1. ASC will help align independent physicians. A new ASC, with three ORs and two procedures rooms, will be part of West Penn Allegheny’s Outpatient Care Center in Peters Township, Pa. In addition to investors who are employed physicians at West Penn Allegheny, independent physicians have been invited to invest, allowing them to align with the hospital without being employed.
2. Other services bring synergies for ASC. “The outpatient care center will provide one-stop health services for patients,” Mr. Hill says. The center, with 50,000 square feet of medical space, houses physician offices, radiation oncology, medical oncology, laboratory testing and diagnostic imaging.
3. Time-share offices enhance use of ASC. Physicians can occupy office space on a time-share basis. This allows specialists from West Penn Allegheny’s flagship hospital to be on-site, making it more likely that they will use the ASC. The offices accommodate three shifts per day in two wings, bringing in six different physician groups per day. “The time share space is booked solid,” Mr. Hill says. “Making it easy for physicians to be directly next to the ASC is good for patients, the physicians and the ASC.”
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– 56 ASC Management and Development Companies to Watch in 2011
– Titan Health to Complete New Jersey Surgery Center in January 2011
– Titan Health Opens Florida Surgery Center in Titusville
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