SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - May 26, 2016) - Managing both acquisitions and internal growth at the same time is difficult for most small companies, akin to drinking water and singing at the same time. Not so for Nobilis Health Corp. (
The Life Sciences Report: The Q1/16 numbers for Nobilis Health Corp. were very positive. I noted from your press release that your revenue increased by $13.4 million ($13.4M) to $51.3M in Q1, which was record revenue for you. That represents a 35% increase over Q1/15. You acquired the three new centers last year, but what other factors were responsible for that growth?
Kolin Ozonian: You nailed it on the head in terms of acquiring the three new facilities in the past year. But I think it's important to note that our acquisitions of late have been surgical hospitals. The difference between a surgical hospital and a surgical center is that surgical hospitals enable surgeons to do much more complex procedures, which can have up to a 72-hour inpatient cycle, whereas at an ambulatory surgical center, the patient goes home the same day. The physicians operating in the surgical hospitals are able to do more complex procedures to help patients, but at the same time these facilities are outside the traditional big-hospital model, where patients may be in beds for long periods of time. Our surgical hospitals are state-of-the-art and top-of-the-line, where complex surgical procedures that command a higher fee are performed.
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