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54 surgery centers and 57 sleep centers. Foundation HealthCare currently operates 11 ASCs through- out the nation. In 2013, Foundation HealthCare became a public company focused on its growth strategy to acquire surgical hospitals and develop ambulatory surgery centers and other ancillary service lines under them. Foundation Health- Care sold its 20 percent stake in Heritage Park Surgical Hospital in Sherman, Texas, for $9.3 mil- lion in June. Global Surgical Partners (Miami). e com- pany was founded in 1999 by J.A. Ziskind and Kenneth Arvin. Mr. Ziskind and Mr. Arvin opened Manatee Surgical Center in Brandenton, Fla., prior to founding Global Surgical Partners. Global Sur- gical Partners focuses on developing physician- owned ASCs or physician-hospital joint ventures. Global Surgery Partners offers services including cash controls and financial reporting, physician re- cruitment and new service development. Hospital Corporation of America (Nash- ville, Tenn.). One of the United State's first hospital companies, HCA was founded in 1968. R. Milton Johnson currently holds the position of chairman and CEO. Greg Beasley has served as president of HCA's ambulatory surgery divi- sion since 2004. As president, he is responsible for leading HCA's ASCs throughout the United States. With about 204,000 employees, the company en- compasses 115 surgery centers and 165 hospitals in 20 states and the United Kingdom. HCA is in- volved in nearly 5 percent of all U.S. inpatient care. In 2015, HCA expects to post per-share earnings of $4.55 to $4.95 and revenue of $38.5 billion to $39.5 billion. e company plans to expand its TriStar Health based in Brentwood, Tenn., for ex- ample, by offering a TriStar access point within 15 minutes of every Middle Tennessean. Interventional Management Services (At- lanta). With 14 centers in Atlanta and two centers in Alamogordo, N.M., Interventional Management Services is a physician-owned ASC management company. e company's network includes one- room, single-specialty surgery centers and mul- tispecialty joint ventures focused on spine pain management. Dr. Robin J. Fowler, MD, serves as the company's chairman and medical director. He is medical director for the Interventional Spine and Pain Management Center and has been a pain practitioner since 2005. Stephen Rosenbaum serves as IMS' CEO and has more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. roughout his career, Mr. Rosenabaum has worked with phy- sicians and physician-owned facilities. Allen Hord, MD, is the chief medical officer at Interventional Management Services and has been practicing pain management for more than 20 years. Laser Spine Institute (Tampa, Fla.). Opened in 2005 in Tampa, Laser Spine Institute has seven surgery centers around the country, in Tampa, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Philadelphia; Oklahoma City; Cleveland; St. Louis and Cincinnati. Laser Spine Institute offers minimally invasive stabilization surgery and minimally invasive decompression surgery. James St. Louis, DO, Glenn Hamburg, MD, and Michael Perry, MD, co-founded the com- pany. Bill Horne serves as CEO and David Pills- bury serves as president. e company's Philadel- phia facility recently achieved gold-level Planetree Designation for Excellence in Patient-Centered Care. Laser Spine Institute's staff has 19 surgeons, 14 anesthesiologists and 18 other medical profes- sionals including chiropractors. Laser Spine Insti- tute offers several procedures in minimally invasive decompression including laminotomy, foraminot- omy, discectomy and facet thermal ablation. Physi- cians also perform minimally invasive stabilization surgical procedures such as anterior cervical dis- cectomy fusion, decompression with Interlaminar Stabilization device, SI joint fusion, posterior cer- vical fusion, lateral lumbar interbody fusion and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. MMX Healthcare (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.). Founded by John Seitz and Tamar Glaser, MMX Healthcare creates soware allowing ASCs to effectively compete in the healthcare market. rough its technology, MMX Healthcare seeks to transform ASCs into high performing, high value organizations. Since 2001, the company founders have experience in helping 150 surgery centers with accreditation preparation and compliance mainte- nance, and recruiting more than 1,000 physicians for surgery centers. MMX Healthcare offers the AccredAbility accreditation tracking solution and ManageMyASC financial and operational tracking, benchmarking and analysis solution. AccredAbility creates a custom profile for an ASC with the num- ber of ORs, type of specialties, Medicare participa- tion and the accreditation agency an ASC uses. Ac- credAbility tracks all data elements from its secure website