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32 OUTPATIENT SURGERY Which states have the highest, lowest concentration of ASCs, per Anthem's Public Policy Institute? By Angie Stewart W ashington, D.C., Maryland and New Jersey are the only areas in the U.S. with more than 20 ASCs per 1,000 square miles, according to a July report from Anthem's Public Policy Institute. Totals were calculated using data from the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and the U.S. Census. e number of ASCs per 1,000 square miles: More than 20: Washington, D.C. Maryland New Jersey Five to 20: California Hawaii Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island Pennsylvania Georgia Florida One to four: Washington Arizona Colorado Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Missouri Arkansas Tennessee Louisiana Mississippi Texas South Carolina North Carolina Virginia New York New Hampshire Delaware Less than one: Alaska Oregon Idaho Nevada Utah Montana Wyoming New Mexico North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Minnesota Iowa Kentucky West Virginia Alabama Vermont Maine n Surgery Partners sells select anesthesia services businesses to Anesthesia Consulting & Management: 4 details By Laura Dyrda S urgery Partners sold some of its anesthesia services business to Anesthesia Consulting & Management, known as NorthStar Anesthesia. Four details: 1. Surgery Partners' anesthesia business provides and manages the third-party providers of anesthesia services at 25 locations across its facilities in Georgia, Florida, Ken- tucky, North Carolina and Texas. With the sale, Surgery Partners will focus on its core short-stay surgical business. 2. NorthStar provides outsourced and managed anesthesia services to providers at more than 120 facilities in 19 states and is focused on expanding its business organically and through acquisitions. This acquisition is consistent with its strategy to expand in markets where the company already operates. 3. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. 4. Katten Muchin Rosenman was legal counsel to North- Star, and Greenhill & Co. was the exclusive financial advis- er to Surgery Partners. McDermott Will & Emery was legal counsel to Surgery Partners. n