Virginia Mason Medical Center’s $19.4M ASC clears hurdle — 3 details

Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center won conditional approval to build a freestanding ASC for $19.4 million.

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What you should know:

1. Washington’s Department of Health issued VMMC a certificate of need to build an ASC with three general operating rooms and two procedure rooms in Bellevue, Wash.

2. The conditional approval requires VMMC to provide charity care at whichever amount is greater: either the regional average, or 0.93 percent of gross revenue and 1.59 percent of adjusted revenue. VMMC must also give the state a finalized description of its medical director position.

3. The CON was issued Oct. 18, 2018, and is valid for two years.

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