title: Having faith in each other: not-for-profit giant Ascension Health hooks up with United Surgical Partners for ASC joint venture.
abstract: In the biggest deal of its kind, not-for-profit giant Ascension is going to build ambulatory surgery centers with for-profit United Surgical Partners, which already has a deal with Baylor, left. "Hospitals are realizing that outpatient services are the future. This strategy is sound," one healthcare consultant said.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romano
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007449:Investments; D008923:Missouri; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D013531:Surgicenters / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States