Gastro Health vs. GI Alliance vs. PE GI Solutions: 7 comparisons to know

Here’s how the companies stack up across seven areas, confirmed to Becker’s via email:

1. Affiliated physicians

• Gastro Health: 270+
• GI Alliance: 600+
• PE GI Solutions: 600+

2. Locations

• Gastro Health: 100+
• GI Alliance: 500+
• PE GI Solutions: 60+ clinical partner locations

3. Number of states with centers

• Gastro Health: 6
• GI Alliance: 10
• PE GI Solutions: 19

4. Leaders

Gastro Health:

CEO: Joseph Garcia

CFO: Lawrence Freni

GI Alliance:

CEO: James Weber, MD

13-member physician executive leadership board

PE GI Solutions:

Chairman & Founder: Barry Tanner

CEO: David Young

5. Headquarters

• Gastro Health: Miami
• GI Alliance: Southlake, Texas
• PE GI Solutions: Jamison, Pa. 

6. Year founded

• Gastro Health: Founded in 2005 through a merger of GI Care Center, Gastroenterology Associates and Gastroenterology Group
• GI Alliance: Founded through a partnership between Texas Digestive Disease Consultants and Waud Capital Partners in November 2018.
• PE GI Solutions: Founded as Physicians Endoscopy in 1999, rebranded to PE GI Solutions in March 2021

7. Notable news so far in 2021

• Gastro Health sold to private equity company Omers in May. Since the sale, the company has secured a $90 million investment, partnered with 17 gastroenterologists who left a hospital and sealed two new acquisitions in Virginia.

• GI Alliance secured an Illinois GI practice July 6, a Utah GI practice July 1 and a Colorado GI practice in June. 

• PE GI Solutions rebranded from Physicians Endoscopy in March. The company, alongside North Bergen, N.J.-based Ambulatory Center for Endoscopy, acquired Hudson Bergen Medical Center, ACE’s second location. It expanded in Virginia through its 2019 partnership with Capital Digestive Care.

 

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