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BUSINESS ADVISOR
JOINING FORCES
ASC Partners at a Glance
This is critical to maintaining
comfort levels and consistency and, as a result, quality of
Surgery Center of the Pacific
• open since 2007
• approximately 20 physician-owners
• affiliate of Sovereign Healthcare
• 2 ORs, 1 procedure room
• key specialties: orthopedic surgery,
pain management, general surgery,
podiatric surgery
care. The physicians will
largely maintain the blocks
they're used to, with minor
rearrangements to accommodate the increased case volume. Finally, we're evaluating
the best practices of each
center to create a hybrid
blend of the best. To date,
Surgery Center of Santa Monica
• open
since
1994
• approximately 12 physician-owners
• affiliate of Surgical Care Affiliates
• 5 ORs, 2 procedure rooms
• key specialties: ophthalmology, gynecology surgery, general surgery, gastroenterology, ENT surgery, podiatric
surgery
we've not identified huge
variability, which we're using
to allay staff concerns about
major changes in their day-today duties.
Looking to the future
Neither center was in the red,
but the concept of merging as
a way of reversing a downward trend has merits in a
number of markets — particu-
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