Raleigh, NC (November 17, 2015) – To better serve their joint venture partners, Compass Surgical Partners welcomes Chief Financial Officer, Doug Driver, to the team.
As the ever-evolving environment of healthcare continues to increase in complexity, the demand for outpatient services increases. As such, Compass is positioning itself to provide even deeper financial services to its partners.
"We manage complex surgical joint ventures. Doug's expertise will be invaluable as we provide extensive guidance to our surgical business partnerships nationwide. We are thrilled to have him join our team," said Compass Co-Founder and President/COO, Sean Rambo.
In the pursuit to deliver the highest level of surgical care, in a cost effective outpatient setting, Driver will help Compass by assisting clients with the development of optimal capital structures, negotiating bank instruments, assessing the feasibility for capital investments, and developing projections and budgets. Driver's expertise will make an immediate impact on the company and its service depth to its clients.
Read more: Doug Driver Hired at Compass as new CFO
Tampa, FL (January 19, 2016) - Raleigh, North Carolina based Compass Surgical Partners, LLC has partnered with 14 physician members of Select Physicians Alliance, a group of Ear Nose & Throat (ENT) surgeons to develop and manage a new Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) in Tampa, Florida. All surgeon partners are members of the ENT group that provides a large majority of ENT surgeries in Hillsborough County.
The new ASC, Select Physicians Surgery Center will have three (3) Class C operating rooms. Construction on the brand new 11,000 square foot ASC facility was completed in late 2015, and the facility received its license on January 8, 2016.
"Having seen Compass' expertise in turning around surgery centers in the competitive Tampa, FL market, and having witnessed their solid relationships with surgeons in our community, we are very excited to work with Compass Surgical Partners in this new endeavor," says Dr. Brett Scotch, the Board Chairman of Select Physicians Surgery Center.
Read more: Compass Opens New Ambulatory Surgery Center in Tampa
(January 15, 2016) – The Bay Area Physicians Surgery Center, a 3 OR and 3 procedure room facility, was founded in 2007. During the years following the launch, while the clinical quality remained high, the business performance struggled considerably. As a result, Compass was invited to invest in the center and provide management services in 2012.
The turnaround plan included obtaining AAAHC accreditation, additional physician recruitment, restructuring the board governance and retooling the business office.
BASPC Board Member and ENT surgeon Scott Powell, MD said, "Compass worked tirelessly to help our center. I never had any doubt in their integrity. They set us up for a profitable hospital partner merger".
Despite significant setbacks, the center was able to ultimately achieve it's original goals with Compass' participation and guidance.
Sean Rambo, COO of Compass relayed, "The turnaround is a testimony to the surgeon partners commitment to clinical quality and the partnership. We worked as a team and were able to achieve great things together."
TAMPA, FL (September 17, 2014) – Compass Surgical Partners, LLC, a surgery center management and development company specializing in denovos, hospital partnerships, and turnarounds, today announced that it has entered into a joint venture with Clearwell Group, LLC, a Tampa-based family office investment manager, for the purpose of accelerating its Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) activity.
"This partnership will allow us to tackle both more and larger projects. Our management team has managed a much larger portfolio in a prior firm. The partnership with Clearwell allows us to advance our portfolio more quickly. I’ve known Doug Free of Clearwell for over 30 years and know that his high standards for quality and ethics are a match for us,” said DJ Hill, Co-Founder of Compass. “Our clients should expect no material changes to their operations with this development.”
David Hall, Chairman of Compass noted, “Clearwell was flexible and responsive to our needs. We look forward to our emerging relationship with them”.
“Clearwell Group is pleased to support a first class surgical management group like Compass. They deliver very strong results relative to their peers in the industry,” said Douglas Free. “We work to add value to each of our partnerships. The Compass investment fit our profile of strong management teams in markets where we have relationships in promising industries.”
About Clearwell Group
Clearwell Group is a family office investment advisory business based in Tampa, Florida. Clearwell Group makes control and meaningful minority investments in companies located in the southeastern United States across all stages of development. Clearwell Group supports high integrity entrepreneurs with a collaborative approach to creating value that leverages experience and network. This approach aligns the interests of Clearwell Group with management to achieve the best possible outcome with the right amount of capital over the right period of time. For more information, please visit www.clearwellgroup.com.
Miami Beach, FL (February 12, 2014) - The ASC Symposium is a premier national conference addressing high-level business and legal issues affecting the ambulatory surgical center industry. The 2014 ASC Symposium, sponsored by McDermott Will & Emery, will be held on February 21, 2014 at the Fountainbleu, Miami Beach, Florida.
This year's meeting focuses on the impact of Health Care reform on the ASC Industry and the various roles, trends, and issues in ASC transactions in this changing health care landscape. This annual conference, currently in its 12th year, provides valuable insight to physicians, business decision makers, executives and development personnel involved in ASC ventures.
The Program Faculty includes Darin Jay Hill, a Founding Partner of Compass Surgical Partners, LLC, who will address strategies for improving ASC profitability. Compass Surgical Partners is a firm that acquires, manages and develops Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs). Compass Surgical Partners focuses in three core areas of partnerships, Hospital Joint Ventures, Turn-arounds and DeNovo ASCs. http://www.compass-sp.com
