The new ASC, which would be built by a physician group, is part of a series of efforts by the hospital to capture business migrating out of the area. Other components include a new urgent care center and a retail clinic to address simple medical issues.
The hospital is working to convince residents it can provide quality care following the hospital’s loss of Medicare and Medicaid certification in 2008 for three months following examination of records, according to the report.
Read the reports from The Mountaineer the new surgery center here and here.
Read about other new surgery centers:
– Tax Break Approved for New York Surgeons Hoping to Build Lockport Surgery Center
– New Surgery Center Approved for Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio
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