Here are five health systems that plan to develop ASC networks this year:
Editor’s note: Health systems are listed in alphabetical order.
• Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health partnered with Raleigh, N.C.-based ASC management organization Compass Surgical Partners to launch a network of ASCs that will be branded as Horizon Surgery Centers.
• Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare and Phoenix-based surgery center development company Atlas Healthcare Partners partnered to develop an ASC network across Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
• Atlas Healthcare Partners and Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System partnered on a joint venture ASC network in the Pacific Northwest.
• San Antonio-based ophthalmology group Parkhurst NuVision partnered with Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Nvision Eye Centers to develop ASCs across Texas.
• Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health partnered with Brentwood, Tenn.-based ASC management group Surgery Partners to develop ASC joint ventures across the state.