Serbin Surgery Center Billing — Serbin Surgery Center Billing (SCB) was founded in 2001 to provide solutions for ASCs’ billing and collection needs. Using a secure HIPAA-compliant connection, SCB is able to enter directly into your own database and keep your records current. SCB’s team uses the latest software and rates charged are based on a percentage of the monies collected, not on a per-item-billed or flat rate basis. SCB’s goal is to increase the efficiency of your billing process. www.ascbilling.com
Kaye/Bassman — Kaye/Bassman was ranked among the top 10 U.S. search firms by Executive Search Review and offers an array of services including: client services, behavioral profiling, flexible staffing alternatives, consulting and training, unbundled search services, background verification, candidate services, career tools, resume tips, interview tips, thank you letters and relocation tools. Kaye/Bassman has achieved 28 percent annualized organic growth rate for more than a decade and specializes heavily in finding top talent for the ASC industry. www.kbic.com
VMG Health — VMG Health is recognized by leading healthcare providers as one of the most trusted valuation and transaction advisors in the United States. VMG Health serves a diverse group of healthcare facilities including ASCs, specialty hospitals, hospitals and diagnostic imaging centers. The company’s primary practice areas include: business valuation, professional services valuations, transaction advisory services and joint-venture relationship development. www.vmghealth.com
Meridian Surgical Partners — Meridian Surgical Partners aligns with physicians in the acquisition, development and management of multi-specialty ambulatory surgery centers and surgical facilities. Driven by the unique and proven PEAK management approach, Meridian concentrates on the four cornerstones of Performance, Efficiency, Achievement and Knowledge to take facility operations to an optimal level and attain superior results. Meridian was founded by veterans of the healthcare industry with the vision of creating a superior model for outpatient surgery. www.meridiansurgicalpartners.com
Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America — Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America (ASCOA) rigorously helps its partners achieve outstanding results. Dr. Brent Lambert, Dr. Tom Bombardier and Dr. George Violin formed the company. Its senior leadership team now also includes CEO Luke Lambert and CFO Robert Westergard. ASCOA currently owns and manages 32 surgical centers and its typical model includes a minority ownership interest plus a management and development agreement. ASCOA is one of the most highly competent companies in the ASC arena. It focuses on turnarounds and new centers. www.ascoa.com
Surgical Notes — A preeminent nationwide provider of medical transcription, coding and other related value-added information technology services for the ASC market, Surgical Notes provides transcription, coding and practice management solutions to more than 420 surgery centers and 6,300 physicians. The company’s latest software application, the VMR Express, delivers business process improvement for ASC and surgical hospital facilities. VMR Express is a forms generator and document imaging solution. The forms generator application allows facilities to print patient charts with ADT included on each form by extracting the patient information directly from the practice management system. www.surgicalnotes.com
Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners — Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners holds an equity stake in its projects and also serves as a managing partner with several highly profitable, physician-led centers in operation around the country and a number of projects in the works. With the support of skilled professionals and experienced specialists in key areas, Blue Chip provides a full range of business development services including: strategic planning and start-up, organizational structure and financial model, and functional expertise and ongoing management. In the past, the company has worked with the Mayfield Clinic Spine Surgery Center in Cincinnati, Ohio; Parkway Neuroscience & Spine Institute in Hagerstown, Md.; and East Portland Surgical Center in Portland, Ore. www.bluechipsurgical.com
Raymond Fox and Associates Architects — Raymond Fox & Associates is a full-service medical architectural firm that has completed over 4,000 projects ranging from small, single-specialty offices to large, multi-specialty medical office buildings. Raymond Fox and Associates Architects has been involved in more than 400 surgical centers. www.raymondfox.com
