AMSURG

Surgery Center of Conway partners with AMSURG Physician-owned Surgery Center of Conway and AMSURG have partnered to improve the ophthalmology and retina-focused ambulatory surgery services at the facility.  The center in Conway, South Carolina, will use AMSURG’s operational, clinical and financial expertise to enhance its business while maintaining its culture of patient-centered care and physician clinical autonomy, according to a press release highlighting the partnership.   Nashville, … [Read more...]

The future looks promising for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) as the health care industry’s focus on cost efficiencies shifts toward where surgical procedures are performed.  Surgeries with increasing complexity, once limited to hospitals, are now shifting to ASCs, indicating continued growth for the foreseeable future. A recent Jefferies equity research report highlighted the structural tailwinds driving this transformation and projected 6% to 8% growth for the ASC sector through … [Read more...]

AMSURG is positioned to play a key role in faith-based Ascension’s future plans, according to its 2025 Ministry in Action Report released Oct. 30. Ascension is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems with a network of more than 1,650 care sites across 16 states and the District of Columbia, including 860 clinician network locations, 267 physical therapy outpatient clinics, 194 imaging locations and 59 ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). In June, Ascension agreed to acquire … [Read more...]

The health care industry anticipates substantial growth in outpatient services over the next decade as technology progresses, and an aging population demands more frequent and complex care. That’s based on a new report by Colliers on the growth of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs).  Outpatient care is expanding into new regions and service areas to enhance efficiency and patient treatment, creating new opportunities for partnerships and acquisitions for both national and regional hospital … [Read more...]

Already looking ahead to 2026, ambulatory surgery center (ASC) leaders are making plans for where they’ll put their dollars to work. Outpatient demand continues to climb, and with the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) steadily opening the door to more procedures in the ASC setting, operators are thinking carefully about how to match that growth with the right investments. To get a better sense of what’s on the radar of surgery centers, ASC News asked operators to pull … [Read more...]

Ascension CEO Joseph Impicciche will retire at the end of 2025 after two decades. Eduardo Conrado, Ascension’s current president, has been named his successor and will officially step into the CEO role at the start of 2026. The leadership change comes at a pivotal moment for Ascension, as the St. Louis-based health system is acquiring ambulatory surgery center (ASC) giant AMSURG in a deal that’s reportedly worth $3.9 billion. “This acquisition is deeply aligned with Ascension’s Mission to … [Read more...]

Ascension – one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the U.S. – is buying AMSURG. News of the St. Louis-based health system’s interest in AMSURG surfaced earlier this month, when Bloomberg reported Ascension was in “advanced talks” to acquire the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) giant in a $3.9 billion deal. Ascension announced it had an acquisition agreement in place on June 17, though its announcement did not provide financial terms for the deal. Ascension described the move as a … [Read more...]

AMSURG launched in 1992 as a pioneer in the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) industry. Since then, the company has journeyed down a path full of twists and turns. Another one could be coming up. Citing sources with knowledge of the matter, Bloomberg reported on May 30 that AMSURG is in “advanced talks” to sell its business to Ascension Health in a $3.9 billion deal. Neither AMSURG nor Ascension Health responded to requests for comment from Ambulatory Surgery Center News. The Nashville, … [Read more...]

Leaders across the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) industry agree on one point: ASCs have never been more essential to the nation’s health care ecosystem.  “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, told Ambulatory Surgery Center News at … [Read more...]

AMSURG has acquired Pinnacle Surgery Center, expanding its footprint in the Louisiana market. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction is the latest deal for the Nashville, Tennessee-based AMSURG, the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) management company with a network of more than 250 centers across the U.S. Prior to Pinnacle, AMSURG’s recent deals included its moves to acquire an ownership interest in Texarkana Surgery Center at the start of 2025 and its purchase of … [Read more...]