ASCs Inc. — ASCs Inc. helps physician-owners of ASCs form strategic relationships with leading ASC management companies and hospitals, and also represents physician-owners of ASCs and medical office building real estate. The company has participated in more than 150 transactions on behalf of physician-owned ASCs, GI centers, heart centers, surgical hospitals and other ambulatory facilities. www.ascs-inc.com
Cygnus Medical — Cygnus Medical specializes in products and services for the endoscopy suite, operating room and sterile processing department. Its products include endoscopy products, swabs and instrument cleaning brushes, protective tray liners and pouches for instruments and patient positioning aids. Cygnus Medical is a full-service, national repair facility which performs sharpening and deburring, spring, pin, screw replacement, alignment and adjustment, carbide insert replacement, reinsulation, tray repair and color-coding and taping. www.cygnusmedical.com
Facility Development and Management — FDM is a for-profit limited liability corporation that provides consultative, developmental and managerial services for outpatient surgery centers throughout the United States. The company, founded in 1992, serves as an agent of change helping to formulate policy on providing outpatient ambulatory services that will be reflective of quality surgical services for physicians and consumers. FDM partners in de novo centers with physicians and hospitals, and re-syndicates existing ASCs. Since its inception, the company has developed more than 45 ASCs that are either Medicare-certified and/or state-licensed. www.facdevmgt.com
Kaye/Bassman International — Kaye/Bassman is an executive search firm offering flexible staffing solutions, consulting and training, unbundled search services, background verification, behavioral profiling and candidate services. The company specializes in finding top talent for the ASC industry. Kaye/Bassman’s services and solutions help ASCs solve various staffing challenges. www.kbic.com
Medi-Corp — Medi-Corp specializes in coding, billing and collecting for anesthesia, surgical center facilities, pain management and other modalities. Included in its billing services are coding, payment posting, A/R follow-up and HIPAA compliance auditing. It is also an application service provider that can deliver a full practice management system (and related services) via the Internet. The principals have over 20 years experience in the medical field providing billing services, receivable financing, practice management and many more related services. www.medi-corp.com
Mnet Financial — Mnet Financial is an accounts receivables management company specializing in ASCs, hospitals, MRI facilities, physicians’ offices and business-to-business commercial transactions. Its goals center on its commitment to continually enhance its innovative services so that it may be held to the highest industry standards. www.mnetfinancial.com
Orion Medical Services — Orion offers a turnkey approach to ASC development and management. The company currently has a number of centers on the West Coast. Orion has specialized experience and expertise in neurospine surgery centers and continues to evolve nationally. Orion oversees all aspects of a project from financial feasibility analysis to site management and operational development. The company also identifies and manages risk issues inherent in ASC projects. www.orionmedicalservices.com
Physicians Endoscopy — PE is a leading GI-focused ASC company with an outstanding management team. The company develops and manages endoscopic ASCs in partnership with practicing GI physicians and hospitals. PE currently has partners in 11 states. The company’s physician and hospital partners have majority equity ownership and maintain all facets of local control, while PE holds a minority ownership position. Its 14 operating centers provide services to more than 125,000 patients annually. The company has five additional centers under development. www.endocenters.com
Symbion Healthcare — Symbion develops, acquires and operates ASCs and surgical hospitals throughout the United States. The company was founded in 1999 and now is partnered with private equity firm Crestview Partners. The company currently manages nearly 50 ASCs and three surgical hospitals throughout the United States, and provides both comprehensive development and management services to ASCs, including strategic and pre-operational planning, financial management, quality assurance and regulatory compliance and operational oversight. www.symbion.com
zChart — zChart is a provider of information technology for electronic medical records. The company offers both hardware and software solutions for EMRs and assists with the implementation of EMR systems. zChart EMR clients typically yield a high return on investment after switching to a paperless system. Developed by healthcare professionals, zChart provides flexible and adaptable EMR solutions to ASCs across the United States. www.zchart.com