Surgical Centers & Facilities

Inside Surgery Partners’ 5-Year Strategy Pivot

In the last five years, Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners has shifted from a broad acquisition-heavy growth model toward a more disciplined, high-acuity-first strategy. Like many ASC groups, the company is concentrating on orthopedics, cardiology, and de novo centers and using health system JVs as a growth vehicle. The rejection of Bain’s buyout in 2025 crystallized […]

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Sutter-Allina Merger Would Create One of the Nation’s Largest Nonprofit ASC Portfolios

A proposed $26 billion combination could have big implications for the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) market. Sutter Health and Allina Health have signed a letter of intent to combine into a single nonprofit health system. The deal that would reshape the ASC landscape by uniting two of the sector’s most active health system operators under

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‘Policymakers Know Little’: MedPAC Again Urges Congress to Require ASC Cost Reporting

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is again urging Congress to require ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) to report cost data to Medicare. Broadly, the commission’s 17 members – who are appointed to three-year terms – argue that policymakers lack visibility into the sector’s financial performance as spending continues to grow. That trend is likely to

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MedPAC: ‘Robust’ ASC Industry Continues to Expand as Spending, Case Volumes Surge

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) continue to gain ground in the U.S. health care system as procedure volume rises, new facilities open and higher-acuity services migrate out of hospitals. That’s according to the latest report to Congress from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). “Signs point to a robust industry: The number of ASCs nationwide grew

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Tenet CEO Saum Sutaria on Higher-Acuity Care, ASC Opportunities

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: THC) continues to sharpen its focus on execution and higher-acuity procedures within its ambulatory business, building on momentum highlighted from the recent earnings season. Speaking at the Barclays 28th Annual Global Healthcare Conference recently, CEO Saum Sutaria said Tenet’s United Surgical Partners International (USPI) arm will continue to prioritize more complex

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