Piedmont athens regional specialty services, INC. ("ARSS") was incorporated on february 18, 2010. ARSS was formed to support the efforts of athens regional medical center by striving to improve the health of the general population of the AREA served by ensuring the availability of quality specialty medical services. ARSS currently employs 88 physicians including 51 specialized physicians with expertise in cardiology, obstetrics, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, pediatrics, hyperbaric medicine and general and colorectal surgery. ARSS provides specialty medical services to the general public through its employee physicians, regardless of each patient's ability to pay.