Healthcare Innovation August 16, 2024
Geert De Lombaerde

Urgent care ranks high on President and CEO Marty Bonick’s priority list

Newly public Ardent Health Partners Inc. plans to prioritize investments in ambulatory services—with urgent-care centers at the top of the list—while its leaders look to push acquisitions talks across the finish line.

Speaking to analysts and investors on a conference call after Nashville-based Ardent reported second-quarter earnings, President and CEO Marty Bonick said his team is working on a “robust” pipeline of possible purchases as it seeks to capitalize on what he called “a sort of Tale of Two Cities” market.

“There are systems like ours that are performing well and still a lot that are struggling,” said Bonick, who has more than $830 million in total available...

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