Becker's Healthcare February 14, 2025
As ASC consolidation continues and the physician population ages, more ASC companies are popping up to focus on a new type of management — one that focuses on physician ownership and local care.
New York City-based Sapient Health is one of them. Joseph Romano and Bill Ingram, co-owners of Sapient, joined Becker’s to discuss what sets their company apart and how it supports ASCs.
The two first met while working at Frontier Health, which was sold to Physicians Endoscopy in 2017. There, they gained firsthand experience with ASCs, ranging from those that thrived long term to those that closed after ownership transitions.
Sapient Health has evolved in two phases: Mr. Romano originally founded it in 2014 after leading Frontier...