2015 Sponsors
Premier Sponsors
Frontier Healthcare
Frontier Healthcare is a leading developer and manager of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs). The largest Ambulatory Endoscopy Center (AEC) management company in New York, Frontier was founded with the mission of enabling surgery center physician partners to maintain autonomy, improve their earning potential and better serve their patients in the changing healthcare landscape. Frontier guides physicians from an ASC’s inception through its successful operation and strategic management. With roots in New York, one of the most complex and challenging ASC regulatory environments, Frontier has a proven record of success in developing industry leading Article 28 centers.
Valley National Bank
Valley National Bancorp is a regional bank holding company headquartered in Wayne, New Jersey with over $19 billion in assets. Its principal subsidiary, Valley National Bank, currently operates 224 branches in 167 communities serving 24 counties throughout northern and central New Jersey, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island and Florida. Valley National Bank is one of the largest commercial banks headquartered in New Jersey and is committed to providing the most convenient service, the latest in product innovations and an experienced and knowledgeable staff with a high priority on friendly customer service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America
ASCOA develops and manages ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) throughout the United States. Since 1997, ASCOA has developed, acquired or turned around over 70 ASCs. This success has earned the company a leading position in the surgery center industry. Working as both a partner and the manager in each center, ASCOA executes its proven development, financial and operational model. The ASC fully realizes its potential as a provider of superior outcomes with outstanding profits for its owners whether it’s a hospital joint venture, turnaround or new center.
Diamond Sponsors
EVEIA Health Consulting & Management
Eveia Health Consulting & Management provides consulting services to Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Health Systems and Physician Practices. Eveia’s expertise is in business operations, reimbursement analysis and payor contract negotiations. In addition, Eveia’s seasoned team of health care management professionals and analysis team offer operations review and support, due diligence evaluations and custom analytical services to a broad spectrum of clients.
Surgical Care Affiliates
An industry leader, Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) partners with physicians, health systems and payers to develop and implement surgery strategies across the country. SCA now operates more than 185 surgical facilities - including ambulatory surgery centers, surgical hospitals and hospital surgery departments - in partnership with approximately 2,000 physicians and in affiliation with more than 45 not-for-profit health systems across the country. SCA's clinical systems, service line growth strategies, benchmarking processes and efficiency programs create measurable advantage for surgical facilities - clinically, operationally and financially.
Wexler Healthcare Properties Team at The Corcoran Group
The Wexler Healthcare Properties Team is a highly specialized division of The Corcoran Group. The division’s unparalleled creativity and in-depth market knowledge offer healthcare providers and real estate owners the highest level of resources and talent. Clients are the direct beneficiaries of nearly three decades of experience, knowledge and long-term relationships in the New York City Healthcare and Real Estate Markets.
The Bloom Organization LLC
Henry Bloom founded The Bloom Organization in 1990 to provide project-related services to healthcare providers. Today, the Bloom Organization is the preeminent surgery center advisory firm representing physicians and facilities in their efforts to maximize value and pursue growth opportunities. The Bloom Organization has a 22 year history of achieving the objective of a wide variety of healthcare clients. The hallmark of its service is its experience, technical expertise, commitment, energy, and vast network of relationships. The Bloom Organization concentrates on advising Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs), ASC companies and hospital systems along with physician groups looking to develop their own ASC. In the past several years, the Bloom Organization has garnered a national reputation and has guided numerous ASCs and physicians into partnerships with surgery center companies, hospital systems, ancillary providers and private equity funds throughout the United States.
Acadia Professional Insurance Agency
Acadia is a specialty insurance agency focused on helping healthcare, legal, and accounting professionals secure the most comprehensive coverage at the most competitive price. Acadia works with the nation’s leading insurance carriers in the professional liability space to meet the needs of its clients. While every client and situation is unique, Acadia’s commitment to integrity and the highest level of service is always present.
Acadia’s focus on the NY Metropolitan region allows it properly understand the myriad regulations that effect each State’s marketplace. Acadia not only works with all of the markets to find the best solution, it customizes solutions based upon it’s client’s makeup, risk appetite, and future business outlook.
Altegra Health
Altegra Health's Reimbursement & Advisory Services Divisions provide healthcare providers, payor and managed care organizations with a diverse range of consulting and support services. Altegra Health's experienced team addresses core client needs, impacting everything from compliance readiness, risk assessment, investigative response or fair market valuation to sophisticated revenue cycle and health information technology (HIT) remediation.
