6 Must-Reads for ASC Physicians Planning to Take on a Joint Venture Partner

Carrie Pallardy -

Entering a joint venture is a significant decision that impacts an entire ambulatory surgery center's future. Here are six articles for ASC physicians to read in preparation for a new joint venture partner or partners.

5 Surgery Center Joint Venture Models
This article outlines five common surgery center joint venture models and offers insight into each model's structure, benefits and possible pitfalls.

ASC Ownership Division: Structuring a 3-Way Joint Venture That Works
Joint venture ASCs with physicians, management company and hospital partners are an increasingly common model. Three industry experts describe the optimal approach to ownership division in a productive partnership.

4 Benefits of Hospital-ASC Joint Ventures
Mark Babin, vice president of development at ASD Management, describes four potential benefits of partnering with a hospital.

3 Major Revenue Cycle Considerations in ASC-Hospital Joint Ventures
A new joint venture can be a disruptive force, when it comes to ASC revenue cycle management. John Newman, senior vice president and general counsel of Constitution Surgery Centers, identifies three important areas of revenue cycle management impacted by a new partnership.

Hospital Joint Ventures: The New ASC Physician Succession Plan?
Joe Zasa, managing partner of ASD Management, offers insight into a hospital joint venture as a strategy for eventual physician succession.

After Entering a Joint Venture: What Happens to ASC Accreditation?
Marcy Sasso, director of compliance and operations at Sasso Consulting, explains the changes in accreditation process that occurs after an ASC formalizes a joint venture agreement.

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