What Services Do Surgery Center Management Companies Provide?

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

Access HealthCare Appraisers' 2010 Valuation Survey.