9 News Updates for Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Here are nine recent news updates for ambulatory surgery centers and physicians.

Regent Surgical Health, a Westchester, Ill.-based ambulatory surgery center development and management company, announced that it will develop an ASC with 26 physician partners of Plaza Ambulatory Surgery Center and Providence Portland Medical Center.

Saint Luke's Surgicenter in Lee's Summit, Mo., completed a 15,000-square-foot, 18-month expansion project that cost over $6.5 million.

The Medical Center of Fairfield County, the central element of which is the Surgery Center of Fairfield County, will formally open in Trumbull, Conn., with a May 30 ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Frontier Healthcare, a New York-based ASC development and management company, has announced the opening of the Flushing (N.Y.) Endoscopy Center, which represents the fourth ambulatory surgery center the company has opened since February this year.

Plastic surgeon Michael Sullivan, MD, will become co-director of a fellowship in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery as a joint effort with the division of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at The Ohio State University. Dr. Sullivan will welcome fellows at The Sullivan Centre for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, an AAAHC-accredited ambulatory surgical facility.

The Veterans Administration intends to develop a $14.6 million, 84,000-square-foot outpatient surgery center in New York to replace existing facilities in Rochester and Canandaigua.

Ed Khalfayan, MD, performed surgery on Anthony McCoy of the Seattle Seahawks at Seattle Surgery Center.

ASCA has partnered with Voyance, a provider of patient satisfaction and perception management tools, to announce a comprehensive benchmarking program for the ambulatory surgery center industry.

Muskegon (Mich.) Surgery Center plans to submit a certificate of need for the addition of a $460,077 fourth operating room.

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Saint Luke's Surgicenter Completes $6.5M Expansion


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