Network expansion, health system alignment and scalable ambulatory growth are expected to be top priorities for Compass Surgical Partners following its appointment of Mark Langston as chief development officer.
The Raleigh, North Carolina-based ambulatory surgery center (ASC) development and management company announced Langston’s hire on April 24.
Langston previously served as CDO at SCA Health, where he led ambulatory growth initiatives for health systems nationwide. In his new role, Langston will be responsible for advancing Compass’ joint venture strategy with health systems and physicians to meet rising demand for outpatient surgical care.
“I work with health systems to build ambitious ambulatory strategies tailored to local service area needs — strategies that not only align with employed and independent physicians, but also open doors to new relationships across the care continuum,” Langston said in a press release. “The result is accelerated network density, stronger physician engagement, alignment with insurers, and high-quality, lower cost ambulatory surgical care for patients.”
The company will be focusing on moving into higher-acuity procedures.
“I think as we see more acute care cases move into our world, we’re all getting really comfortable with the joints, the spine [cases], and now we’re moving into two, three level spines as the codes and and things change,” Deb Yoder, vice president of facility development at Compass Surgical Partners, recently told Ambulatory Surgery Center News at the Investment & Operations Conference.
“What I’m working on a lot right now is in the CV space,” Yoder added. “We have multiple cardiovascular ASCs being developed and designed.”
Compass CEO DJ Hill said Langston’s blend of strategic insight and operational experience made him an ideal fit to guide Compass’ next phase of growth.
“He brings deep insight and acumen, as well as a collaborative mindset that I know our health system and physician partners will appreciate,” Hill said.
Compass Surgical Partners has developed more than 250 ASCs over the past three decades.
