MISSION - Our mission is to partner with physicians of different specialties to provide high quality services that are evidence-based and improve clinical outcomes. Our initial services are radiation oncology, and renal dialysis.

VISION - Our vision is to be the first national clinical enterprise to consolidate ambulatory services from multiple specialties.

RATIONALE - ASA was formed in response to powerful health care market trends:
  • Consistent migration of services from the hospital to the outpatient setting
  • Growing recognition that health care delivery is not uniform among providers, and that quality is variable
  • Increasing patient demand for convenience without sacrificing quality
  • Universal need among payers to control costs
  • Physicians seek more control over the delivery of services as reimbursement for their services diminishes

     

    The clinical rationale for ASA:

  • Assists practices to develop information technology capability to enhance the practice of evidence-based medicine
  • Permits practices to benchmark with peers and share best practices
  • Helps practices adopt expensive new technologies and expand their service offerings
  • Creates a national network of practices to facilitate clinical investigation, providing patients with access to novel therapies

     

    The business rationale for ASA:

  • Sharing information technology and other infrastructure among business units reduces operating costs
  • Diversification of service lines reduces revenue risk from payers
  • Consolidation of services strengthens lobbying position with Congress and centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • Facilitates national contracting for multiple service sites
  • Joint-venture model aligns interests of ASA and physician partners to provide cost-effective and high quality services
  • Creates an opportunity for physician partners and ASA associates to participate in the value created in the public equity market
  • In concert with physician partners, ASA helps hospitals develop business strategies to provide ambulatory services
  • The model attracts and retains a talented work force