There are 35 states in the country that have a certificate-of-need program — laws designed to control healthcare costs by restricting competition for duplicative services and determining whether capital expenditures meet a community need.
New ASC Development
University of California Davis Health is expanding its presence in Folsom with a long-term project spanning nearly 35 acres, which the university paid $30.6 million to acquire, according to an Oct. 27 report in the Sacramento Business Journal.
Coral Gables, Fla.-based Gentera Center for Regenerative Medicine opened a new facility featuring an ASC, according to an Oct. 27 news release.
An Illinois review board has rescinded Advocate Sherman Hospital's permit to build a $12.7 million ASC that originally was approved in 2017, the Chicago Tribune reported Oct. 25.
A Georgia certificate-of-need panel has now approved two hospitals' ASCs in Braselton after disputes dating to 2018, The Gainesville Times reported Oct. 26.
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University of Chicago Medicine is planning to build a medical facility with an ASC in Crown Point, Ind., The Northwest Indiana Times reported Oct. 26.
Atlas Healthcare Partners, an ASC development and management company based in Phoenix, is opening a joint venture ASC with Phoenix-based companies Sonospine and Advanced Spine and Pain, Atlas said in an Oct. 26 news release.
A Georgia certificate-of-need appeal panel approved Northside Hospital's plan to build a surgery center in Braselton, the hospital said Oct. 25.
Kaiser Permanente's "topped out" its new Murrieta (Calif.) Ambulatory Surgery Center, ConXtech, a construction company involved with the project, said Oct. 24.
Leawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth is partnering with Coral Springs, Fla.-based Z Urology to build a single-specialty ASC, ValueHealth said in an Oct. 21 news release.