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Compass Surgical Appoints Chief Legal Officer

AUGUST 21, 2024

Compass Surgical Partners, an independent, full-service ASC development and management partner, announced in a release that Sarah Jacobs has joined its executive leadership team as chief legal officer (CLO). Jacobs’s expertise in strategic health system alignment, surgeon partnerships, healthcare law and regulatory compliance positions the company for success as it expands existing ASC partnerships with major health systems and physicians and forges new ASC joint ventures in the future.

“Our health system and surgeon partners deserve the absolute best advisors,” said Chief Executive Officer DJ Hill in the release. “Sarah will advise us and our partners for optimal market growth, impact and compliance as we scale for growth in a rapidly advancing industry.”

A graduate of Vanderbilt University Law School, Jacobs has worked as a healthcare attorney for two decades. During her career, she has served as in-house counsel for two health systems and for a major academic physician practice. Her in-house counsel experience equips her to understand and collaborate effectively with Compass Surgical’s health system and physician partners, according to the release. She has advised senior leadership teams many times throughout her career, providing workable solutions to day-to-day operational challenges in healthcare.

Jacobs also has worked for law firms as a healthcare attorney, representing and guiding hospitals, health systems, physician groups and ASCs as they navigated regulatory, transactional and operational matters. She has significant experience with healthcare assets and operations, helping her clients design and execute innovative alignment models for value-based enterprises. Her thorough understanding of contemporary approaches to healthcare reimbursement positions her to guide ASC partners as they work towards clinical, operational and financial goals, according to the release.

“I am thrilled to be able to leverage my healthcare law and operations experience to focus exclusively on helping our surgeon and health system partners succeed,” Jacobs said in the release. “I look forward to driving growth and innovation alongside a strong Compass team.”