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Health Care services and device companies have become a core target for private equity investors. In recent years there has been a binge in the private equity acquisition of health care companies valued between one billion and twenty billion dollars.…

This article focuses on buyers of majority interests in ambulatory surgery centers. Currently, there are three public company buyers of majority interests in ASCs, and four private company buyers that fit in this category. These are the companies that generally…

NovaMed has announced that it has acquired a 51 percent interest in the Interventional Pain Management Center, an ASC with four operating rooms located in Baton Rouge, La.

In a recent article in Modern Healthcare, it was reported 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 that think…

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Precise Cryoablation System Galil Medical www.galilmedical.com (877) 639-2796 FYI: The Precise Cryoablation System lets urologists offer minimally invasive cryoablation treatment to prostate and kidney cancer patients. Precise features multi-point thermal sensors to record temperatures throughout the gland or tumor for a high level…

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CMS has issued a proposed rule that will update payment rates for calendar year 2009 and aims to improve quality of services provided in HOPDs and ASCs by paying based on quality reporting.

You know you have to track quality and patient satisfaction indicators. Your accreditation agency requires it; increasingly, your third-party insurers may require reporting of data; and, soon, CMS will ask you to track and report selected indicators. But how much…