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.
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