurgicalNotes:

info@surgicalnotes.com;

www.surgicalnotes.com 

7. ProVation Medical:

moreinformation@provationmedical.com;

www.provationmedical.com 

8. Provista:

www.provistaco.com  

9. VMG Health:

info@vmghealth.com;

www.vmghealth.com 

10. HealthCare Appraisers:

info@hcfmv.com;
www.healthcareappraisers.com
11. Blue Chip Surgical:
www.bluechipsurgical.com 

12. Surgical Care Affiliates: 

www.scasurgery.com 

13. Regent Surgical Health:

www.regentsurgicalhealth.com 

14. Meridian Surgical Partners:

www.meridiansurgicalpartners.com 

15. ASC Turnaround Group:  info@surgerycenters.com;
www.ascturnaroundgroup.com     

16. Surgical Management Professionals:

info@smpsd.com

www.smpsd.com 

17. Surgery Partners:

www.surgerypartners.com 

18. Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program:

www.hfap.org 

19. EVEIA:

info@eveia.com;  

www.eveia.com 

20. Interventional Management Services:

www.physiciancontrol.com 

21. Amerinet:    

info@amerinet-gpo.com;

www.amerinet-gpo.com 

22. Pinnacle III:

info@pinnacleiii.com;

www.pinnacleiii.com  

23. Ambulatory Alliances:

 www.ambulatoryalliances.com 

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