Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America — ASCOA provides development and management services to ASCs. ASCOA offers experience in real estate, financing, staffing, training, equipping, licensure, accreditation and compliance. ASCOA currently owns and manages 32 surgical centers and encourages majority ownership for its physician partners. ASCOA was founded by three surgeons — Dr. Thomas Bombardier, Dr. Brent Lambert and Dr. George Violin — who continue to serve as the company’s principals. www.ascoa.com
Serbin Surgery Center Billing — SCB provides coding, billing and collection services to ASCs. SCB assists surgery centers in accounts payable and financial services; managed care contract negotiation and consulting; and insurance verification. SCB employs certified and experienced coding, billing and collection personnel with ASC backgrounds. www.ascbilling.com
Amerinet — Amerinet is a group purchasing organization offering clients access to its competitive portfolio of product and service contracts. Amerinet’s portfolio includes medical, surgical, pharmaceutical, office and environmental products as well as information technology solutions, capital equipment and construction vendors. Headquartered in St. Louis, Amerinet is privately owned by two investor-owner organizations: Administrative Resources, based in Warrendale, Pa., and Intermountain Healthcare of Salt Lake City. www.amerinet-gpo.com
Implantable Provider Group — IPG manages all aspects of high-cost implantable medical device utilization for providers, facilities, manufacturers and commercial payors. The company simplifies the complex procurement, contracting and billing associated with these devices, thereby streamlining the process and normalizing costs for all parties. IPG currently focuses on large, fast-growth medical implant markets, such as cardiology, neurology and orthopedic implants. www.ipgsurgical.com
Foundation Surgery Affiliates — Foundation Surgery Affiliates is a healthcare management organization specializing in project development, facility design, partner recruitment and facility operations for ASCs, medical office buildings, surgical hospitals, bariatric hospitals and healthplexes. The company, headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla., encourages majority ownership by it physician partners while overseeing facility operations. www.foundationsurgery.com
MedHQ — MedHQ provides accounting, revenue cycle, human resources and credentialing services to healthcare clients in 10 states. Based in the Chicago area, MedHQ’s customized business office functions allow healthcare practices to eliminate capital investments in office equipment, hardware and software thereby reducing capital funds needed for business operations. www.medhq.net
Regent Surgical Health — Regent Surgical Health is a manager and developer of surgical centers and a developer of physician-owned hospitals. The company specializes in turnaround situations and offers the following services: managed care contracting, reimbursement maximization, cost reduction, recruiting, accounting and benchmarking. www.regentsurgicalhealth.com
EVEIA HEALTH Consulting & Management — EVEIA HEALTH Consulting & Management provides business management services to ASCs and surgical practices across the United States. Eveia was founded in 1998 by Naya Kehayes and has serviced more than 150 clients since its inception. Eveia’s services include contract analysis and negotiation; administrative and management services; customized revenue management; and financial analysis and guidance. In addition, Eveia implements training and reimbursement calculators, and it provides feasibility studies, payor due diligence, fee schedule development and coordination of business related activities. www.eveia.com
Woodrum/Ambulatory Systems Development — Woodrum/ASD is an operator, manager, and developer of ASC centers. It assists in all phases of ambulatory care development and offers services in strategic management, operational analysis, predevelopment, and development. Woodrum/ASD is led by Robert Zasa and Joseph Zasa and is increasingly focused on ASC turnarounds. Founded in 1986, it is one of oldest continuing, national ASC companies in the United States. www.woodrumasd.com
Somnia Anesthesia — Somnia is a provider of anesthesia services to hospitals, ASCs and office-based surgical facilities nationwide. Somnia focuses exclusively on anesthesia and is owned and managed by physicians. Somnia’s service options include: subsidized anesthesia services, fee-for-service anesthesia services, joint venture models, pure management models and locums services. Somnia also offers pain management services specializing in back pain, neck pain, cancer pain, auto injuries, arthritis pain, joint pain, muscular pain, Shingles, job-related injuries and painkiller dependency. www.somniaanesthesiaservices.com
Raymond Fox & Associates — Raymond Fox & Associates is a full-service medical architectural firm providing architecture, master planning, space planning, interior design and operational consulting services to clients in the healthcare industry. The company has completed more than 4,000 projects and has been involved with over 400 surgical centers and a large array of radiology diagnostic facilities, CT/MRI units, specialty hospitals, rehab facilities, physical therapy centers and several hospital in-patient services. www.raymondfox.com
Physicians Capital — Physicians Capital provides loans to physician or corporate partners of ASCs, diagnostic centers and other facilities. The company bases these loans primarily on future earnings of the facility. The company offers start-up capital, turn-key financing that includes working capital, buy-in financing and recapitalization loans. www.physicianscap.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
Congero Development — Conergo Development provides management and development services to surgical centers and other types of healthcare facilities. The company, led by Bruce Wallace and Kathy Wallace, offers medical real estate advising, and helps with the syndication and all aspects of the operating company. www.congerodev.com
zChart — zChart is a provider of information technology for electronic medical records (EMRs).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
Surgical Care Affiliates — Surgical Care Affiliates is one of the largest providers of specialty surgical services, operating more than 130 ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals across the country with more than 2,000 physician partners. The company provides various management services, including accounting and accounts payable services, facility operations, human resources, legal services, design and construction, information technology support, managed care contracting and equipment planning. www.scasurgery.com
QSE Technologies — QSE Technologies is an information technology general contractor that specializes in the design, installation and ongoing support of IT systems. With a focus in the healthcare market, QSE provides computer servers, data storage systems, networking, Internet access, data cabling, network security, workstations, laptops and remote access services. QSE is a Microsoft Certified Partner with several additional specialty competency designations. The company’s leaders have more than a decade of experience in running reliable, accessible, scalable and secure computer and network systems. www.qsetech.com
TransMotion Medical — TransMotion Medical designs, manufactures and distributes specialty procedure and transport chairs for healthcare providers. The company, located in Sharon Center, Ohio, was founded by Raymond A. Failor in 2003. Products include the TMM3 Video Fluoroscopy Chair, TMM4 Multi-Purpose Treatment Chair and TMM5 Surgical Stretcher Chair. TransMotion’s complete product line is FDA listed plus UL and CE certified. www.transmotionmedical.com
ARC Medical — ARC Medical is a supplier of anesthesia and respiratory specialty products to ICUs, long term acute care facilities, same day surgery centers and patients in home care. Founded by Hal Norris in 1990, the company is committed to providing medical facilities with safe and effective products with an emphasis on quality. ARC Medical products consist of class I and class II, filter and non-filtered HME/HCH, devices for use in ICU, LTAC and anesthesia. All of these HME/HCH devices meet and exceed the guideline established for humidification of the respiratory tract when the upper airway is bypassed. www.arcmedical.com
