The University of Kansas Health System's KU MedWest Medical Pavilion in Shawnee is the top ASC in the Midwestern U.S., according to Newsweek's "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers" list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.
The rankings, created through a partnership with global research firm Statista, includes ASCs in the 25 states with the most facilities, according to CMS data, by individual state, and groups facilities in the remaining states into four regions: Midwest, Northeast, South and West.
Rankings were based on recommendations from medical professionals and analysis of the facilities' performance data.
Below are the best ASCs in the Midwest, which includes facilities in Iowa, Kansas, North Dakota, Nebraska and South Dakota.
1. The University of Kansas Health System-KU MedWest, Medical Pavilion (Shawnee)
2. Nebraska Surgery Center (Lincoln)
3. The University of Kansas Health System-Indian Creek Ambulatory Surgery Center (Overland Park)
4. Doctors Outpatient Surgery Center (Lincoln, Neb.)
5. Iowa City (Iowa) Ambulatory Surgical Center
6. HCA Healthcare-Mid-America Surgery Institute (Overland Park, Kan.)
7. Surgery Center Cedar Rapids (Iowa)
8. Physicians' Surgery Center Kansas (Prairie Village)