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e're a couple months into our unlikely — and unprecedent-
ed — partnership in which 3 rival hospitals within a 50-
mile radius own and use the same ambulatory surgery cen-
ter. Yes, you heard right. Rather than each building its own ASC, 3
hospitals that used to compete for cases, contracts, surgeons and staff
are now living under the same roof here at Skyline Surgery Center in
Pocatello, Idaho. The collaborate-rather-than-compete idea is so crazy
it just might work.
For our first 6 years, Skyline partnered with Bingham Memorial
Hospital in a standard hospital-ASC joint venture. Only independent
surgeons and Bingham-affiliated surgeons could use our facility.
Meanwhile, Portneuf Medical Center and Mountain View Hospital
each considered building their own ASCs to compete against us.
But after running the financials, the hospitals saw it made much
more sense to partner with us. Thus was born the 3-hospital-physician
3 Rival Hospitals Own the Same Surgery Center
Partner with your competitors is the name of the game in Pocatello, Idaho.
Business Advisor
Ryan Hope, MD
• SKY'S THE LIMIT Skyline Surgery Center in Pocatello, Idaho, expects to add 200-plus cases a month after forming a unique
joint venture with 3 neighboring hospitals.
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Hope/Skyline
Surgery
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