As of 2006, the most common ownership structure of an ASC was 100 percent physician-owned (61 percent of ASCs), followed by hospital/physician-owned (16 percent of ASCs) and corporation/physician-owned (11 percent of ASCs), according to data provided by VMG Health in…
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The U.S. Attorney's Office has until Sept. 30 to decide if it will intervene in a False Claims lawsuit alleging fraudulent billing practices by an Indiana ASC, hospital and local physicians, according to an Evansville Courier & Press report.
Proponents for North Carolina-based Community Care say the care management model could improve Medicaid care, according to an article by American Medical News.
Thomas Wherry, MD, medical director of Health Inventures and principal for Total Anesthesia Solutions, a company dedicated to finding strategic solutions for issues relating to anesthesia care, lists the pros and cons of allowing anesthesiologists to invest in a surgery…
Harlan Schmitt, principal in Schmitt, Griffiths, Smith & Co., an accounting and business consulting firm of in Ogden, Utah, makes five points about compensation of ASC administrators.
Steven Geringer has served as chairman of the board of AmSurg in Nashville, Tenn., since June 2009, when he succeeded Tom Cigarran, who had served as chairman for 17 years before becoming an AmSurg director.
Michael Cosgrove, administrator of the Eye Surgery Center of Michigan in Troy, Mich., makes seven observations about his center's prospects in Michigan's extremely challenging economy.
Jon Vick, president of ASCs Inc., shares his predictions for ASCs in the next 6-12 months.
An article in the Wall Street Journal discusses the decline of patient visits to physicians' offices and overall use of medical services.
Jon Vick, president of ASCs Inc., describes a critical ASC mistake made by struggling ASCs.