ValueHealth LLC and the NCH Healthcare System announced a strategic joint venture to expand high-quality, value-based outpatient surgical care access across the Naples and Fort Myers regions. NCH is partnering with ValueHealth to respond to the continuing shift in surgical care delivery from fee-for-service to value-based. The partnership taps into ValueHealth’s proprietary technology, including patient care management, payor bundles, and warranty contracts. The new joint venture will integrate NCH into ValueHealth’s national ambulatory surgery center (ASC) network of more than 30 health system partners. ValueHealth, NCH and physician partners have begun planning for several regional high-value center locations, beginning with a multi-specialty ASC in Bonita Springs and a hyper specialty orthopedic ASC on the NCH Baker Downtown Hospital campus.