Ambulatory Surgery Center Exclusions – ASC Safe Harbor Compliance

Excluding Non-performing Positions from a Physician Owned Surgery Center Many surgery centers are eventually faced with decisions about how to treat investing physicians who do not perform as many procedure procedures in the surgery center as others.  Under-performing physicians can create polit...

Ambulatory Surgery Center Forced Exclusions – lets be honest for a minute, shall we?

Excluding Non-performing Positions from a Physician Owned Surgery Center   Many surgery centers are eventually faced with decisions about how to treat investing physicians who do not perform as many procedure procedures in the surgery center as others.  Under-performing physicians can create pol...

Ambulatory Surgery Center Structural and Valuation Issues

ASC Regulatory and Structural Issues   A recent “advanced session” was provided by the American Health Lawyer’s Association covering several of the central legal issues that arise with respect to ASC ownership and structure.  The general issues covered in the webinar included:   1.A...

Ambulatory Surgery Center Radiologist Requirement Would Be Removed

CMS Regulations Would Eliminate Need For Staff Radiologist In ASC Just a few days ago, CMS released a proposed regulation that contains a number of regulatory items that is considers to be unnecessary and overly burdensome on providers and in need of elimination.  One item that was proposed is t...