Here are seven questions about the services provided by surgery center management and development companies, according to data from HealthCare Appraisers' 2010 ASC Valuation Survey. Editor's note: The most common responses are bolded.
Q: Does your management company provide an administrator at the management company's cost?
Never: 50 percent
Rarely: 22 percent
Sometimes: 22 percent
Always: 6 percent
Q: Does your management company provide access to a GPO?
Never: 12 percent
Rarely: 0 percent
Sometimes: 6 percent
Always: 82 percent
Q: Does your management company provide managed care contracting services?
Never: 6 percent
Rarely: 0 percent
Sometimes: 17 percent
Always: 77 percent
Q: Does your management company provide accounting services?
Never: 11 percent
Rarely: 0 percent
Sometimes: 11 percent
Always: 78 percent
Q: Does your management company provide legal services?
Never: 29 percent
Rarely: 12 percent
Sometimes: 18 percent
Always: 41 percent
Q: Does your management company provide architecture and design services?
Never: 22 percent
Rarely: 6 percent
Sometimes: 33 percent
Always: 39 percent
Q: Does your management company provide benchmarking based on other equity-owned centers?
Never: 0 percent
Rarely: 0 percent
Sometimes: 11 percent
Always: 89 percent
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Q: Does your management company provide an administrator at the management company's cost?
Never: 50 percent
Rarely: 22 percent
Sometimes: 22 percent
Always: 6 percent
Q: Does your management company provide access to a GPO?
Never: 12 percent
Rarely: 0 percent
Sometimes: 6 percent
Always: 82 percent
Q: Does your management company provide managed care contracting services?
Never: 6 percent
Rarely: 0 percent
Sometimes: 17 percent
Always: 77 percent
Q: Does your management company provide accounting services?
Never: 11 percent
Rarely: 0 percent
Sometimes: 11 percent
Always: 78 percent
Q: Does your management company provide legal services?
Never: 29 percent
Rarely: 12 percent
Sometimes: 18 percent
Always: 41 percent
Q: Does your management company provide architecture and design services?
Never: 22 percent
Rarely: 6 percent
Sometimes: 33 percent
Always: 39 percent
Q: Does your management company provide benchmarking based on other equity-owned centers?
Never: 0 percent
Rarely: 0 percent
Sometimes: 11 percent
Always: 89 percent
Access HealthCare Appraisers' 2010 Valuation Survey.