Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) remain central to HCA Healthcare’s (NYSE: HCA) long-term outpatient expansion strategy, despite the company’s heavier focus on urgent care, physician clinics and freestanding emergency departments in recent years. “We think about ambulatory surgery centers as just part of our approach to the marketplace,” CEO Sam Hazen said during a March 4 investor call. “Unlike some other companies, we don’t typically own surgery centers or other outpatient facilities outside of our core markets.” HCA follows a market-based strategy, where each region features multiple hospitals at its core, surrounded by a network of outpatient facilities, Hazen said.
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