Becker's Healthcare July 31, 2024
A growing number of health systems are forging joint venture partnerships to develop, acquire or partner with ambulatory surgery centers as more complex care continues to migrate from inpatient to outpatient settings.
Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health System, a 48-hospital Catholic system, recently partnered with Compass Surgical Partners to develop more than 30 ASCs across multiple states.
Compass has developed more than 250 ASCs over the last three decades, and is working with Bon Secours Mercy Health to build ASCs across the health system’s footprint, which includes Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New York and Florida. The network could also expand into other states, such as North Carolina.
David Cannady, chief strategy officer of Bon Secours Mercy Health,...