23 Companies Surgery Centers and Hospitals Should Know

Pinnacle III — Pinnacle III specializes in turnkey operational development, operational management and revitalization for ASCs around the country and offers equity and non-equity models to joint venture and single- and multi-specialty ASCs. The company also assist centers in developing and revitalizing their outpatient services. In addition, the Pinnacle Centralized Billing Office offers billing services for ASCs and surgical centers. www.pinnacleiii.com

ProVation Medical — ProVation Medical provides electronic documentation and document imaging services so that physicians can focus on patients rather than paperwork. ProVation software is used by over 6,000 clinicians at over 500 locations. ProVation EHR was the first true EHR and was designed for busy, cost-conscious ASCs. The company's team of more than 30 clinicians and coders can replace the need for dictation and transcription and allows physicians to efficiently document procedures at the point of care. ProVation software produces coding-ready, image-enhanced documentation which can help with improved efficiency, increased profitability and clinician satisfaction. www.provationmedical.com

Anesthesia Healthcare Partners — AHP is one of the most respected anesthesia management companies in the industry. The company provides anesthesia practices and management for ASCs and hospitals around the country. Centers enjoy an "anesthesia-team" model, which features both an anesthesiologist and a certified registered nurse anesthetist who provide coverage for operating rooms, endoscopy suites and other procedure rooms. A typical set-up for an ASC includes malpractice coverage, a policy and procedure manual, equipment, recruitment, qualified and credentialed anesthesia professionals and access to AHP's management. www.ahphealthcare.com

National Surgical Care — National Surgical Care develops, operates and invests in ASCs throughout the country while working with physicians and hospitals. The company also specializes in acquisitions. National Surgical Care supports 325 physicians and its six hospital partners with management teams that are 100 percent focused on the ASC business. Its expertise includes marketing and ownership syndication, licensure and accreditation, real estate and capital projects, payor contracting and all aspects of the business office, including information systems and billing and reimbursement. www.natsurgcare.com

HealthMark Partners — Led by William Southwick, HealthMark Partners owns and operates single- and multi-specialty ASCs throughout the United States and specializes in turnaround and de novo joint-venture projects with physicians or with physicians and hospitals. The company's management is experienced in facility development, acquisitions and syndication as well as payor, personnel, vendors and financial management. HealthMark Partners aims to maximize patient and physician satisfaction while realizing healthy return on investment. www.healthmarkpartners.com

Amkai — Amkai provides information-management solutions for ASCs, physician practices and hospitals to help manage the administrative and clinical aspects of these businesses from start to finish. The company's software packages include EMR and a next-generation management program designed to update "legacy" systems that are currently in place. Amkai will adjust product services to fit a customer's needs. The company also offers Web seminars for customers and prospective users of its systems. www.amkai.com

Spine Surgical Innovation — Spine Surgical Innovation is dedicated to the development of surgical systems and instruments with a focus of the needs of spine surgeons. The company is the maker of the Holmed Swivel Port System and its related products and instruments. The Swivel Port System allows for minimum incision and maximum site access and is designed to fend off "muscle creep." Spine Surgical Innovation is focused on making surgical instruments and systems that are safe, easy to use and cost effective. www.spinesurgicalinnovation.com

B. Braun Medical — For 170 years, B. Braun has provided innovative healthcare products, medical devices and programs designed to improve both patient and healthcare professional safety. The company is a great provider to ASCs and hospitals with outstanding emphasis in pain management among other areas. From a small-town apothecary in Germany, B. Braun has grown into a global organization with over 30,000 professionals worldwide and remains committed to translating customer needs into products with unmatched quality, cost-effectiveness, environmental responsibility and superior technology and safety. www.bbraun.com

Mnet Financial — Mnet Financial is an accounts receivables management company that specializes in ASCs, hospitals, MRI facilities, physicians' offices and business-to-business commercial transactions. Its goals center on its commitment to continually enhance its innovative services so that it may be held to the highest industry standards. Mnet Financial's management team focuses on maintaining mutually profitable and lasting business relationships while keeping its employees properly trained, informed, educated and knowledgeable. www.mnetfinancial.com

The C/N Group — The C/N Group is a recognized leader in the development, ownership and operation of exceptional healthcare facilities, including ASCs, medical office buildings and diagnostic imaging centers. The C/N Group uses an innovative approach to create sustainable and profitable healthcare facilities that are also exceptional in terms of quality and efficiency. In working directly with physicians, The C/N Group creates healthcare operations that meet community and patient care needs for the long-term. In the last ten years, The C/N Group has completed healthcare related projects totaling more than $75 million in cost. www.thecng.com

Health Inventures — Health Inventures is a management and consulting services firm, which provides development to outpatient surgery centers, surgical hospitals and diagnostic imaging centers. It currently manages more than 30 centers across the United States and has managed more than $1 billion in revenues. With more than 70 percent of its current centers being physician-hospital joint ventures, Health Inventures has proven effective in mediating physician-hospital relations. It also helps surgery centers assess the feasibility of their projects and business plans. Health Inventures offers strategic planning and needs assessment, and has acquisition facilitation services. www.healthinventures.com