ProVation Medical — Since 1994, ProVation Medical has dedicated itself to helping clinicians and medical facilities focus on patients rather than paperwork. ProVation software is used by thousands of clinicians at more than 500 hospitals and surgery centers across the United States. ProVation Medical has created ProVation EHR, the first electronic health record designed for busy, cost-conscious ASCs. Built by an in-house staff of more than 30 clinicians and coders, ProVation MD replaces dictation and transcription and allows physicians to efficiently document procedures at the point of care. ProVation software produces complete, coding-ready and image-enhanced documentation that can help improve efficiency, increase profitability and clinician satisfaction. www.provationmedical.com
Practice Partners in HealthCare — Practice Partners in Healthcare takes great pride in the development, management and equity ownership with its physician and hospital partners. Practice Partners offer a variety of services including but not limited to: feasibility studies, site selection, project scheduling, architectural selection and consultation, construction management, private placement memorandum, preparation and offering, and accreditation support. Practice Partners was founded by Larry Taylor following 18 years with a large, for-profit healthcare company. Mr. Taylor and his business partner, Mike Rickman, wanted to use the expertise and experience gained in that setting to provide a service to physicians and patients that was largely absent in the big business healthcare sector. www.practicepartners.org
Spine Surgical Innovation — Spine Surgical Innovation (SSI) designs and markets the Holmed Swivel Port System, which is designed for posterior and lateral lumbar surgery. The Swivel Port MIS system is simple to use, provides extensive visualization at the distal working site relative to proximal opening and incision size, and can be used on its own or effectively as a complement to many implant systems using an MIS approach. Spine Surgical Innovation has produced surgeon driven designs for over two decades and is focused on making surgical instruments and systems safe, easy to use and cost effective. www.spinesurgicalinnovation.com
HealthCare Appraisers — HealthCare Appraisers provides valuation and consulting services exclusively to the healthcare community including: fair market value opinions for compensation and service arrangements, business valuation, consulting and advisory services, and litigation support. Headquartered in Delray Beach, Fla., and with offices in Chicago, Dallas and Denver, HealthCare Appraisers provides services to clients nationwide, including: hospitals, imaging centers, ASCs, dialysis centers, physician practices and other healthcare providers, as well as pharmaceutical and medical device companies. www.healthcareappraisers.com
National Surgical Care — National Surgical Care (NSC) centers in 2008 performed more than 111,000 cases, had more than 325 surgeon partners and six hospital partners. Led by Sami Abbasi, it has expedited growth in 2008 and has a very disciplined and professional management approach. NSC supports centers with a management team that is 100 percent focused on the ASC business. The company’s expertise includes marketing and ownership syndication, licensure and accreditation, real estate and capital projects, payor contracting and all aspects of the business office, including information systems, billing and reimbursement. www.natsurgcare.com
Anesthesia Healthcare Partners — Anesthesia Healthcare Partners (AHP) was established in 1997 as an anesthesia staffing and practice management company. The company’s partners enjoy an “anesthesia-team” model where dedicated anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) provide coverage for their operating rooms, endoscopy suites, OB suites and other specialty procedure rooms. AHP is active in all 50 states and a typical surgery center setup includes: malpractice coverage, policy and procedure manual, equipment, recruitment, qualified and credentialed anesthesia professionals, and access to AHP management. www.ahphealthcare.com
HealthMark Partners — HealthMark Partners (HMP) owns and operates single and multi-specialty ASCs throughout the United States by creating joint ventures with physicians or physicians and hospitals. A talented management team leads HMP with experience in facility development, acquisition and syndication as well as payer, personnel, vendor and financial management. HMP specializes in ASC turnaround and de novo projects and works with physicians and hospitals to maximize patient and physician satisfaction while realizing healthy returns on investment. www.healthmarkpartners.com
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. Jon Vick, president of ASCs Inc., has participated in more than 150 transactions on behalf of physician-owned ASCs, GI centers, heart centers, surgical hospitals and other ambulatory facilities. He founded and was a principal shareholder of SurgiCenter Development Corp. (90 ASCs) in 1984 and Endoscopy Center Affiliates (20 endoscopy center partnerships) in 1994. www.ascs-inc.com
