A group of nine founding orthopedic surgeons have opened an ASC in Gaithersburg, Md. Watkins Mill Ambulatory Surgery Center includes two operating room suites, a procedure room and recovery areas, according to a March 12 news release from the facility. …
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Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has opened an ambulatory endoscopy center in Ogden, Utah. Intermountain Health Gastroenterology Center aims to reduce the cost of endoscopy procedures including colonoscopies, according to a March 11 news release from the health system. There…
Shifrin Management Partners has launched BuildYourOR.com, an online resource for surgeons developing office-based surgery suites and ASCs. The site offers step-by-step support for facility planning, accreditation, equipment procurement and operational launch, according to a March 12 news release from Shifrin…
Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System has submitted a CON application to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for a new ASC. The gastroenterology and endoscopy ambulatory surgical facility would be located in Cary, N.C., and cost…
Tennessee lawmakers are under pressure to speed up the repeal of the state’s certificate-of-need laws to avoid losing more than $200 million in federal funding for rural health initiatives, CBS affiliate WJHL 11 reported March 9. Every state submitted applications…
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Ascension St. Vincent’s and Southeast Orthopedic Specialists, both in Jacksonville, Fla., opened an ASC in St. Augustine, Fla. Four things to know: 1. The ASC is 18,500 square feet and part of a larger orthopedic and spine campus, according to…
Ketan Sukkawala, DDS, a pediatric dentist in College Station, Texas, filed a CON application for a dental ambulatory surgery center in Hartford, Conn., according to a March 9 news release from Hartford Business Journal. The ASC will specialize in general…
Dental supply company Henry Schein has opened a training facility for dental-medical integration that includes an ASC site. The Dallas Discovery Center in Southlake, Texas, also includes areas to demonstrate a fully equipped exam room, laboratories, a dental equipment showroom…
The North Carolina Court of Appeals rejected AdventHealth Hendersonville’s (N.C.) challenge of regulators’ decision to award Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health a certificate-of-need approval to develop a free-standing emergency department in Candler, Carolina Coast Online reported March 5. Appellate judges ruled…
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health announced plans to open four new clinics in Summerville, S.C. According to a March 5 news release the clinics are scheduled to open in March in newly developed commercial space. Team members held a ribbon-cutting ceremony…