title: FSC Health creates winning formula for freestanding elective surgery centers.
abstract: Medical specialists are developing free-standing surgery centers with or without the collaboration of local hospitals and health systems. FSC Health has a winning formula and is willing to work with hospitals and health systems as part of plans for a national expansion, but so far the physician-owned entity has expanded independently, writes Ed Egger.
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mesh_terms: D002140:California; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D015279:Organizational Culture; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013531:Surgicenters / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards