NovaMed, Inc

What NovaMed, Inc does

NovaMed, Inc. operated ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and provided management services for outpatient surgical facilities, with a particular concentration in ophthalmology alongside multi-specialty surgical services. Its facility footprint included NovaMed-branded centers in Chicago, Baton Rouge, Madison, Chattanooga, Tyler, Warrensburg, and Nashua, offering eye surgery and other outpatient procedures under flexible physician partnership models including employment, affiliation, and equity participation. Following a 2011 merger with Surgery Partners, NovaMed was absorbed into what is now the largest standalone, independent surgical facilities company in the United States, with the NovaMed brand retained for select ASCs within a national network of 300+ surgical facilities, multi-specialty physician practices, and ancillary services across 30 states.

Under Surgery Partners, the NovaMed-branded centers participate in an integrated delivery model combining ASCs, physician-partnered surgical hospitals, and ancillary services such as anesthesia. Revenue is generated through facility fees from surgical procedures, payor reimbursements (including innovative bundled-payment contracts and workers' compensation arrangements), and shared economics with physician equity partners. The go-to-market is partnership-driven, targeting physicians seeking operational support, equity participation, and access to advanced technology such as robotic-assisted surgical systems, alongside health systems pursuing joint-venture de novo facilities (e.g., the Intermountain Health expansion in Utah from five to more than a dozen sites).

The company has historically reported a 94% patient satisfaction rate, 10% annual same-facility growth over the past five years, and 670,000+ patients served annually across the broader Surgery Partners network. The NovaMed brand continues to be recognized in Newsweek's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers rankings, and Surgery Partners has earned Becker's 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare (2024) and Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Awards (2022). NovaMed as a standalone entity is no longer independently operated, and standalone financials are not disclosed; strategic and operating performance is best assessed at the Surgery Partners parent level.

Name

NovaMed, Inc

Legal name

NovaMed, Inc.

Website

https://surgerypartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

NovaMed, Inc. operated ambulatory surgery centers with a concentration in ophthalmology, providing outpatient surgical services and physician partnership models. Following a 2011 merger, it operates as a brand cluster within Surgery Partners, the largest standalone U.S. surgical facilities company with 300+ locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ambulatory Surgery Centers

NAICS

Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (621493), Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Perioperative Anesthesia Services & Management (HLAFAIAM), Ambulatory Surgery Centers (Ophthalmic/Outpatient Eye Surgery) (HLAKAKAO)

Keywords

• Ambulatory surgery centers
• Outpatient surgical services
• Physician partnerships
• Surgical facility management
• Ophthalmology services

Headquarters

HQ city

Brentwood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Surgical Facility Operations: Revenue generated from operating surgical facilities including ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), physician-partnered hospitals, and multi-specialty physician practices. Services include surgical procedures, anesthesia services, and ancillary healthcare services.
2. Physician Partnership and Equity: Physicians become equity partners in surgery centers or surgical hospitals, unlocking income through shared profits. Surgery Partners provides management services and infrastructure while physicians provide clinical expertise and patient care.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

NovaMed, Inc. operated ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and provided management services for outpatient surgical facilities, with particular depth in ophthalmology and eye surgery. Following its 2011 merger into Surgery Partners, the NovaMed brand continues to identify several ASC locations that deliver outpatient surgical procedures as part of Surgery Partners' integrated healthcare delivery model that includes surgical hospitals, multi-specialty physician practices, and anesthesia services.

Product overview

NovaMed, Inc was a healthcare company that operated eye surgery centers and other ambulatory surgical facilities. In 2011, NovaMed merged with Surgery Partners, expanding specialty offerings particularly in ophthalmology and extending ancillary services reach. The NovaMed brand continues to be used for several surgery center locations, which now operate as part of the Surgery Partners network of over 300 locations across 30 states. The NovaMed-branded facilities include eye surgery centers and general ambulatory surgery centers providing outpatient surgical procedures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NovaMed Eye Surgery Center - Northshore Eye surgery center in Chicago, Illinois specializing in ophthalmic procedures, operated as a NovaMed-branded facility within the Surgery Partners network.
• Novamed Surgery Center of Baton Rouge Surgical facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana providing outpatient surgical services, operated as a NovaMed-branded facility within the Surgery Partners network.
• NovaMed Surgery Center of Chattanooga Surgical center in Chattanooga, Tennessee offering outpatient surgical procedures, operated as a NovaMed-branded facility within the Surgery Partners network.
• NovaMed Surgery Center of Madison Ambulatory surgery center in Madison, Wisconsin providing eye and other outpatient surgical services, operated as a NovaMed-branded facility within the Surgery Partners network.
• Novamed Surgery Center of Tyler Surgical facility in Tyler, Texas offering outpatient surgical services, operated as a NovaMed-branded facility within the Surgery Partners network.
• Novamed Surgery Center of Warrensburg Surgical center in Warrensburg, Missouri providing outpatient surgical procedures, operated as a NovaMed-branded facility within the Surgery Partners network.
• Nashua Eye Surgery Center Eye surgery center in Nashua, New Hampshire specializing in ophthalmic procedures, operated as a NovaMed-branded facility within the Surgery Partners network.

