The surgery center will perform procedures related to orthopedics, gastroenterology, cardiology, ophthalmology and urology, among others. It will also perform cardiac catheterization — the first freestanding ASC in Illinois to do so, according to the report.
The ASC has been performing some procedures, but will be fully operational in a few weeks.
“We’ve been licensed through [Illinois Department of Public Health], which has allowed us to perform cases here already,” Sarah Nolinwinkler, the surgery center’s director, told KHQA. “It’s just a matter of receiving that Medicare deems status, which is what we got this week.”
