Becker's Healthcare May 30, 2023
Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health System, a 48-hospital Catholic system, has teamed with Compass Surgical Partners to develop more than 30 ambulatory surgery centers across multiple states, the Triangle Business Journal reported May 29.
Bon Secours Mercy Health is the latest system to form a strategic partnership to expand their outpatient presence and develop ASCs. Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health and Columbus-based OhioHealth recently inked similar deals with Nashville, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners — one of the largest ASC chains in the U.S.
“Our view, over time, is that more complex procedures will come out of the hospitals,” Sean Rambo, president of Compass, told the publication. “Health systems are wanting to catch up and use this strategy to expand outside...