Becker's Healthcare March 18, 2025
Medicare-certified ASCs are subject to numerous federal laws — including the Anti-Kickback Statute — that require compliance when bringing in or terminating surgeon owners, according to a recent article in the March 2025 issue of Surgery Business magazine.
Here are six strategies to mitigate these risks, according to the article.
Selecting new surgeon owners
ASCs should not base ownership decisions on a surgeon’s referral volume. However, to maintain consistency among owners, centers should avoid bringing in surgeons whose experience and practice volume are significantly different from existing owners. Instead, ownership discussions should begin with surgeons recognized in the community as highly skilled and active practitioners.
Setting a purchase price for incoming investors
New investors must pay the same...
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