Quantifiable outcome

• 94% patient satisfaction rate
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Baptist Memorial Health ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare system partnership for joint venture surgical facilities. Baptist Memorial Health Services operates in Memphis, Tennessee and represents a prestigious healthcare system partnership for Surgery Partners.
• Vanderbilt Health SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVanderbilt University Medical Center partnership for development and management of freestanding outpatient surgery center. Surgery Partners' seasoned team manages the facility while VUMC focuses on clinical care. This partnership represents a model for health system collaborations.
• Great Falls CliniccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSurgical hospital partnership in Great Falls, Montana. The relationship through Surgery Partners enabled expansion of hospital services in a new facility bringing quality and compassionate care to the community.
• Cape Coral Surgery CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhysician-partnered surgery center in Cape Coral, Florida. Dr. John Kagan serves as a testimonial partner, citing Surgery Partners' extensive experience providing critical guidance on quality, efficiency, and growth.
• Intermountain HealthmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Intermountain Health for surgical facilities in Utah, expanding the company's footprint from five to more than a dozen sites through the partnership. Noah Clevenger joined as Market CEO (Illinois) to lead expansion efforts with Intermountain.
• ProviderTrust (VendorProof)minorOthersVendor compliance partner using ProviderTrust's VendorProof solution to streamline vendor information verification and monitor federal and state databases for exclusion screening. All vendors must enroll through the VendorProof portal.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Medical Facilities Corporation: Owns and operates surgical hospitals and ASCs with specialty focus on orthopedics, spine, and ophthalmology. Direct peer on multi-specialty surgical facility model and physician alignment structure.
• Compass Surgical Partners: ASC-focused operator developing and managing ambulatory surgery centers via hospital and physician joint ventures. Overlapping specialty focus (orthopedics, ophthalmology, GI) with NovaMed and similar partnership economics.
• Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA): Optum/UnitedHealth subsidiary operating a national network of surgical facilities including ASCs and surgical hospitals. Direct peer in physician partnership JV economics and outpatient migration strategy.
• ASD Management: ASC management company that develops, acquires, and manages single- and multi-specialty ambulatory surgery centers, including ophthalmology. Closely comparable to NovaMed on facility mix and physician partnership model.
• Regent Surgical Health: Independent ASC management and development company partnering with physicians and health systems. Competes with NovaMed in JV-driven ASC development and specialty physician practice management.
• Surgery Partners (parent): Parent company of NovaMed and the largest standalone independent surgical facilities operator in the U.S. with 300+ locations across 30 states. Provides the most direct operational and financial benchmark for NovaMed's facilities and growth trajectory.
• United Surgical Partners International (USPI): Tenet Healthcare subsidiary and the largest U.S. operator of ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals. Direct competitor to NovaMed/Surgery Partners in multi-specialty ASC development, physician partnership models, and bundled payment contracting.

Broad incumbents

• Tenet Healthcare: Large diversified hospital operator that owns USPI, the largest ASC competitor. Overlaps with NovaMed through USPI's ASC and short-stay surgical hospital portfolio, particularly in orthopedic, ophthalmology, and pain management.
• HCA Healthcare: Large for-profit hospital system increasingly operating ambulatory surgery platforms. Competes with NovaMed on physician alignment, outpatient shift strategy, and surgical services capacity across multiple markets.
• Envision Healthcare / AmSurg: Historically a major ASC operator through AmSurg (now part of Envision's specialty services), running hundreds of multi-specialty ASCs. Despite 2023 restructuring, remains a comparable on facility mix and clinical specialty footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/surgery-partners

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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