1. Manufacturing company GE Healthcare and medical device company Medtronic are teaming up to offer ASCs high-quality and cost-effective technology, financial solutions and personal services.
GE Healthcare will offer consultative planning, construction, a comprehensive suite of equipment and service and digital solutions. Medtronic offers a product portfolio for a diverse range of services. It will also provide reimbursement support, remote monitoring and service from its field experts.
2. Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners is collaborating with ValueHealth to expand access to surgical care.
The companies said May 3 that the partnership will aim to build new ASCs and deploy ValueHealth’s value-based surgical programs across Surgery Partners’ current and in-development locations. Through the agreement, Surgery Partners will also manage and assume ValueHealth’s interest in three ASCs and four in development.
3. Banner Health, a Phoenix-based health system, has invested in surgery center development company Atlas Healthcare Partners.
Atlas formed a joint venture with Banner in 2018 to develop and operate ASCs in Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming, triggering a 155 percent volume growth and 475 percent revenue growth, the company said May 3. The partnership took Atlas from eight ASCs to 26 centers nationwide.
