AMSURG and Palomar Health Announce Joint Venture to Expand Outpatient Care in San Diego
On June 4, AMSURG, an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) services company, and Palomar Health, a healthcare provider in North San Diego County, announced a new joint venture with the health system's Poway Surgery Center. The partnership will enable the organizations and its affiliated physicians to increase access and quality outpatient care in Poway and the greater San Diego community.
A press release on the partnership says that “Poway Surgery Center is a freestanding outpatient facility accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). It has been operating as a multi-use facility, widening the range of care for Palomar Health patients. AMSURG has been involved in the surgery center prior to this new venture. The state-of-the-art facility boasts five operating rooms, with physicians providing outpatient surgical care across multiple specialties, including gastroenterology; orthopedics; ear, nose and throat; and more.”
The center is open and accepting patients.
Janette Wider | Editor-in-Chief
Janette Wider is Editor-in-Chief for Healthcare Purchasing News.