Specialty care management company SCA Health, the ASC division of Optum, has acquired orthopedic management company OrthoAlliance for an estimated $1.4 billion.
OrthoAlliance, based in Sharonville, Ohio, has over 200 physician partners and is one of the largest orthopedic-focused management companies in the country. Founded in 2019, OrthoAlliance was originally a partnership between private equity firm Revelstoke Capital Partners and physician practices based in the Midwest.
OrthoAlliance physician partners offer a broad range of orthopedic and sports medicine specialties. Specialties include surgical and non-surgical orthopedics, sports medicine, orthobiologics, joint replacement, and spine care. OrthoAlliance also offers patients physical therapy and imaging services. This ensures a comprehensive suite of services.
SCA Health has expanded beyond ASC management to a broader range of specialty care. Its broader business model will continue to include ASCs as well as physician specialists. SCA Health has more than 320 surgical facilities, 11,300 teammates, and 9,200 physicians. Additionally, SCA Health physicians serve more than 1.43 million patients each year.
SCA Health’s business lines include PE GI Solutions, a GI-focused ASC business. Per its website, this business line delivers “high-quality, lower cost care with an exceptional patient and physician satisfaction scores.” It also provides assistance to GI physicians to help them “develop and manage their practices and endoscopic ASCs.”
SCA Health’s business lines also include physician-led Optum Specialty Practices. Optum Specialty Practices, per the SCA Health website, “offers physicians a new business model that supports their independence and growth and shifts them to value.”
SCA Health’s other business line is Specialist Management Solutions. Specialist Management Solutions focuses on both employers and employees. Per its website, it helps both parties “navigate the challenges of healthcare by connecting them with local surgeons and facilities, saving up to 50% on their care.”
SCA Health has been part of Optum since March 2017. Optum is a division of the largest healthcare company in the U.S., UnitedHealth Group.
