Leveraging New Opportunities for Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures

Legal Implications for Converting Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A

Conducted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Program Materials

Description

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed and enacted changes in Medicare reimbursements in August 2006 that are likely to encourage more hospital-physician joint ventures in the areas of ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) and medical imaging facilities.

The Medicare changes would substantially reduce reimbursement for procedures performed by specialists at ASCs, encouraging conversion to a hospital-based site to offset some of the facility costs and benefit from higher hospital-based reimbursement rates.

Moreover, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2006 caps reimbursement for certain imaging services provided in physician offices after January 1, 2007, making joint ventures with hospitals more promising options for medical imaging.

Listen as our panel of legal specialists review the advantages and disadvantages of hospital-physician jointly owned ASC and medical imaging facilities, including tax exemption considerations, Stark law issues, and Anti-kickback statutes.

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Benefits

The panel will review these and other key questions:

  • What are the Medicare changes and how do they impact ASCs and diagnostic and therapeutic facilities?
  • What are the common business models for hospital-physician ventures - and what are the advantages and disadvantages of the different models?
  • What are the legal implications for entities and doctors considering participation in hospital-physician joint ventures?

Faculty

D. Louis Glaser
D. Louis Glaser
Partner
Sonnonschein, Nath & Rosenthal

He is a member of the firm's health care practice group, focusing on corporate, transactional and regulatory health...  |  Read More

Joshua Kaye
Joshua Kaye
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery

He represents physicians and non-physicians in the development and delivery of cutting-edge business models in the...  |  Read More

William (Bill) Sarraille
William (Bill) Sarraille
Partner
Sidley Austin

He is a nationally-recognized health care lawyer, concentrating on a variety of health care matters. His clients...  |  Read More