Merritt Healthcare Solutions
Merritt Healthcare was founded in 2001, focusing on ASC development, management and advisory services. Merrit’s staff has come from backgrounds in healthcare, nursing, real estate development & corporate finance. Merritt is an owner-operated firm committed to direct principal involvement in all aspects of development and management.
PriorityOne Group
PriorityOne Group is a leading provider of integrated IT services to businesses including physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals. As thought-leaders in the field, clients count on PriorityOne to deliver world-class services and advice to ensure optimum performance of their IT investment.
Mariner Wealth Advisors - Madison
Mariner Wealth Advisors – Madison has a long history of serving the wealth management needs of individuals and families across multiple generations, through every phase of their lives. Its comprehensive suite of wealth management services is designed to meet all its clients’ financial needs. The firm provides a full suite of wealth planning services, including lifetime cash flow projections, tax-reduction strategies and estate planning, investment management, philanthropic strategies, business succession and retirement planning.
The Goodman CPA Group
The Goodman CPA Group believes an accountant must be much more than someone who keeps books and records and prepares tax returns. As proven business advisors and mentors, the Goodman Group has structured its firm around the philosophy of Financial Advocacy, a responsibility that goes well beyond accountancy, right to the heart of its clients’ financial future. As Financial Advocates, it is their job to fight for your money, not just account for it. The Goodman Group is a member of the Alliance for Accounting Excellence in Healthcare Advising Group (AAE), a distinction that is shared by a limited number of CPA firms across the country.
Emerald Sponsors
The La Penna Group
The La Penna Group, Inc. provides strategic and financial consulting services to the health care industry. For 25 years, its consultants have provided support to physicians, hospitals, provider networks, and employers for their strategic and tactical initiatives. The LaPenna Group’s clients include many of the premier medical practices and health care systems in the country, as well as Fortune 500 employers. They provide services related to practice re-organizations, MSOs, risk-sharing, gainsharing, ambulatory care development, mergers and acquisitions, ACOs and co-management structures.
AmkaiSolutions
Amkai provides comprehensive information management solutions to the full spectrum of outpatient surgery providers – ASC’s, surgical hospitals, and affiliated surgical practices. It’s growing product suite includes a leading EMR for our industry, but also a next-generation management software solution designed to replace and enhance the “legacy” systems in use today.
HST Pathways
HSTpathways ASC software is the pioneer of the first enterprise capable ASC clinical and financial management software platform known as pathways. HST has utilized the latest technical innovations in the architectural development of HSTpathways and designed the foundation to be more secure, reliable and scalable than ever before in the field of ASC applications. The rich and engaging content within pathways will optimize the workflow and reporting capabilities at both the facility and enterprise levels of the ASC software market.
MedSafe
MedSafe is the leading one-stop resource in providing end-to-end healthcare compliance programs in the United States. MedSafe’s Compliance Consultants are safety professionals who specialize in healthcare safety and have the experience needed to teach facility staff the essence of good safety practices. Whether you need periodic specialized assistance to augment your inhouse capabilities or turnkey management programs, MedSafe can help minimize your risk and time, while maximizing your peace of mind.
Murphy Healthcare Group
The Murphy Healthcare Group has been a leader and innovator in building and rehabilitating outpatient surgery centers since 1990.
Precision Surgical Inc.
Since 1992, Precision Surgical Inc. (PSI) has been providing medical/surgical equipment services and products based on client specifications for every type of healthcare facility from hospitals to surgical centers to off-site clinical facilities. PSI is a team of experienced consultative sales representatives who are experts in medical/surgical equipment.
Physicians Endoscopy
Physicians Endoscopy (PE) is a leading ambulatory surgery center development and management company that was formed in July 1998. PE specializes in the development and management of freestanding, single-specialty endoscopic ASCs in partnership with practicing physicians and hospitals.
Citrin Cooperman
Citrin Cooperman is a nationally recognized full-service accounting, tax, and consulting firm with offices located throughout the Northeast. Its partners have worked with hundreds of health care practices. Citrin Cooperman knows the language of insurers and is experienced at negotiating with new associates, hospitals, and even equipment suppliers.
gMed
gMed provides the gastroenterology industry with a fully integrated platform consisting of an Electronic Health Record, Endoscopy Report Writer, Practice Management solution, Patient Portal, a Data Analytics tool and Revenue Cycle Management. Fully scalable through the cloud or using an on-site server, gMed’s products are all Meaningful Use Certified and ICD-10 compliant.
