New ASC Development

Kerrville, Texas-based Peterson Health broke ground Dec. 12 on its new ASC, the Amanda and J. David Williams Surgery Center. 

Terre Haute-based Indiana Joint Replacement Institute has received city approval for its planned 35,000-square-foot, $28 million joint replacement ASC in Noblesville, Ind., according to a Dec. 14 report from the Indiana Current. 

Ground has been broken on a $45.8 million, four-story medical office building in Columbia, Md. The building is part of a $5 billion plan to revitalize the Lakefront District. 

Healthcare system HonorHealth has broken ground on a $50 million outpatient and wellness center in Scottsdale, Ariz., that will provide outpatient healthcare, fitness, nutrition and preventive health. 

New Jersey health system Hackensack Meridian is opening a surgery tower on its University Medical Center campus.

An orthopedic-focused ASC in Hayden, Idaho, is now under construction, the Coeur d-Alene/Post Fall Press reported Dec. 11.

When it comes to medical device procurement and patient billing, many surgical services teams at hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers use manual, paper-based processes that are inefficient and insufficient for inventory control and device tracking. 

Wilmington (N.C.) Health has filed a certificate of need application with the state to build a new $5.8 million ambulatory surgical center, NBC affiliate WECT reported Dec. 6. 

Surgical services teams are an important source of revenue for hospitals, health systems and ambulatory surgery centers. Yet, surgical device procurement and management tend to rely on manual, paper-based processes. This creates friction, countless inefficiencies and lack of visibility into…

Jefferson City, Mo.-based Capital Region Medical Center has converted a hospital parking garage into the 24,000-square-foot Goldschmidt Surgery Center, according to a Dec. 6 report from the News Tribune.