The North Carolina Department of Health denied Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health Care, Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System and Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed's ASC development applications, the Triangle Business Journal reports.
What you should know:
1. Five health organizations applied for approval to open ASCs. The state sought to fill six open operating rooms.
2. The state approved one-room ASC proposals from RAC Surgery and Raleigh-based OrthoNC, leaving four ORs available.
3. The state doesn't release its formal findings until five days after the denial.
4. A projection shows Wake County will need at least six more ORs by 2020 to meet growing demand, Triangle Business Journal reports.