Gold Coast Surgery Center in Chicago became the first ASC in the Midwest to achieve the Orthopaedic Advanced Certification: Total Joint Program from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
Here are three things to know.
1. The ASC is a facility of Leawood, Kansas-based NueHealth.
2. NueHealth has a portfolio of more than 150 facilities, including physician-owned surgery centers and surgical hospitals. The company generates approximately $776 million of consolidated revenue annually.
3. "Going through the process challenged us to find better ways to serve our patients, and it is a constant reminder that our responsibility is to strive to continuously improve the quality of care we provide," said Mary Dailey, senior vice president of clinical operations at NueHealth.