Spine care comes from many sources — standalone practices, partners in group practices, hospital outpatient procedures, specialties in surgery centers — but the future of spine care and surgery is freestanding centers that offer "one-stop shopping," says David Abraham, MD,…
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David J. Abraham, MD. Dr. David Abraham is a brilliant and entrepreneurial at The Reading Neck & Spine Center in Wyomissing, Pa. Dr. Abraham is board certified in Orthopedic Surgery and is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic…
When starting an ASC, it's easy to get caught up in the construction side — after all the building structure is the tangible element surgeons, staff and patients will have to live with day in and day out. But the…
Usually running about $1 million per OR, a small, single-specialty center with two surgical suites ranges from $2 million to $3 million, with larger-multispecialty ASCs costing $4 million to $8 million, according to calculations provided by Meridian Surgical Partners, which…
Here, a physician and two administrators discuss their experiences with construction projects, representing various stages, building types and project types, and give their best advice for ensuring your project runs smoothly.
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Here are 10 top things in new and expansion construction our expert panel says you should do to ensure a successful project.
The Office of the Inspector General recently issued Advisory Opinion 08-08. This Advisory Opinion deals with a physician/hospital joint-venture surgery center. Here, the Advisory Opinion was requested because certain physicians who invested in the joint-venture were themselves not "safe harbor"…
A recent article in Modern Healthcare reported in its headline that there are "Savings still seen in House measure on doc-ownership of hospitals: CBO (Congressional Budget Office)." I find it almost laughable that there are folks in Washington who think…
Within hospitals, surgeons are the least satisfied of all specialty physicians, according to a new Press Ganey Associates report. The firm surveyed 27,671 physicians practicing at 302 hospitals/ facilities nationwide between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2007 to compile Hospital…
Letter From the Editor: 5 Legal Developments; 15th Annual ASC Conference; Launch of The Hospital Rev
This continues to be a fascinating time in the surgery center area. There continues to be growth, although it is slightly slower. There is also an increasing variety of legal issues and concerns that are facing ASCs. There have also…