BECKER'S
ASC REVIEW
Michigan-based ASC company
aims to develop 15 centers
through 2020: 5 things to know
Royal Oak, Mich.-based Hillcrest Capital
Partners, an ASC development and manage-
ment company, aims to open 15 ASCs in
the near future at a cost of $14 million per
center.
Employed physicians
outnumber self-employed
physicians for 1st time in U.S.
Self-employed physician numbers contin-
ue to decrease as a new American Medi-
cal Association study shows 47.4 percent
of physicians ere hospital-employed while
45.9 percent were self-employed in 2018.
There are more than 145 ASCs in the U.S. in the U.S. that offer
minimally invasive spine surgery, including spinal fusions,
disc replacements and multi-level procedures. Studies have
shown outpatient spine surgery is safe, and patients who
undergo procedures in the ASC may consume fewer narcotics
than patients who undergo hopsital-based procedures.
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10 things to know about spine surgery in
ASCs for 2019
Inside the
issue:
TriStar building $17.3M
surgery center on HCA
property after lengthy
delay — 6 details p. 14
Louisiana neurologist
allegedly defrauded
government of nearly
$1.7M p. 41
Colonoscopy tops list of
ASC procedure charges
— 14 statistics p. 46
The key financial
concepts and payer
trends for ASCs today
p. 35
World's 10 biggest
healthcare companies
by revenue p. 9
DOJ charges 24 in
$1.2B+ medical device
kickback scheme —
5 insights p. 44
Physician Partners of
America brings on
3 more former Laser
Spine Institute
surgeons p. 41
The 10 best states for physicians in 2019
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