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Archive > May, 2010 Vol. XI, No. 5

From Flatlined to Flourishing

Learn from this surgery center to the stars that played the lead role in Hollywood's surgical scene before going bankrupt. Today it's on the road to recovery and redemption.

Daniel Cook, Managing Editor

Four years after netting $26 million, the S&B Surgery Center in Beverly Hills, Calif., declared bankruptcy. The stunning fall can be blamed on issues that have grounded other high-flying centers: excessive spending, deadweight docs and questionable investment decisions. Today, S&B Surgery Center has a new name, a new equity distribution, a growing revenue stream and renewed hope for a return to past successes. But to truly appreciate and maintain their current turnaround, the center's physician-investors must always remember and learn from what went so very wrong.

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