Beard Audio Conferences

Physician Ancillary Joint Ventures

Opportunities, Pitfalls and Real-World Lessons Learned

Location: Your office or conference room (no need to travel!)

Date : Audio CD Available

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Hosted By : Beard Group Law and Business Publishers

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Faced with falling incomes and rising expenses, healthcare providers are turning to new business opportunities to increase practice profits. Perhaps the most promising are a variety of Ancillary Services including diagnostics, durable medical equipment, ambulatory surgery centers, and ct/angiography services, among others.

These ancillary services are often the result of capital-based and contractual joint ventures with other providers, ancillary service and management companies, and hospitals. Given all these opportunitieswhat are the best ones for your situation? What are the regulatory and tax-related pitfalls must you avoid? Whats the best way to structure these deals?

With this audio CD recorded in November 2006, Norton Travis, one of the foremost names in healthcare joint ventures, illuminates the current environment and opportunities for ancillary services. In less than 90 minutes, you examine the most critical legal and regulatory issues, plus discuss new joint venture opportunities on the near-term horizon.

Topics include

· Stark how to stay in compliance
· Impact of Fraud and Abuse laws on ancillary services
· Tax issues you must consider BEFORE finalizing any agreement
· Third-party reimbursement considerations
· Licensure/Certificate of Need (CON) issues
· State law issues corporate practice of medicine/fee splitting

Who Will Benefit:
This practical program is designed for chief executive, chief finance, and chief operating officers; members of the management team including marketing and business development managers; senior medical staff members, senior physicians, compliance officers, attorneys, consultants, and members of group practices.

Speaker(s):

Chairman: Norton L. Travis
Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C.

Norton L. Travis is a founding member of the healthcare law firm, Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C. Since 1980, his practice has been devoted solely to representing health care clients, and has focused primarily on transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and related corporate matters.

As Chair of the firms Business Practice Group, Mr. Travis represents both regional and national companies active in diagnostic testing, managed care and other areas. He has also assisted many hospitals in joint ventures with outside businesses to maximize third-party revenue opportunities, while ensuring compliance with state and federal regulatory and tax exemption requirements. His role includes providing assistance on day-to-day operations and business strategies that support his clients growth and development. Mr. Travis also provides counsel on regulatory compliance (e.g., state and federal fraud and abuse, anti-kickback and self-referral laws), antitrust, and third-party reimbursement, as well as other key issues affecting health care businesses. Mr. Travis is listed in the 2006 and 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America under the specialty of Health Care Law as well as being recognized by the Chambers USA Guide.

Physician Ancillary Joint Ventures


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