The Center for Outpatient Medicine

What The Center for Outpatient Medicine does

The Center for Outpatient Medicine (TCOM), d/b/a of The Center for Orthopedic Medicine, LLC, is a physician-owned Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) located in Bloomington, Illinois, founded in 1991 as McLean County SurgiCenter. It operates a multi-specialty outpatient surgery facility (the SurgiCenter) covering 10+ surgical disciplines — orthopedics, urology, pain management, podiatry, general surgery, plastic surgery, ENT, spine, gynecology, and ophthalmology — alongside an affiliated BroMenn Comfort and Care Suites, a 3-bed, 72-hour Postsurgical Recovery Care Center (RCC) opened in 2009. The SurgiCenter is staffed by Board Certified/Board Eligible surgeons and anesthesiologists, holds AAAHC accreditation, Medicare certification, and Illinois state licensure, and offers on-site diagnostic services (X-ray, EKG, pretesting). TCOM bills as a facility on a per-procedure basis (facility fees), with separate bills issued for physician, anesthesia, surgical assistant, and pathology services; pricing varies between insurance-based, self-pay, workers' comp, and liability-claim workflows.

The business is jointly owned by 12 physician-shareholders drawn from local specialty practices together with the Carle Foundation (Carle BroMenn Medical Center), reflecting a 1996 joint venture with BroMenn Physician Management Corporation. The BCCS recovery care center is itself a separate JV majority-owned by Carle BroMenn with Carle Foundation, McLean County SurgiCenter, and 17 local surgeons as partners. The company acquires patients exclusively through physician referrals from this owner-affiliate network — it has no direct-to-consumer or marketing-driven patient acquisition, no e-commerce, and operates only Monday through Thursday.

TCOM's technology stack is conventional and largely third-party: One Medical Passport for online pre-admission intake, Patient Notebook for online bill payment, and CareCredit for patient financing. There is no disclosed proprietary software, data assets, AI/ML capability, or research and development function. The facility's primary technological differentiator is the BroMenn Comfort and Care Suites itself — three private recovery suites (Heartland, Tuscany, Scottsdale) with hotel-like amenities — which is a physical-asset differentiation rather than a software one. The closed Illinois CON regime for Recovery Care Centers (only 7 in state) provides a regulatory barrier to direct replication of the RCC component.

Name

The Center for Outpatient Medicine

Legal name

The Center for Orthopedic Medicine, LLC

Website

https://centerforoutpatientmedicine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Center for Outpatient Medicine is a physician-owned, multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center in Bloomington, Illinois, providing outpatient procedures across 10+ surgical disciplines via physician referrals, with an attached 3-bed recovery care center (BroMenn Comfort and Care Suites) jointly owned with Carle BroMenn Medical Center.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ambulatory Surgical Services

NAICS

Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (621493), Outpatient Care Centers (6214)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Specialty Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) (HLAFAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Transitional Care Units (TCU) (HLAFAFAF)

Keywords

• Ambulatory surgical services
• Outpatient surgery center
• Post-surgical recovery care
• Pre-operative testing
• Multispecialty surgical care

Headquarters

HQ city

Bloomington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Ambulatory Surgical Center Facility Fees: TCOM charges full price for each procedure performed during surgery. The facility bills as The Center for Orthopedic Medicine, LLC (Tax ID: 37-1356453). For insured patients, the full balance is due within ninety days from the date of surgery. For self-pay elective procedures, payment must be made in full by certified check, money order, credit card, or cash at least two days before surgery. Elective procedures involving liability claims are expected to be paid within 90 days from the date of service. Multiple separate bills are issued for surgery including physician office, facility (TCOM or BroMenn Healthcare for overnight stays), anesthesia (TCOM Specialty Physicians), surgical assistant, and pathology (if applicable).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

TCOM operates a multi-specialty ambulatory surgical center (the SurgiCenter of Bloomington) providing outpatient surgical procedures across 12 medical specialties with same-day discharge. It also operates BroMenn Comfort and Care Suites, a licensed post-surgical recovery care center. Supporting services include on-site pre-operative testing with X-ray and EKG capabilities.

