Improving Quality of Care, Patient Well-being, and Accessibility

Surgery Partners, a leading operator of short stay surgical facilities with more than 130 locations nationwide, provides integrated healthcare experiences between providers and patients. The company is dedicated to improving the quality of care in a convenient and cost-effective manner by providing quality, compassionate and personalized care, to meet the needs of diverse patients, employees and physician partners. The company understands people are critical in achieving this mission and is committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion.

Comprised of more than 7,000 employees and 4,600 affiliated physicians, Surgery Partners’ team serves more than 600,000 patients annually. Because each community is unique, the company works with its partners to develop a customized strategy for each facility. Surgery Partners emphasizes supporting patients and physicians, as evidenced by historically strong patient satisfaction rates, physician retention trends and industry-leading track record of growth.

In 2021, Surgery Partners participated in the Bain Capital DEI Workshop and Opportunity Identifier to advance diversity, equity and inclusion at the company. Through the workshop, the company identified priorities across DEI accountability mechanisms, recruiting practices to promote diverse representation, talent policies to support diversity and equitable outcomes, actions that encourage inclusive work environments and externally focused efforts.

Since then, the company’s leadership has launched a DEI Council to drive progress and mobilize initiatives to increase DEI across the company and with partners. In addition, the company conducts employee engagement surveys to understand internal sentiments and reviews the data by various diversity vectors.

Surgery Partners completed an ESG materiality assessment and identified pillars of ESG focus:

• Commitment to Quality of Care and Excellent Patient Satisfaction
• People Excellence & Human Capital Development
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Community Impact
• Business Ethics & Integrity
• Environmental Stewardship

Developing ESG priorities and action plans has enhanced Surgery Partners’ goal to provide high quality care and patient experience and adds value to the company and its stakeholders. To further its engagement and impact in local communities, Surgery Partners launched HEAL (Health Equity Access Leaders), a program to provide free surgical care to uninsured patients.