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Better patient outcomes and higher patient satisfaction. Ancillary income and stable revenue flows. Freedom from red tape and bureaucracy. Those are the reasons many spine surgeons like the idea of owning their own ASCs.

Blue Chip Partners develops spine surgery centers largely owned and led by physicians. By taking care of financial, payer, legal and operational matters, we free surgeons to take care of patients in facilities they control. Blue Chip’s proven win-win clinical and business models minimize risk, based on best practices and sound financial management. We know how to help surgeons manage the transition of their spine cases to outpatient environments. Our network includes many surgeons who have developed successful ASCs and other experts ready to help you build a profitable spine ASC.

Blue Chip handles the critical business tasks necessary for spine ASCs to succeed, including the most complex issues:

• Contracting – sorting the in-network and out-of-network options, negotiating reasonable cost of implants and supplies
• Structuring partnerships to include neurosurgeons, orthopedists, physiatrists and other specialists
• Optimizing reimbursement and referral opportunities relative to pain management
• Process and supply standardization
• Case costing for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), lamenectomies, injections and other typical procedures.

The cost is not small – requiring up-front physician investments of $30,000 - $100,000 – but neither is the opportunity. Analysts predict large growth in outpatient spine surgery volume, thanks to demographic shifts and technology advancements. And the financial upside is just as compelling – typical annual ROI for Blue Chip's spine projects is 100%.

Successful spine surgery businesses we've helped develop include:

• Mayfield Clinic Spine Surgery Center; Cincinnati, Ohio
• Parkway Neuroscience & Spine Institute; Hagerstown, Maryland
• St. Louis Spine Surgery Center; Creve Couer, Missouri
• Southwest Lincoln Surgery Center; Lincoln, Nebraska
• GNS Surgery Center; Athens, Georgia
• Crane Creek Surgery Center; Melbourne, Florida
• Physicians Surgery Center; Frederick, Maryland

We have active spine projects in development in Ohio. Further, Blue Chip has added spine surgery and spine pain care to multi-specialty ASCs in West Chester, Pennsylvania and and Bryn Mawr, Pennsylavania.

Avoiding the Common Pitfalls

Up to 30% of ASC projects fail, or perform sub-optimally, and the rate is even higher for spine surgery centers. That's an astonishing figure especially when you consider that the most common causes of failure can be avoided. Blue Chip's approach is designed to manage the main risks, including:

• Physician failure to deliver cases
• Lack of physician engagement
• Poor case costing and bad contracts
• Death by administrative detail
• Overbuilt facilities.

Find out how to Avoid the Common Risks in Spine ASC Development.

There's no doubt there will be successful spine ASCs.
The question is will you be involved?

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