Scott Becker and I recently co-authored a white paper titled “Strategies for Hospital Leadership – Identifying Strengths, Allocating Hospital Resources and Focusing on Profitable Niche Leadership.” The article explores several traditional business strategy models and applies them to recent challenges in the hospital industry. I. DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATEGY AND STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK. II. UNDERSTAND YOUR [...]

I will be speaking at the upcoming South Carolina ASC Association Meeting on July 14th from Noon til 2pm in Columbia, SC. More information about the meeting can be found here. You can visit the SC ASC Association website at: http://www.scasca.org/events.html document.getElementById(“post-735-blankimage”).onload();

Scott Becker, Bart Walker and Lainey Gilmer have recently authored a white paper titled “ASC Transactions: An Overview and Primer of Key Issues.” This White Paper provides an overview of some of the key business and legal issues associated with ambulatory surgery center buy and sell transactions.  A copy of the White Paper is available [...]

 A recent New York Times article addressed recent Senate and House legislation aimed at stopping the proliferation of physician-owned hospitals, arguing that physician-owned hospitals drive up healthcare costs by encouraging physicians to order more procedures.  On three occasions in the last ten months, either the House or the Senate has approved legislation that would bar [...]

    Bart Walker, an attorney in the Charlotte office of McGuireWoods LLP, was elected to the board of directors of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Health Services Council. “My hope as a director of the Chamber’s Health Services Council is to help foster a cooperative environment in which the health care providers in the [...]

On April 30, 2008, 12:30 p.m – 1:45 p.m. (Eastern Time), McGuireWoods will present “10 Keys to Turning Around Financial Ambulatory Surgery Centers: A Case Study Approach”.  The key speakers on this teleconference will be Brent Lambert, M.D., Founder of Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America (ASCOA) and Thomas Mallon, President of Regent Surgical Health. The [...]

The 6th Annual Orthopedics, Pain Management and Spine Driven ASC Conference will be held June 19-21 at the Westin Michigan Avenue in Chicago. At the event, I will be speaking on a panel titled “Financing and Recapitalizations for ASCs and Specialty Hospitals”. I will be speaking with Ken Seip of Citicapital, Anthony Mai of CIT, [...]

Once again, we have a series of “Carolinas Healthcare Update” teleconferences scheduled throughout 2008 focusing on legal and business issues for healthcare providers in the Carolinas. The schedule with topics follows. Additional information will be distributed as the various dates approach.   Wednesday, April 30, 2008 – 10 Keys to Turning Around Financial Ambulatory Surgery [...]