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13 Strategic Thoughts and Concepts for Orthopedic Practices: Developing a Strategic Plan and Allocating Practice Resources
(Matching tags: orthopedic practice management,Scott Becker) 1. Develop a Simple Framework for Strategy. There are several different frameworks that can be used to build a strategy. One concept as to strategic approach proclaims that an organization should assess ... -
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10 Key Legal Issues Facing Ambulatory Surgery Centers
(Matching tags: Scott Becker,healthcare reform,surgery centers,antitrust,antikickback,HIPAA,under arrangement deals) Between healthcare reform, increased enforcement under the Anti-Kickback Statute, less patience on the part of physician leaders for underperforming surgery centers and increased pressure from payors on ... -
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Is the AMA the Worst Trade Association Ever?
(Matching tags: American Medical Association,AMA,Scott Becker) The American Medical Association has been in existence for 162 years now, making it the oldest trade association in the nation, but this organization doesn't have a clue anymore as to what a trade association ... -
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Healthcare Reform: A Dangerous Financial Gamble – 9 Observations
(Matching tags: Scott Becker,healthcare reform,financial impact) 1. The current healthcare bill in its overall objective is very similar to the Massachusetts plan and effort. -
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The Buying and Selling of Ambulatory Surgery Centers - A Review of Pricing By Tier in the Current Market – Updated for 2010
(Matching tags: Scott Becker,pricing by tier,ASC,surgery center acquisition,valuation firm) This article focuses on the pricing by companies that purchase majority interests in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). Currently, there are three public companies that buy majority interests in ASCs and ... -
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ASC Transactions - An Overview and Primer of Key Issues
(Matching tags: transactions,purchasing,surgery centers,sales,Scott Becker) The number of ASC purchase and sale transactions remained high in 2008. The most common structures for the typical transactions were as follows: (1) the acquisition of a majority interest in an ASC by ... -
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Eleven Things to Know About the False Claims Act
(Matching tags: qui tam,healthcare fraud recoveries,Julie Sullivan,Anti-kickback statute,False Claims Act,healthcare fraud,Scott Becker) 1. Initial development of the False Claims Act. The False Claims Act, also known as the “Lincoln Law" after its primary proponent, President Abraham Lincoln, was initially developed during the Civil War. ... -
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Scott Becker Discusses 4 Key Trends in the Healthcare Industry
(Matching tags: Scott Becker,health reform,physician-owned hospitals,ASC transactions,insurance reform,hospital-physician alignment) 1. Ambulatory surgical center transactions heat up. The transaction market for ambulatory surgical centers is quickly heating up. Many companies are again interested in acquiring surgery centers. Multiples ... -
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Republican Wins Senate Seat in Massachusetts: 8 Quick Thoughts by Scott Becker
(Matching tags: Scott Becker,Massachusetts,health reform) 1. After President Obama won the election in 2008, the Republicans have won the last three major statewide elections — all in states that voted democrat for President Obama in 2008 — Massachusetts, Virginia ... -
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Free Becker's Healthcare Alert Sends Breaking Healthcare Business and Legal News to Your Inbox Daily
(Matching tags: Scott Becker,breaking news,healthcare news) CHICAGO — Jan. 18, 2010 — ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, Becker's Hospital Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review, has launched a free, daily healthcare news alert featuring ... -
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Several Perspectives on Healthcare Reform
(Matching tags: Scott Becker,healthcare reform,Wall Street Journal,New York Times) The recent discussions of healthcare reform have never been more interesting. This article briefly examines positions taken by several newspapers and their readers with respect to healthcare reform. -
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3 Things Wrong With the AMA's Support of the President's Healthcare Reform Plan
(Matching tags: Scott Becker,AMA,healthcare reform) The president has aggressively marketed the support of certain industry groups such as the pharmaceutical industry, the AMA and the AHA to help sell healthcare reform. He has used their pledges of support, ...
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