Orion Medical Services — Orion Medical Services offers a turnkey approach to ASC development and management by covering all aspects of a project from financial feasibility analysis to site and operational development. This allows surgeons own the majority share in the ASC without having to do the time-consuming administrative work required to setup a surgery center. Led by Jim Cobb, the company has made outstanding strides in the last few years. Orion has worked with ASCs across the country, resulting in profitability, high quality care and improved efficiency. Over the last several years, Orion has gained valuable experience in developing successful neuro-spine surgery centers. www.orionmedicalservices.com

Medical Consulting Group — MCG specializes in medical consulting, both at the surgical practice and corporate levels. MCG provides ASC development and management solutions for single-specialty, multi-specialty and hospital joint venture facilities. Established in 1989, MCG works with key medical and industry professionals to bring about communication and strategic directions for established organizations. MCG's consultants provide a wide range of expertise in practice management, financial operations, practice efficiency, practice development, staff training, practice marketing and advertising and the development of ASCs. www.medcgroup.com

Viscot Medical — Viscot Medical has been providing the healthcare industry with high-quality disposable products at an economical price since 1974. It serves global customers as a domestic manufacturer. Viscot Medical is a private, veteran-owned, small business. Highlights of its product line include sterile and non-sterile surgical skin markers, sterile and non-sterile medication labels and kits, male and female urinals and minor surgery drapes and towels. www.viscot.com

Principle Valuation — Principle Valuation specializes in the valuation of all types of healthcare real estate including hospitals, independent-living communities, assisted living residences, skilled-nursing facilities, continuing-care retirement communities, medical office buildings, ASCs, pharmacies and rehabilitation facilities. Its goal is to provide the most accurate, objective and fair valuations possible. www.principlevaluation.com

Facility Development & Management — Facility Development & Management provides consultative, developmental and managerial services for outpatient ASCs throughout the United States. The primary objectives of the company are to identify business opportunities; formulate project plans; guide and direct facilities through the planning, construction, set-up and licensure phases of the project; and provide ongoing administrative and clinical support. The company helps to formulate policy on providing outpatient ambulatory services that will be reflective of quality surgical services for physicians and consumers. www.facdevmgt.com

McShane Construction Corporation — McShane Medical Properties is an integrated design/build construction and real estate development firm offering comprehensive services for the healthcare industry. Established in 1984 and headquartered in Rosemont, Ill., the firm also operates regional offices in the southeast, southwest and western regions. McShane Medical's healthcare specialties include both construction and real estate services for medical office buildings, ASCs, specialty hospitals, critical access hospitals, diagnostic imaging centers and centers of excellence. www.mcshane.com

Physicians Endoscopy — PE is a leading GI-focused ASC company with an outstanding management team. The company develops and manages endoscopic ASCs in partnership with practicing GI physicians and hospitals. PE currently has partners in Arizona, California, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. The company's physician and hospital partners have majority equity ownership and maintain all facets of local control, while PE holds a minority ownership position. Its 14 operating centers provide services to more than 125,000 patients annually. The company has five additional centers under development. www.endocenters.com

ASC Billing — ASC Billing Specialists is a billing company dedicated to the needs of the ASC market, specializing in both out-of-network and in-network facilities. ASC Billing takes a team approach to help facilities focus on surgeries while still getting paid. It provides a variety of services including A/R management, third party negotiation, staff training and office set-up and denials, medical stalls and appeals. www.ascbill.com

Marasco & Associates — Marasco & Associates is a national architecture and consulting firm, dedicated to providing quality facility design and development assistance for outpatient medical facilities, private physician groups, hospitals and institutional clients. The company has helped to develop more than 300 ASCs and more than 1,500 healthcare facilities nationwide. Marasco & Associates is nationally recognized for developing creative architectural solutions that are functionally efficient, enhance the user's productivity and meet the client's budgetary requirements. www.marasco-associates.com

Medical Facilities Corporation — Medical Facilities Corp. is a publicly-traded company and a leading acquirer of majority interests in high-quality specialty hospitals and ASCs. It owns more than 51 percent interest in four specialty surgical hospitals, located in South Dakota and Oklahoma, and 51 percent in two ASCs in California. The management philosophy of Medical Facilities Corp. focuses on efficiency and productivity and depends upon surgeons to be the investors. Collectively, physicians hold up to 49 percent interests in the individual facilities. www.medicalfacilitiescorp.ca

AliMed — A designer, manufacturer and distributor of healthcare products, AliMed works with hundreds of vendors to supply more than 70,000 products to healthcare facilities and business all over the world. These include patient handling and safety, fall management, staff safety, infection control, rehabilitation, OR/critical care and diagnostic imaging, orthopedic and orthotic and ergonomic products. AliMed also sells a range of best-of-breed alternate items from hundreds of vendors, which allows the company to be most cost-effective for its clients. AliMed has been selling quality items at equitable prices for 35 years. www.alimed.com

Vantage Outsourcing — Vantage Outsourcing is a leading supplier of safe and effective cataract surgery services. The company can help doctors, hospitals and surgery centers perform many high-quality cataract surgeries each year with increased productivity at lower costs. Formerly Vantage Technology, Vantage Outsourcing offers more than 18 years of industry-accepted performance in cities and states across the United States. Cataract surgery providers partner with Vantage Outsourcing to offer patients full-time scheduled availability of cataract surgery with state-of-the-art equipment and an experienced surgical technician. At the same time, the healthcare providers only pay for the cases performed. www.vantageoutsourcing.com