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The last several years have been an outstanding time for surgery centers. There has been explosive growth in the overall industry and in the number of surgery centers. There have also been a great number of developments that have been…
At its regularly scheduled meeting on December 12, 2007 the Board of Medical Examiners reviewed the recent decision of Judge Robert P. Contillo, J.S.C. in Garcia v. HealthNet and Wayne Surgical Center and entertained an application from the Medical Society…
The following is a list of the top 10 events for 2007 impacting ambulatory surgery centers. This list is, of course, subject to debate.
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The business concept of selling your ASC building, then renting it from a real estate investment company such as The Sanders Trust, is an interesting one. An excerpt of an interview with Bruce Bright, the director of business development for…
The following highlights another 10 terrific statistics on ASCs from the 2007 Multispecialty ASC Intellimarker. This publication is authored by VMG Health, an outstanding valuation firm with a focus on ASCs. You can e-mail Greg Koonsman and VMG or call…
By all accounts, GI as a specialty — and especially GI ASCs — will be hit the hardest by CMS's restructuring of the ASC payment system. But the situation is not as dire as it may seem at first glance,…
This article describes certain strategic options that specialty hospitals can evaluate in light of the Drug Bill. The Drug Bill includes amendments to the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act, 42 U.S.C. §1395nn, as amended (the “Stark Act”), and the regulations…
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPac) was mandated by last year's Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) to assess the impact of specialty, physician-owned hospitals on general hospitals and how the current diagnosis related group ("DRG") payment system should be updated to…