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The nation's community hospitals, long a backbone for healthcare provision in this country, face increasing challenges as reimbursements fall, regulations become more complicated and payors demand closer collaboration with physicians and other outpatient providers. These hospitals continue to join larger…

Brian Proctor, DO, is an ophthalmologist on staff at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, a 250-bed community hospital in Melrose Park, Ill., outside of Chicago, which is part of the Loyola University Health System. Dr. Proctor and three other ophthalmologists use one…

1. Mature market. The ASC industry hit a watershed this year. "The number of ASCs will decline this year for the first time in the history of our industry," says Andrew Hayek, president and CEO of Surgical Care Affiliates. "We…

Here are the valuation multiple paid and the percentages of respondents that received that multiple for controlling and minority interests in a physician-owned hospital, according to HealthCare Appraisers' Healthcare Transactions 2009 Year in Review.

Here are multiples paid for minority interest physician-investor redemptions and physician-investor buy-ins for 2007-2008, according to HealthCare Appraisers' Healthcare Transactions 2009 Year in Review.

Assuming the Republicans win big in the Nov. 2 Congressional elections, can the healthcare reform law be repealed, defunded or watered down in some way?

Editor's note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in Anesthesia Business Consultants eAlerts, a free electronic newsletter. Sign-up to receive this…

Many orthopedics procedures, especially shoulder and knee surgeries, often require a pain block to manage the patients' pain postoperatively. However, these claims are some of the most commonly denied in ASCs on the first pass, often due to payor issues…

1. Orthopedics. Rising ASC reimbursement for orthopedic surgery is transforming a sometimes break-even field into a money-making one, says William G. Southwick, president and CEO of HealthMark Partners in Nashville. For example, shoulder surgery used to be so underfunded it…

Jeff Blankinship is president & CEO of Surgical Notes, a nationwide provider of medical transcription, coding, electronic medical records and other value-added IT services for ASCs.