Nonprofit health system Fairview Health Services and Atlas Healthcare Partners, which joins with nonprofit health systems and physicians to develop and operate ASCs, announced the formation of a new joint venture (JV) to develop and operate a network of ASCs across Minnesota and “surrounding regions.”
The partners state that their JV will “strengthen physician alignment, expand patient access, increase capacity and support sustainable growth.”
“Getting patients the right care, in the right place, at the right time has always been at the center of what we do. Ambulatory surgery centers are an increasingly important part of how we make that happen,” said Fairview President and CEO James Hereford.
Over its seven years of existence, Atlas has partnered in the development of 50 ASCs, including exclusive JV ASC partnerships with Banner Health, MultiCare, Corewell Health, ChristianaCare, Prisma Health, and now Fairview Health Services. It is co-owned by its health system partners and plans to form additional JV partnerships with nonprofit health systems across the country. It has also formed MedAtlas, a JV with MedAxiom, to develop and operate cardiovascular ASCs through partnerships with health system partners and cardiologists.
