ValueHealth and NCH Healthcare System are launching a joint venture to expand access to value-based outpatient surgical care in Southwest Florida, ValueHealth said Dec. 9.
The joint venture and some local physician partners have already begun planning ASC locations, including a multispecialty ASC in Bonita Springs, Fla., and a hyperspecialty orthopedic ASC on the NCH Baker Hospital downtown campus in Naples, Fla.
The partnership will use Leawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth's technology that includes patient care management, payer bundles and warranty contracts. Naples-based NCH Healthcare will be integrated into ValueHealth's ASC network of more than 30 health system partners.