Product overview

The Center for Outpatient Medicine (TCOM) operates as a dual-component healthcare facility consisting of the SurgiCenter (licensed ambulatory surgical center) and BroMenn Comfort + Care Suites (recovery care center). The facility provides outpatient surgical procedures across ten specialties (orthopedics, urology, pain, podiatry, general, plastic surgery, ENT, spine, gynecology, ophthalmology) with on-site diagnostic services. Patient-facing digital services include One Medical Passport for online pre-admission registration, Patient Notebook for bill payment, and CareCredit financing options. The SurgiCenter handles same-day procedures while the BroMenn Comfort + Care Suites provides overnight recovery care for patients requiring extended observation up to 48 hours.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SurgiCenter of Bloomington Multi-specialty ambulatory surgical center licensed by the Illinois Department of Public Health and accredited by the AAAHC, providing outpatient surgical procedures across 12 medical specialties with same-day discharge.
• BroMenn Comfort and Care Suites Licensed post-surgical recovery care center operated by TCOM — one of only seven such licensed recovery care centers in Illinois and the only one in McLean County — providing overnight post-surgical recovery accommodations.
• Multispecialty Surgical Procedures Outpatient surgical procedures performed across 12 medical specialties: orthopedics, ENT, gastroenterology, pain management, podiatry, general surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, urology, and oral surgery.
• Pre-Operative Testing Services On-site pre-operative testing services including blood testing, X-ray, and EKG to support patients preparing for surgical procedures at the SurgiCenter.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BroMenn Regional Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009BroMenn Regional Medical Center holds majority ownership within BroMenn Comfort and Care Suites (BCCS). BCCS is a joint venture between BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Carle Foundation, McLean County SurgiCenter, and 17 local surgeons. BCCS is operated within TCOM's facility at 2502 D. East Empire Street.
• Carle Foundation / Carle BroMenn Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 1996Carle Foundation (602 West University Avenue, Urbana IL 61801) is one of the primary owners of The Center for Outpatient Medicine, LLC. In July 1996, McLean County SurgiCenter, Ltd. made a strategic decision to joint venture with BroMenn Physician Management Corporation (later becoming Carle BroMenn Medical Center). The joint venture created an Orthopedic Center of Excellence through facility expansion, recruitment of additional practitioners, and affiliation with a larger organization sharing similar values. In 2009, BroMenn Comfort and Care Suites opened as primarily owned by Carle BroMenn Medical Center but ultimately a joint venture between Carle BroMenn Medical Center and all other TCOM shareholders.
• One Medical Passport (OneMed)coreTechnology or IntegrationOne Medical Passport is the online pre-admission platform used by TCOM. Patients complete their medical history online through this platform, which helps TCOM determine if any pretesting (bloodwork, EKG, anesthesia visit, etc.) is required prior to surgery. The website guides patients through entering their medical history and allows TCOM to minimize long phone interviews and paperwork.
• CareCreditminorOthersCareCredit provides healthcare financing options for patients. TCOM accepts CareCredit as a payment method for surgical procedures, allowing patients to finance their out-of-pocket costs.
• LabCorpminorOthersWhen pathology specimens are sent to LabCorp, patients receive one bill from LabCorp for pathology services rendered.
• Prairie Pathology / Carle BroMennminorOthersWhen specimens are sent to Carle BroMenn, patients receive two bills: one from Carle BroMenn (technical fee) and another from Prairie Pathology (reading).
• OSF HealthcareminorOthersWhen specimens are sent to OSF, patients receive two bills: one from OSF (technical fee) and another from a pathologist (reading).
• Heartland AnesthesiacoreOthersHeartland Anesthesia provides anesthesiology services at TCOM. Dr. Joseph Slimack, MD serves as an anesthesiologist at the facility. Anesthesia services are billed separately as TCOM Specialty Physicians.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• United Surgical Partners International (USPI): Tenet Healthcare-owned ASC platform operating multi-specialty outpatient surgery facilities nationwide. Highly comparable model: freestanding ASCs serving physician partners across multiple surgical specialties.
• Surgery Partners: National operator of multi-specialty ambulatory surgical centers with hundreds of locations across the U.S. Directly comparable to TCOM's freestanding, physician-affiliated, multi-specialty ASC model, though at vastly greater scale.
• AmSurg (Envision): Major national network of freestanding ambulatory surgery centers operating across multiple specialties. Comparable multi-specialty, physician-affiliated ASC economics to TCOM.
• Advocate Aurora Health: Large regional health system operating outpatient surgery centers across Illinois and the Midwest. Comparable outpatient surgical services with similar payor mix and ASC strategy.

Direct peers

• ASD Management: Operates and develops multi-specialty ASCs in partnership with physicians and hospitals. Closely comparable joint-venture, physician-partner operating model at a similar community-scale footprint.
• Regent Surgical Health: Developer and operator of multi-specialty ASCs through joint ventures with health systems and physicians. Closely parallels TCOM's Carle Foundation joint venture structure and physician-partnership model.

Regional players

• Christie Clinic: Multispecialty physician group in Central Illinois whose surgeons perform procedures at TCOM. Comparable multi-specialty clinical footprint in the same market and a key referral source.
• Carle Health System (Carle BroMenn): Regional health system and JV partner of TCOM that operates hospital outpatient surgery departments across Central Illinois. Comparable outpatient surgical services within a larger integrated delivery network in TCOM's same geography.
• OSF HealthCare: Major Central Illinois health system with outpatient surgery capabilities serving overlapping patient populations in the Bloomington-Normal region. Competes with TCOM for higher-acuity surgical referrals.

Others

• Illinois Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (IASCA) member ASCs: Industry association representing Illinois ASCs including TCOM. Other Illinois ASC members share regulatory environment, accreditation standards, and CON considerations directly applicable to TCOM.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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