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15 ASC MANAGEMENT USPI vs. AmSurg vs. SCA: 10 key comparisons By Carly Behm U nited Surgical Partners International, AmSurg and Surgical Care Affiliates are the largest ASC chains in the U.S. Here's how the companies stack up across 10 areas: 1. Number of ASCs • USPI: 312 + 24 surgical hospitals • AmSurg: 250 + surgery centers • SCA: 250 + surgical facilities 2. Affiliated physicians • USPI: 11,000+ • SCA: 10,000+ • AmSurg: 2,000+ 3. Number of states with centers • SCA: 35 • AmSurg: 34 • USPI: 30 4. Q1 2021 revenue • USPI: $646 million • SCA: SCA didn't immediately respond to a request for financial information. • AmSurg: AmSurg declined to provide financial information. 5. Leaders • SCA: Caitlin Zulla joined SCA in 2015 and served as chief administrative officer and CFO. She was promoted to CEO in 2019. She previously worked at MedAssets, over- seeing the revenue cycle services division. • USPI: Brett Brodnax joined USPI in 1999. He served as senior vice president, execu- tive vice president and chief development officer before taking on the president and CEO role in 2018. • AmSurg: Jeff Snodgrass joined Amsurg as president in 2020. He previously was president and CEO of Azura Vascular Care and National Cardiology Partners. 6. Number of employees • USPI: 18,500 • SCA: 8,500 • AmSurg: N/A 7. Headquarters SCA: Deerfield, Ill. USPI: Dallas AmSurg: Nashville, Tenn. 8. Year founded • SCA: 1982 • AmSurg: 1992 • USPI: 1998 9. Core business • SCA: SCA partners with physicians and health systems to own and operate ASCs. It has a focus on orthopedics and spine. • USPI: USPI invests primarily in orthopedics and other specialities ranging from ophthal- mology and gastroenterology. It partners with physicians and health systems. • AmSurg: AmSurg focuses on primarily gastroenterology and ophthalmology ASCs across the nation. 10. Notable news so far in 2021 • USPI: USPI plans to add 25 to 40 ASCs to its network this year. It added 530 physicians in the first quarter, and its total joint replacement business grew 110 percent. e company opened its joint venture ASC with Bozeman (Mont.) Health and partnered with Adven- tHealth's West Florida division to acquire Tampa (Fla.) Outpatient Surgical Center. • SCA: SCA broke into 2021 with plans for an ASC in partnership with Minneapolis- based Allina Health. at ASC in Brooklyn Park, Minn., broke ground in May. • AmSurg: In May, AmSurg and Mount Sinai Health System shared research sup- porting new recommendations to lower the screening age for colorectal cancer from 50 to 45. n Allina Health moving spine, orthopedic surgeries from HOPDs to new network of ASCs By Alan Condon M inneapolis-based Allina Health is moving higher-acuity procedures such as spine and orthopedic cases from hospital outpatient de- partments to newly developed outpatient surgery centers, accord- ing to the Star Tribune. The 11-hospital system is developing an ASC in Brooklyn Park, Minn., in partnership with Surgical Care Affiliates, and aims to begin work on two other surgery centers this year. "Any same-day procedure, most notably orthopedic and spine, we've been working to really create [an] opportunity for them to move off-campus," Lisa Shannon, chief operating officer at Allina, told the Tribune. Like most health systems, Allina has seen demand for healthcare services increase in late 2020, which has continued into 2021, but Ric Magnuson, Allina's chief financial officer, said he doesn't think "we'll ever be back to 'normal,'" according to the report. Two major changes he highlighted were the shift to virtual care and moving many surgical procedures to the outpatient setting, which has become a fo- cal point of Allina's strategy. Over the next five years, Allina plans to open or acquire about 12 ASCs as part of its joint venture with Surgical Care Affiliates. n