On December 28, 2006, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a HIPAA Security Guidance due to a high number of recent data security problems with laptops, mobile data storage devices and portable email devices. The Guidance groups the risks associated with remote access and offsite use of electronic protected health information (EPHI) [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Outpatient Outlook 2007
Posted by Bart Walker in March 15th, 2007
Posted in: ASC's, ESRD/Dialysis, Events, Hospitals and Health Systems, News, Payors, Physicians, Providers Tags: Charloes Frock, First Health, Gingrich, MarCap, Outpatient Outlook, Pinehurst
I had the opportunity to attend from March 11-13 the Outpatient Outlook conference in Pinehurst sponsored by MarCap Corporation and organized by a5, Inc. Our local hosts for the event were Moore Regional Hospital of the FirstHealth of the Carolinas healthcare system and the Surgery Center of Pinehurst. The Surgery Center of Pinehurst is a [...]
Dialysis / End State Renal Disease Facilities
Posted by Bart Walker in March 7th, 2007
Posted in: ESRD/Dialysis, News, Physicians, Providers Tags: Davita, Dialysis, DSI, ESRD/Dialysis, Fresenius, Joint Venture, Renal Advantage
We are doing an increasing amount of work in the Carolinas in the area of ESRD/Dialysis. Typically these are ventures either co-owned or wholly owned by the large national and multi-national chains. In terms of total revenues the largest providers of these types of services are: DaVita, Fresenius Medical Care, DSI Renal and Renal [...]
