Last year, Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health, Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health System, Columbus-based OhioHealth were among the health systems that formed joint venture partnerships to acquire and develop ASCs.
In a Jan. 4 VMG Health survey of 141 health system executives, including CEOs, CFOs, COOs, outpatient surgery ranked as the No. 1 service line for joint venture partnerships in 2024.
Here are the nine top service lines that health system executives would consider a joint venture partnership this year, according to the VMG Health survey:
1. Outpatient surgery: 60%
2. Behavioral health: 55%
3. Outpatient post-acute: 45%
4. Outpatient imaging: 45%
5. Physician services: 39%
6. Urgent care: 36%
7. Hospital-at-home: 35%
8. Inpatient post-acute: 29%
9. Laboratory: 28%
Note: 3% of health system executives surveyed said that they would not consider a joint venture partnership in any of these service lines this year.