Private equity-backed Solis Mammography, which bills itself as the nation’s largest independent provider of specialized breast health services, has inked a “groundbreaking” new partnership with one noted hospital system.
The Addison, Texas-based imaging group is teaming with Jefferson Health to jointly operate more than a dozen centers in the Philadelphia area. Solis had already worked with Einstein Healthcare Network since 2018 to launch six breast imaging centers in the region. Jefferson has since acquired Einstein and now plans to broaden the partnership with the goal of “revolutionizing mammography services across the tri-state area.”
“Jefferson Health is committed to providing personalized, high-quality and equitable care with a focus on innovation,” Baligh R. Yehia, MD, president, of the hospital system, said in a Sept. 28 announcement. “This expanded relationship with Solis Mammography will seamlessly enhance access to advanced mammography services throughout the region and will build upon Jefferson’s community-based education and outreach programs.”
The two partners hope to “redefine” mammography with a focus on convenience, state-of-the-art technology, early detection and compassionate care. Solis and Jefferson said they remain committed to the latter’s charity care policies, which they’ll maintain across the new centers.
Principally located in Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, Jefferson is nationally ranked as a top health system in the U.S. It includes 17 hospitals, 50-plus outpatient and urgent care sites, and also operates a health plan, 10 different colleges and three schools offering 200 programs to 8,400-plus students.
Meanwhile, Solis was founded in 1986 and in 2018 sold a majority stake to private equity firm Madison Dearborn Capital Partners, which has rapidly expanded the imaging group since then. MDCP estimated Solis had 50 locations at the time of the buyout, with its center total doubling in the five years since, up to 100 across 13 major markets. The company grew further in August with its acquisition of Carolina Breast Imaging and its three locations in eastern North Carolina.
Marty Stempniak has covered healthcare since 2012, with his byline appearing in the American Hospital Association's member magazine, Modern Healthcare and McKnight's. Prior to that, he wrote about village government and local business for his hometown newspaper in Oak Park, Illinois. He won a Peter Lisagor and Gold EXCEL awards in 2017 for his coverage of the opioid epidemic.