The California Association for Ambulatory Surgery awarded Grass Valley Surgery Center the CASA ASC of the Year recognition, and honored four other ASCs for excellence.
CASA recognized these centers for their engagement in professional organizations; advocacy of the ASC industry; quality metrics transparency and reporting; ongoing patient and staff education; and community involvement.
Here are the five ASCs:
1. Grass Valley (Calif.) Surgery Center: The ASC includes two ORs and one treatment room where physicians see patients for ENT, general surgery, gynecology, orthopedic surgery, pain management, podiatry and urology.
2. PAMF Mountain View SurgiCenter: The ASC has performed more than 15,000 outpatient procedures annually since 2009 and includes hernia repair, knee arthroscopy, tonsillectomy and physiatry procedures.
3. Surgecenter of Palo Alto (Calif.): This ASC has four large operating rooms and three dedicated GI procedure rooms where surgeons perform ophthalmology, ENT, general surgery and orthopedic procedures.
4. The Surgery Center of Long Beach: This AAAHC-accredited center includes orthopedics, ophthalmology, retina surgery, pain management, spine surgery, plastic surgery, gynecology and podiatry.
5. West Wilshire Medical Surgical Center (Los Angeles): This surgery center is located within Pacific Eye and Ear Specialists and includes ENT, neuro-ophthalmology, orbital surgery and cosmetic surgery.