Business/Joint Ventures

The concept of offensive medicine offends some physicians. However, offensive medicine (as in the opposite of defensive) is not unpleasant for patients and it is beneficial to the practice.Going on the offense means running your practice like a business and being proactive instead of reactive. In my experience, most physicians are not particularly comfortable running their practices like a business. ...

WALTHAM, Mass—Fresenius Medical Care’s subsidiary U.S. Vascular Access Holdings has acquired Rosemont, Pa.-based National Vascular Care Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. National Vascular Care provides vascular services and works in partnership with vascular surgeons, nephrologists, interventional radiologists and cardiologists throughout the United States to develop, own and manage specialty outpatient surgery centers.The combined companies will operate under ...

DENVER—DaVita Inc. said March 5 that it has named Luis Borgen as its new chief financial officer, effective March 29.Rich Whitney, who served as CFO from 2000 to 2004 and since 2008, will remain with DaVita in an executive role to assist with the management transition.Borgen, 39, joins DaVita after spending more than 12 years at Staples, where he was ...

MERCED Calif.—Satellite Healthcare announced March 4 the opening of a new Satellite Dialysis center in Merced, Calif.The new center adds to Satellite Healthcare’s significant and expanding dialysis services throughout California. The center is equipped with 25 dialysis stations and a peritoneal dialysis area. Peritoneal dialysis therapy allows the patient to perform dialysis at home with the support of the Merced ...

You may not be aware that the dialysis providers will have a one-time option to choose how fast to switch over to being reimbursed based on the new bundle. Not making an informed decision could hurt your bottom line. What and When?These are the questions commonly faced by every healthcare professional on a day-to-day basis. However, when faced with a ...