POCONO AMBULATORY SERVICES INC

POCONO AMBULATORY SERVICES, IN SUPPORT OF LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - POCONO, PROVIDES OUTPATIENT SERVICES TO ITS PATIENTS THROUGH ITS GENERAL PARTNERSHIP INTEREST IN POCONO AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER (PASC). LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - POCONO, AN AFFILIATE OF POCONO AMBULATORY SERVICES, INC., PROVIDED SERVICES FOR AMBULATORY, OUTPATIENT SURGICAL PROCEDURES BY ALLOCATING ROOMS WHICH WERE UTILIZED FOR BOTH OUTPATIENT AND INPATIENT PROCEDURES. POCONO AMBULATORY SERVICES, INC. WAS ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A CENTER DEDICATED TO PERFORMING OUTPATIENT PROCEDURES. IN THIS REGARD, POCONO AMBULATORY SERVICES ACQUIRED A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP INTEREST IN PASC. IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT PASC OPERATES IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE HEALTH CARE STANDARDS AND MISSION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - POCONO, THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT EXPRESSLY PROVIDES THAT PASC WILL ADOPT AND MAINTAIN VARIOUS STANDARDS AND PRACTICES OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - POCONO. POCONO AMBULATORY SERVICES PRIMARILY OPERATES IN A MANAGEMENT CAPACITY FOR THE CENTER BY PROVIDING OUTPATIENT SERVICES IN A STATE-OF-THE-ART, COST EFFECTIVE OFFSITE FACILITY, INVOLVING SURGEONS ON STAFF AT LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - POCONO. ACCORDINGLY, THE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED WILL NOT BE DENIED TREATMENT, THUS ALLOWING THE OVERALL HEALTH SYSTEM TO COPE WITH THIS INCREASING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. INCLUDED AMONG MULTIPLE SPECIALTY SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CENTER ARE ORTHOPEDICS, OPHTHALMOLOGY, GYNECOLOGY, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT, RECTAL, PODIATRY, ENDOSCOPY, GENERAL SURGERY, AND UROLOGY.