Media Mentions
2011
“Orthopods Who Own MRIs Perform More Back Surgery”
Outpatient Surgery, May 2011
Jerry Sokol advised that the safest way for physicians to have financial interests in MRIs without violating the Stark Law’s provisions against self-referral is for only a single group practice to own and operate the MRI and bill for its services as part of their group practice.
2009
Jerry Sokol was cited by Cataractoutsourcing.com on November 17 on the trend toward more mergers of hospitals and surgery centers. He stated that many of the mergers are aimed at increasing profitability, noting that, with the credit markets opening up and Medicare reimbursements getting squeezed more, surgery centers in particular should be looking at their merger options. Mr. Sokol added that the physician owners of such centers could consolidate the revenues of various facilities, reduce their overhead costs, minimize risks and perhaps increase distributions by means of a merger.
Jerry J. Sokol, Health, Health - M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions
2008
Jerry Sokol was quoted in the October 7 issue of Florida Medical Business in an article regarding the thriving business of ambulatory surgery centers. "The hottest thing going right now is that a lot of ASCs will start up physician-owned, and once they ramp up their earnings, they sell a piece to the national company," Mr. Sokol said.
Jerry J. Sokol, Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC), Health
2007
Jerry Sokol and Joshua Kaye was quoted in the May 1 issue of Diagnostic Imaging in the article "Scan Time Leases: Referring Clinicians Mine for Gold in Radiology's Backyard." Imaging equipment leasing to referring physicians reveals wildly differing attitudes toward self-referral. Many physicians have become less guarded about their behavior as in-office imaging self-referral has proliferated. Mr. Sokol said, "Many imaging service operators have gained confidence in the legality of block leasing. It accounts for a majority of referring physician leasing contracts."
Jerry J. Sokol, Health, Health Ventures/Physician Transactions
2006
Ira Coleman, Gary Scott Davis and Jerry Sokol were named 2006 Florida Super Lawyers--Florida's top lawyers as chosen by their peers and through independent research of Law & Politics magazine.
Ira Coleman, Gary Scott Davis, Jerry J. Sokol
Jerry Sokol was quoted in the January 2006 issue of Ambulatory Surgery Compliance & Reimbursement Insider regarding three legal business models ASCs can consider to profit from professional anesthesia.
Jerry J. Sokol, Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC), Health
Jerry Sokol was quoted in the January 2006 issue of Ambulatory Surgery Compliance & Reimbursement Insider regarding three legal business models ASCs can consider to profit from professional anesthesia.
Jerry J. Sokol, Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC), Health
2003
Jerry Sokol was quoted in the April 2003 issue of Ambulatory Surgery Compliance & Reimbursement Insider. Mr. Sokol provided the newsletter with five provisions that can help protect ASCs: restrictions on transfer of ownership, the right to buy out investors, reasonable redemption price, restrictions of investors' competing ASC investments, and governance restraints.
Jerry J. Sokol, Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC), Health
2002
Jerry Sokol was quoted in the September issue of Ambulatory Surgery - Compliance & Reimbursement Insider in regards to adding physician-investors to ASCs. Mr. Sokol recommends adding physician-investors as with an ownership and profit-sharing stake in an ASC, physicians are usually more committed to the ASC on a long-term basis.
