Becker's Healthcare July 25, 2024
Tenet Healthcare’s ASC arm United Surgical Partners International has seen skyrocketing growth in the last five years, becoming the largest ASC chain in the U.S.by number of centers and physicians.
Tenet has added 56 ASCs so far in 2024, and has sold nine hospitals for proceeds of $4 billion to invest in the ambulatory space. In 2023, it added 31 ASCs for $149 million — nine of which were acquired and 11 were previously unconsolidated centers in which USPI inked controlling ownership interest.
The company also opened nine de novo ASCs in 2023 with more than 30 ASCs in development.
Tenet CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, broke down key features of the company’s ASC algorithm in a July 23 second...