National Medical Billing Services
National Medical Billing Services is a national revenue cycle management company with a sophisticated, boutique-like approach to operational delivery and client service. The company focuses solely on servicing ASCs and their affiliated surgeons. National Medical's team of professionals provides industry insights, education and data analytics to help clients overcome industry challenges to improve financial performance.
Nisivoccia LLP
Nisivoccia LLP is a full service accounting and advisory firm that serves clients in New Jersey and the surrounding metropolitan area. Their healthcare accountants can help clients understand and meet the new challenges of healthcare today. From traditional accounting services to revenue cycle analysis to overall practice management, Nisivoccia helps its clients see clear to providing patients excellent and affordable services.
SaVit Collection Agency
SaVit is a debt collection agency that helps its clients keep their money where it belongs - on their bottom line. A full service debt collection agency with extensive experience in Medical Collections that helps service providers get their money - and keep their clients. Collects money - and pays it back quickly, and successfully delivers the highest percentages of past due balances.
Coker Group
Coker Group is a national healthcare advisory firm that works with hospitals and physician groups to develop customized solutions that impact their bottom line. Coker Group’s advisors have the experience and creativity to find the right solution for any market and healthcare entity. Having been involved in all aspects of healthcare for more than three decades, Coker Group recognizes the unique characteristics of every situation. Hospitals and physician practices are struggling to do more with less. Coker Group’s expertise in the business of healthcare, along with wise counsel and advice, leads to real and measurable financial and operational impact.
NPC, Inc.
NPC is an integrated print and digital solutions provider that listens to the needs of its customers and takes care of the complicated stuff so clients can focus on their business. NPC's Immersion® Data Breach Response services are a leader in the cyber insurance and privacy communities. NPC’s data breach response services include mail and email breach notification processing, address list and return mail management, and incident-specific contact center services, all under one roof, to ensure a tight chain of custody when handling highly sensitive information.
Medivators
Medivators is a leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing medical devices, sterilants, and water purification products. Medivatorsis expanding into new businesses based on its internally developed core technologies in hollow fiber membrane devices, chemical sterilants, dialysis solutions, and electronic products. The Company's products are used in kidney dialysis, open-heart surgery, endoscopy, and in the preparation of pure water for medical, industrial and laboratory use. Medivators, founded in 1974 and publicly held since 1983, employs approximately 400 people. Medivators has been redefining excellence for over 35 years.
Acupath Laboratories, Inc.
Acupath's mission is to deliver fast, accurate pathology, molecular and cytogenetic analysis in a way that enhances the quality of medical care provided by practitioners. It’s team continuously innovates, designing new ways to streamline the diagnostic process whether by paperless reporting, system interfacing, or helping practices go mobile with phone and tablet applications for physicians. Acupath is accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Joint Commission, and licensed by the New York State Department of Health (DOH).
Scales Medical Technologies
Scales Medical Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Scales Industrial Technologies, Inc., offers a wide variety of medical gas solutions for hospitals, laboratories, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical centers, medical offices and dental offices. Scales’ ability to design, supply, install, test and maintain medical gas systems and equipment means clients only need one company, one solution, the Scales solution. Scales Medical Technologies, Inc. offers a complete line of source and pipeline equipment and components. Factory-trained technicians provide 24 hour emergency service and complete maintenance agreements.
Patron Sponsors
Physicians' Reciprocal Insurers
Physicians' Reciprocal Insurers (PRI) serves physicians and healthcare professionals in virtually every discipline, and provides coverage for virtually any type of healthcare facility including hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, medical schools and colleges. PRI also offers general liability insurance coverage through its Hospital Department.
Ambulatory Alliances
Ambulatory Alliances is a full service healthcare investment banking and M&A brokerage firm that has significant experience in advising physicians and ambulatory centers. They have advised on numerous transactions and have had various financial and strategic planning engagements. Ambulatory Alliances is known for its complete understanding of the entire transaction, including the legal framework, various models and valuation methodologies. The authenticity of their negotiation experts means that they get complex deals across the finish line while maximizing both the short term and long term value for their clients. Ambulatory Alliances also publishes The Ambulatory M&A Advisor at www.AmbulatoryAdvisor.com.
Biomed Technologies
Biomed Technologies (PRI) provides high quality biomedical services to the healthcare community. Biomed performs expert on-site repair services, calibrations, preventive maintenance and safety inspections on all makes and models of diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical, laboratory, and infection control equipment. Headquartered in northwestern New Jersey, Biomed Technologies offers on-site services throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, as well as nationwide depot repair services.