title: Evaluating freestanding ambulatory surgery center ventures. Background and payment systems.
abstract: Group practices seeking to increase income may consider investing in freestanding ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) as advances in technology enable more procedures to be performed in an outpatient setting. The authors describe the background of ASCs, with an emphasis on the payment systems used by Medicare and private payers.
authors.affiliation: Casemix Consulting ILC, USA. henry_g_dove@sbcglobal.net
authors.forename: Henry G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Dove
authors.forename: I Naya
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Kehayes
mesh_terms: D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures; D013531:Surgicenters / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States