This merger increases SpecialtyCare’s market leadership as the nation’s largest, most comprehensive provider of perfusion services, supporting 1 in 8 of all heart surgeries every year

January 8, 2020 (Brentwood, TN)—SpecialtyCare—the nation’s leading provider of perfusion, intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM), and surgical services—announced today that it has acquired Phoenix-based Perfusion provider Phoenix Perfusion Services, LLC (PPS) and Arizona Perfusion Supply Company, LLC (APS). This transaction extends SpecialtyCare’s market leadership position as the largest and most comprehensive provider of patient-centered perfusion services to surgeons, hospitals, surgery centers, and health systems.

Tom Coley, president of SpecialtyCare Inc’s perfusion division; Jim Reid, practice manager of Phoenix Perfusion Services; and Stephen Straus, region president SpecialtyCare’s perfusion division

SpecialtyCare CEO, Sam Weinstein, MD, MBA, said, “I am thrilled that Phoenix Perfusion Services, LLC and SpecialtyCare are combining resources, knowledge, and clinical expertise. Our shared commitment toward innovation and education will help drive improved outcomes for our patients, customer service for the surgeons we support, and additional opportunity to help our customers control cost.”

Phoenix Perfusion Services provides perfusion and related services in Phoenix, Mesa, Prescott, and Flagstaff, Arizona.

“Phoenix Perfusion Services is a company that believes improved patient care begins with excellent training and dedication to our clinicians,” said Jim Reid, Practice Manager for Phoenix Perfusion Services. “We are thrilled to partner with a company that shares these principles. We have no doubt this partnership will offer our staff new opportunities for growth and development.”

“We are excited that this partnership will allow us to reach even more patients with life-saving perfusion services,” remarked Tom Coley, SpecialtyCare’s President, Perfusion. “SpecialtyCare and the talented team from Phoenix Perfusion Services will provide exceptional patient care together.”

About SpecialtyCare

With over 1,500 clinicians supporting over 410,000 procedures annually, SpecialtyCare provides the highest quality people, services, and technology to the operating room. More than 1,100 hospitals and 13,500 physicians trust SpecialtyCare to help them achieve exceptional care outcomes, regulatory compliance, and financial results. By maintaining the SpecialtyCare Operative Procedural Registry (SCOPE™), the largest procedural database of its kind, we identify standards, determine benchmarks, disseminate best practices, and foster innovations and efficiencies that improve patient outcomes. Accredited and certified by The Joint Commission, SpecialtyCare develops expertise beyond industry requirements. Customers trust our highly trained clinicians delivering excellence in perfusion, ECMO, intraoperative neuromonitoring, autotransfusion, sterile processing management, surgical assist, and minimally invasive surgical support.

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