• IBX Partners joined Penn Medicine, Independence Blue Cross, Regent Surgical to form a new ambulatory surgery company in Greater Philadelphia.
• Partnership targets development of at least 18 ambulatory surgery centers, expanding outpatient surgical capacity across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware.
• Strategy aims to shift eligible procedures from hospitals to lower-cost outpatient settings; Medicare rates in ASCs run about 46% below hospital outpatient departments.
• Outpatient surgical volumes projected to rise 20% through 2035, supporting the business case for accelerated buildout.

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