and sends reports directly to the Governing Board for immediate review or approval. Medical Consulting Group (Springfield, Mo.). Founded in 1989, Medical Consulting Group offers business solutions for practices and device manufacturers. MCG offers medical practice, surgi- cal practice and corporate consulting. e company also assists with ASC development, management and accounting, as well as turnarounds. Organiza- tions may also call on MCG's expertise in marketing campaigns, web design and medical billing services. Steve Sheppard founded MCG's ASC division in 1998, which now has equity participations and busi- ness and management services. Medical Facilities Corporation (Toronto, Ontario, Canada). Owner of 51 percent-plus interest in four specialty surgical hospitals in South Dakota, Oklahoma and Arkansas, Medical Facilities Corp. also own 51 percent in a Califor- nia ASC. e Surgery Center of Newport Coast, which opened in 2004, is approximately 7,000 square feet and houses two operating rooms and one procedure room. e surgery center offers general surgery, gastroenterology, gynecology, or- thopedics, pain management and cosmetic surgery services. It is a Medicare-deemed multispecialty facility accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Donald Schellpfeffer, MD, serves as CEO, and Michael Salter, CA, CPA, serves as CFO. Dr. Schellpfeffer has over 30 years in the ambulatory surgery center industry. Mr. Salter served as an accounting and financial consultant prior to joining Medical Facilities Corp. Meridian Surgical Partners (Brentwood, Tenn.). A surgery center management and devel- opment company, Meridian Surgical Partners spe- cializes in the acquisition, development and man- agement of spine and orthopedic ASCs. Meridian Surgical Partners is partnered with 10 physician- owned ASCs in Michigan, Arkansas, Missouri, Florida, Ohio, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Louisiana. John C. Wilson Jr. serves as the CEO and Kenneth N. Hancock serves as president and CDO. Mr. Wilson has served as the company's CEO since 2013 and has served as the chief finan- cial officer since Meridian's inception in 2006. Mr. Hancock has more than 25 years in the healthcare industry. He previously served as the executive vice president, chief development officer and co-found- er of Surgical Alliance Corporation. Merritt Healthcare (Somers, N.Y.). Found- ed in 2001, Merritt Healthcare offers ASC de- velopment, management and advisory services. Employing people from healthcare, nursing, real estate development and corporate finance industries, Merritt Healthcare delivers an all- encompassing service to ASCs. Merritt Health- care's single- and multispecialty ASCs are located throughout the East Coast. Its partners and cli- ents include hospitals and physician groups, and the company has dealt with single and multispe- cialty ASCs. Matt Searles, MBA, and William F. Mulhall, RN, head the company. Murphy Healthcare Group (Montvale, N.J., New York, N.Y.). Murphy Healthcare Group develops, owns and operates eight outpa- tient surgery centers. Since 1990, Murphy Health- care Group has helped 30 underperforming ASCs succeed with a total market capitalization of more than $650 million. Murphy Healthcare Group customizes environments for specific ASCs to boost patient, physician and staff performance, instead of offering stock business solutions. Rob- ert Murphy founded the company and serves as chairman. John Murphy is president of the com- pany and Douglas Dewey serves as CEO. Nobilis Health (Houston). Previously North- star Health, Nobilis Health develops, owns and operates six ASCs and an imaging center in Dal- las, Houston, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Spring, Texas. e company partners with physicians to provide marketing, finance and legal assistance. Its surgery centers include spine, pain, orthopedic, podiatry, general surgery, gastrointestinal and otolaryngol- ogy specialties. Chris Lloyd, who founded North American Spine in 2009, serves as Nobilis Health's CEO. Harry Fleming, who is experienced in cor- porate finance and securities law, serves as chair- man. Nobilis Health acquired Victory Healthcare Plano (Texas) Hospital for the assumption of $5.5 million in equipment leases and $7 million in bank debt earlier this year. Nueterra Healthcare (Leawood, Kan.). Nueterra Healthcare develops, manages and owns healthcare facilities globally. e com- pany provides full management services to ASCs, hospitals, PT centers and pathology labs. It aids its partners and providers by offering strategic guid- ance, capital resources, management advice and a portfolio of services. e company offers its Nue- Health network, medical exchange coordination and custom benefits packages development. Dan Tasset founded Nueterra and serves as chairman and David Ayers heads U.S. operations. Nueter-