Woodrum/Ambulatory Systems Development — Founded in 1986 by healthcare professional managers, Woodrum/Ambulatory Systems Development (ASD) has offices in Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles, and is one of oldest continuing, national ASC companies in the United States. For more than 20 years, Woodrum/ASD has developed and managed ASCs in 46 states. Woodrum/ASD assists in all phases of ambulatory care development including: strategic services, operational analysis, and ongoing periodic management, predevelopment, turnkey development. www.woodrumasd.com
Access Mediquip — Access Mediquip is one of the largest and most experienced providers of outsourced implantable device management solutions to the healthcare industry. The company has a broad scope of expertise in the device pre-authorization, procurement, delivery, and claims processes, and provides value-added services to healthcare facilities, insurance payors, device manufacturers, physicians, and patients. Access Mediquip’s mission is “To provide implantable device management services to the healthcare market for the purpose of promoting efficient, cost effective therapies that enhance the lives of patients.” www.accessmediquip.com
Health Inventures — Health Inventures provides strategic and business planning, joint-venture formation, facility development and operations management for ASCs. Since 1995, it has provided support to hospitals and health systems throughout the United States and currently manages nearly 40 ASCs. A management and consulting services firm, Health Inventures has been developing and expanding ambulatory surgery care and other outpatient services since 1976. www.healthinventures.com
Somnia — Somnia, founded in 1996, is one of the most experienced physician-owned and operated anesthesia management company servicing healthcare facilities nationwide. Somnia specializes in building and comprehensively managing anesthesia teams that deliver high quality patient care. Somnia offers expertise in all areas of anesthesia including leadership, recruiting, revenue cycle management, payor contracting and quality assurance. Somnia offers national strength and excellent service that can help improve surgeon satisfaction and patient care while boosting an organization’s bottom line by as much as 30 percent. www.somniainc.com
National Medical Billing Services — National Medical Billing Services (NMBS) specializes in freestanding outpatient surgery center coding and billing, offering a cost-effective service, subject matter experts and integrity in business relationships. NMBS offers the following services: ASC coding, ASC coding audits, EDI claims submission, paper claims submission, patient billing, managed care contract review, financial and management reports, insurance verification collections, integrated software management and support and IS services. www.asccoding.com
Physicians Capital — This Nashville-based firm provides loans to physician or corporate partners based only on future earnings from an ownership interest in an ASC, diagnostic center or other standalone facility: Existing physician partners can get loans against the cash flow value with no loss of control or ownership interest and no need to pledge personal assets. Startup capital and turn-key financing are available for corporate partners without chasing multiple financing sources. www.physicianscap.com
Foundation Surgery Affiliates — Foundation Surgery Affiliates (FSA) is a healthcare management organization specializing in project development, innovative facility design, partner recruitment and facility operations for ASCs, medical office buildings, surgical hospitals and bariatric hospitals and healthplexes. In addition, FSA offers facility management and operations services. FSA was founded in 1996 by Thomas Michaud, a pioneer in the ASC industry who continues to oversee significant expansion in ASCs and hospitals. The company has nearly 20 facilities. www.foundationsurgery.com
Implantable Provider Group — Implantable Provider Group (IPG) works with providers, facilities, manufacturers and commercial payors to fully manage all aspects of high-cost implantable medical devices. Today, IPG is working with some of the top national and regional commercial payors as well as various manufacturers in the cardiovascular, neurological and orthopedic spaces to implement the company’s Implantable Device Management programs. www.ipgsurgical.com
CareCredit — CareCredit, a GE Money company, offers patients a personal line of credit for healthcare treatments and procedures which allows your patients to pay their current bills in full immediately with the use of convenient monthly payments. Your center gets paid in two business days with no responsibility if the patient delays or defaults. This reduces risk and costs of carrying accounts receivable, increases cash flow, and eliminates outsourcing and resultant fees to outside billing and collection agencies. www.carecredit.com
