In a bold play for the future of outpatient care, Ascension is adding serious muscle to its ambulatory strategy. The Catholic non-profit health giant announced this week that it has entered into an agreement to acquire AMSURG, one of the country’s largest developers and operators of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs).
What does that mean for the healthcare landscape? In short: more surgeries outside the hospital, faster turnaround, and a massive expansion of Ascension’s already sprawling footprint.
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