Baptist Health & Compass Surgical Partners To Launch An Ambulatory Surgical Center Network

Baptist Health, a health system in Northeast Florida, entered a joint venture with Compass Surgical Partners, an independent, full-service ambulatory surgery center (ASC) developer and manager, to launch a network of ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) branded as Horizon Surgery Center to serve Northeast Florida. Baptist Health, through its for-profit subsidiary Pavilion Health Services, and Compass Surgical Partners are creating their initial Horizon Surgery Center locations in hospital-owned buildings to facilitate rapid launches that will expedite the health system's ASC strategy. Financial terms of the joint venture have not been disclosed.

Horizon Surgery Center will offer outpatient . . .