Revenue opportunities for physicians

As doctors see their reimbursements fall and more state regulations on the rise, there is a way to make lemonade out of all these lemons. About 16 states and counting are requiring accreditation for Office Based Surgery involving moderate sedation or higher forms of sedation. By becoming accredited as an OBS, you can qualify for surgery suite fees from many health plans. Several regional and national plans provide special reimbursement programs for accredited Office Based Surgery providers and direct their members to these OBS providers for common outpatient procedures, such as colonoscopies, breast reconstructions, cystoscopies, bunionectomies, and more. Perhaps your medical practice can qualify to become an accredited Office Based Surgery suite and reap the benefits offered by the health plans who are striving to direct their members to more cost effective and accredited, high quality providers. For more information go to www.validare.com.

Reducing costs for health plans

Health plans are discovering the lower cost solution of accredited Office Based Surgery for many high volume procedures, such as colonoscopies, carpal tunnel repairs, bunionectomies, etc. With savings of a few hundred dollars per procedure over the thousands of colonoscopies done each year we deliver significant bottom line results for health plans. For instance, colonoscopies are being done at the rate of about 30,000 procedures per million health plan members. A savings of a few hundred dollars by moving a significant portion of these procedures out of the hospital outpatient setting to the accredited office based surgery suite will greatly benefit all of us....the health plans, the physicians, and the patients. See www.validare.com for more information.