Based on his experience at Regent Surgical Health — which has seen tremendous growth in hospital joint venture surgery centers over the past seven years — Chief Development Officer Jeff Simmons says there will be many more joint ventures in the coming years. “In the world we live in, most of the surgery center transactions…
In recent years, “culture of safety” has become a popular catchphrase in healthcare, adopted by many providers to limit the inherent workplace risk factors of our industry. Understanding its origins and what it means, however, can help us create real change at our facilities, reduce the prevalence of workplace injuries and accidents, and produce the…
4 Critical Issues Facing Clinical Leaders Today Clinical leadership often is the difference between a good ambulatory surgery center and a great one. A key attribute of all top-tier clinical managers is an ability to identify and address challenges before they cause big problems. Healthcare is a high-stakes business, with little room for clinical and…
Situation In 2011, Regent entered into joint ventures with local physicians and a nonprofit, acute-care hospital to launch two ambulatory surgery centers, a specialty outpatient facility and an ASC that offered a broad range of ENT, general surgery, orthopedics, podiatry, ophthalmology and urology services. Soon after both ASCs began seeing patients, the facilities began exploring…
Regent leading the way with new ASC joint venture models In May, Regent Surgical Health officially opened its 22nd joint venture, the Plaza Ambulatory Surgery Center in Portland, Ore. A partnership among Regent, our physician partners and the 483-bed Providence Portland Medical Center, the new outpatient healthcare facility provides quality care in areas such as…
Situation The Robert Wood Johnson Endosurgical Center, located in East Brunswick, NJ, is a 6,800 square foot, state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center offering the highest quality of care with the most advanced medical technology and equipment. A joint venture among Regent Surgical Health, local physicians and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the center offers fully equipped operating…
The outpatient surgery business is more competitive than ever before. After a decade of solid growth, the number of Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers in the United States is plateauing at about 5,500 locations. Hospitals, too, are increasingly entering the outpatient game. In an attempt to lower costs and capture new Affordable Care Act-driven market share,…
The Plaza Surgery Center is officially opened for business. After years of careful planning, Regent Surgical Health, our physician partners and the Providence Portland Medical Center officially opened the Plaza Ambulatory Surgery Center in Portland, Ore., on Friday, May 30. Plaza Ambulatory Surgery Center, which will serve thousands of patients annually, sits on the campus of…
WESTCHESTER, Ill. — Regent Surgical Health, a surgery center management and development company specializing in physician/hospital ASC joint ventures, today announced the opening of the Plaza Ambulatory Surgery Center, a joint venture between Regent, local physicians and Providence Health & Services in Portland, Oregon. In addition to its minority ownership in the new surgery center, Regent…
WESTCHESTER, IL, May 8, 2014 – Regent Surgical Health, an industry-leading surgery center management and development company specializing in physician/hospital ASC joint ventures, today announced the company’s CEO, Tom Mallon, and CDO, Jeffrey Simmons, will be featured speakers at Becker’s Hospital Review 5th Annual Meeting in Chicago. Together, Mallon and Simmons will present “Building a…