Business
Surgery center companies merge
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Feb. 20, 2006
Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International Inc., which last month announced the acquisition of nine ambulatory surgery centers in the St. Louis market, said it also has acquired another surgery center company. The price was not disclosed.
The company, which has ownership interest in or operates 104 surgery centers, announced an agreement to purchase Surgis Inc., a private ambulatory surgery company based in Nashville, Tenn.
Surgis, which was founded in 2001, generally forms ownership partnerships with local physician groups or health systems. It operates 22 facilities and has several more under development, and it provides endoscopy services for nearly 40 hospitals around the country.
United Surgical Partners said it plans to complete the Surgis acquisition this spring.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2006/02/20/bibf0220.htm.