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EndoCenter Partners Provides Marin County Gastroenterologists
with Turnkey Solution to Endoscopy Center Ownership
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Facility:
Novato Endcoscopy Center, LP
Novato, CA
Physician-partners:
John J. Jolley, MD
Lawrence J. Mazzotta, MD
Barbara L. Nylund-Morgan, MD, PhD |
The Situation
For several years Dr. John Jolley of San Rafael, California had
dreamed about setting up his own endoscopy center, but he thought
it would be a very difficult and time consuming project. He knew
another group of doctors in the area that had set up a center on
their own, without the assistance of a management partner. Those
doctors discovered that this approach had involved a staggering
amount of work and the project took between three and four years
to complete. Like many busy gastroenterologists, Dr. Jolley wasn't
looking for ways to increase his workload, regardless of the advantages
of having his own center.
Dr. Jolley shared call with Dr. Barbara Nylund-Morgan and Dr. Lawrence
Mazzotta, two gastroenterologists in nearby Novato. When Dr. Mazzotta
was approached by representatives of EndoCenter Partners about becoming
a partner in his own endoscopy center in Marin County, he recommended
that Jolley and Nylund-Morgan be asked to join in the venture.
The Solution
After several months of discussion between EndoCenter Partners and
the three doctors, a final partnership agreement was signed. To
find a suitable location for the new facility, the doctors and EndoCenter
Partners collaborated with a knowledgeable commercial realtor. Following
a six-month search, a site was selected in Novato that was near
the offices of Drs. Nyland and Mazzotta and involved only a short
drive for Dr. Jolley and his patients.
Build-out of the facility required another six months. But as Dr.
Jolley noted, the process was faster and completely painless compared
to the experience of his colleagues who had opened a center on their
own. "EMSO did everything for us. It was completely turnkey. I guess
I delayed the decision to have a center because I never thought
it could be this easy or the results would be so great."
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