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Pre-opening Services
Surgery Center Partners, through our subsidiary, EMSO, works one-on-one with each of our physician
partners to establish a new center. Our goal is to deliver a state-of-the-art
facility while ensuring that every partner attains his or her highest
revenue potential. Toward that end, we perform a feasibility assessment,
write the business plan, secure financing, and file for all business
and regulatory licenses. We locate an appropriate site for the center
(approved by the partnership) and either oversee facility construction
or negotiate a lease on an existing facility. We also purchase and
set up all medical and office equipment, fixtures, furniture and
supplies. Whether we build from scratch or lease, we oversee all
required construction work.
Throughout the development process, we manage the efforts of realtors or leasing agents, lawyers, architects, structural engineers, contractors, product and service vendors, and work with all local and state licensing and regulatory agencies. Through regular meetings and reports, we keep our physician partners apprised of progress and involve them in decision-making.
Managed Care Contracting
In today's environment of declining professional reimbursements, it's important
to have a management partner that has extensive experience negotiating important
managed care contracts. EMSO has learned the best practices in managed care
contracting. This has allowed us to negotiate considerably higher than average
reimbursement rates for every endoscopy center that we have opened. We also
are well positioned to maximize PPO reimbursement for facility fees. Higher rates obtained by our knowledgeable staff members have contributed
to higher profits for our centers—and our physician partners.
Working with a consultant or management company that lacks this track record of successful fee schedule negotiations can prove to be very costly.
Accreditation and Quality Assurance Compliance
EMSO assumes responsibility for obtaining state licensure, Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
certification, and Medicare accreditation for each of our centers.
We handle every application from inception to completion and ensure
that all of the ongoing standards and requirements of each of these
governing bodies is met. These tasks include physician credentialing
and peer review, continuing education, clinical and administrative
policies, patient care and monitoring, non-physician clinical competency,
infection control and risk management. Our mandated reporting efforts,
including those mandated by the state, are supported by Source Medical
Solutions' SIS software. We also ensure that our centers are compliant
with the privacy rule under the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA). Our appointed HIPAA Officer regularly
reviews our policies and procedures, including the compliance training
provided to staff members at each center. EMSO conducts all monthly
review and analysis tasks associated with accreditation, compliance
and quality assurance, and we regularly evaluate employee and patient
satisfaction.
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