And, yes, each of them is green. Green as in a dollar bill.
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Blowing Up Your ASC Because of Confusion of Purpose – Podcast
Be careful not to destroy all of your Medicare claims by turning them into false claims.
4.89 Billion (Dollar) Reasons for Physicians to Love Owning Surgery Centers
Look at it like this: You can finally say goodbye to all those folks in suits who have their hands in your pockets.
Fraud on Physicians in the ASC Setting
As the shift of surgeries from the hospital setting to the ASC setting accelerates, we’re seeing more fraud at the ASC level. No, I’m not talking about the significant amount of fraud that comes from the “usual suspects,” criminal operators who bill for medically unnecessary procedures, for procedures that never occurred, and so on. Instead,…
Are You Prepared to be Unreasonable? George, Franz, and Scott Offer Suggestions.
New Years Day, 2018. Are you prepared to be unreasonable this year? Or would you rather continue to bet on the healthcare status quo, that is, on a hospital-centric system? Or, is being “unreasonable” actually more reasonable? George Bernard Shaw stated that “the reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in…
Un-Merry Christmas for Another Hospital
Naughty or Nice? This year, Santa brought a lump of coal to Tenet’s Abrazo Maryvale hospital campus. Rumored to be accompanied by the Grinch for extra muscle, he padlocked the 232-bed Phoenix area facility. All kidding aside, the hospital fell victim to, in the words of its spokesman, “dwindling patient volumes.” As a reader of…
The Lesson of Indoor Farming Applied to ASC/Facility Development – Success in Motion
Ride along with Mark Weiss as he discusses how you as a physician can apply concepts from indoor farming to your development of ASCs and other independent healthcare facilities.
Blowing up Your ASC Because of Confusion of Purpose
Once again, the facility is no longer an ASC either for safe harbor or for Medicare billing purposes.
Special Alert: House Passes Bill – Why You Must Evaluate Your ASC Ownership/Practice Options Now
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives simultaneously placed another nail in the coffin of hospitals and gave a tremendous boost to ambulatory surgery centers and their physician owners. That’s because the House passed the 21st Century Cures Act, Medicare legislation that the Senate is expected to pass next week. The law includes two provisions of…
Creating Interlocking Physician-Owned Ventures
Driving through the mountain town built around a lake, I couldn’t help but notice the David Isaac empire. (David Isaac isn’t his real name, I’ve changed it for this post.) There was David Isaac Boat Sales. A mile or so away, there was the David Isaac Marina. And, there was David Isaac Toyota. A quick…